Casualty Report from August 17, 1943
Detail
MACR: 00677
Target: Me-109 factory at Regensburg, Germany
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: West of Schmalfraf, Herbesthallontzen, Belgium. Thought to have exploded in mid-air after enemy fighter attacks. This aircraft was returning due to battle damage and was in the Frankfurt area when the return was intitated. It is around this 100th aircraft the "Gear Down Legend" orignated.
Squadron: 418th BS - 100th BG(H)
Time of loss: 11:40
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 42-30063
Aircraft Type: B-17F
Aircraft Name: Picklepuss
Aircraft Code: LD-S
Pilot: Capt Robert M. Knox | O-438010
POS: P
Status: KIA
State: Pennsylvania
Notes: Initally buried in the Ehrenfriedhof Cemetery of Honor at Eupen. Grave number at Eupen 232. Re-interred at Henri-Chapelle (HH - 2 - 26) on 13 Dec 1944
Copilot: Lt John O. Whitaker | O-798061
POS: CP
Status: KIA
State: West Virginia
Notes: Initally buried in the Ehrenfriedhof Cemetery of Honor at Eupen. Grave number at Eupen 218. Re-interred at Henri-Chapelle (HH-2-21) and returned to the USA for final burial.
NAV: Lt Ernest E. Warsaw | O-667461
POS: NAV
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
BOM: 1Lt Edwin F. Tobin | O-732185
POS: BOM
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
ROG: TSgt Walter Paulsen | 12077723
POS: ROG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
TTE: TSgt Glover E. Barney | 39601716
POS: TTE
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
BTG: SSgt Frank W. Tychewicz | 36344174
POS: BTG
Status: KIA
State: Illinois
Notes: Initally buried in the Ehrenfriedhof Cemetery of Honor at Eupen. Grave number at Eupen 220. Re-interred Henri-Chapelle (HH-2-25) and returned to the USA for final burial.
RWG: SSgt Alexander Markowski | 12170779
POS: RWG
Status: KIA
State: New York
Notes: Initally buried in the Ehrenfriedhof Cemetery of Honor at Eupen. Grave number at Eupen 221. Re-interred at Henri-Chapelle 13 Dec 1944 (HH-2-24) and returned to the USA for final burial.
LWG: SSgt Henry A. Norton | 14090803
POS: LWG
Status: KIA
State: State N/A
Notes: Initally buried in the Ehrenfriedhof Cemetery of Honor at Eupen. Grave number at Eupen 219 . Re-interred at Henri-Chapelle 13 Dec 1944 (HH-2-22) and returned to the USA for final burial.
TG: SSgt Joseph F. LaSpada | 32035862
POS: TG
Status: KIA
State: New York
Notes: Initally buried in the Ehrenfriedhof Cemetery of Honor at Eupen. Grave number at Eupen 222. Re-interred at Henri-Chapelle 13 Dec 1944 (HH-2-25) and returned to the USA for final burial.
EX1: N/A First, MI, Suffix Last Name | N/A
POS: N/A
Status: N/A
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
EX2: N/A First, MI, Suffix Last Name | N/A
POS: N/A
Status: N/A
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
Crew Notes
It was always thought that Robert Knox was on The Wall of the Missing at Epinal, France until Jan Riddling discover otherwise during her research for"Grave Sites of the 100th."
Report Notes
Notes on this report N/A
