Casualty Report from July 28, 1944
Detail
MACR: 07880
Target: Merseburg, Germany (Leuna Oil Refinery)
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: Destroyed by flak 17 km north of Dillenburg, Germany. Un-controllable fires in the No. 3 engine, waist and radio room. The aircraft was completely destroyed on impact. Two of the crew were killed.
Squadron: 350th BS - 100th BG(H)
Time of loss: 09:15
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 42-97555
Aircraft Type: B-17G
Aircraft Name: " Dan Boone"
Aircraft Code: ??-F
Pilot: 1Lt James B. Noble | O-753812
POS: P
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Captured at Gundersdorf 29 Jul 44
Copilot: 1Lt Robert P. Lipps | O-818896
POS: CP
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Captured near Netphen
NAV: 1Lt Robert W. Barry | O-704576
POS: NAV
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Captured at Weidlbach; wounded and hospitalized by the Germans at Herborn
BOM: 2Lt Marcus M. Hertz | O-700104
POS: BOM
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Captured at Holzhausen
ROG: TSgt Russell F. Ellis | 11071717
POS: ROG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No record of his capture
TTE: TSgt Frank Cruz | 38362903
POS: TTE
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Captured near Siegen
BTG: N/A First, MI, Suffix Last Name | 00000000
POS: BTG
Status: MIA/KIA
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
RWG: SSgt Arthur L. Roberts | 36302434
POS: RWG
Status: KIA
State: Illinois
Notes: Badly burned inside the aircraft. Interred in Ardennes Plot D-9-211 - Final Internment - USA
LWG: SSgt William P. McNally | 32975636
POS: LWG
Status: KIA
State: New Jersey
Notes: Initally buried in the Cemetery of Rudersdorf - move the Ardennes C-7-153 - Final Internment - USA
TG: SSgt Frederick E. Swartz | 39037688
POS: TG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Captured at Hainchen
EX1: Capt Floyd H. Mason | 0-413234
POS: CMD P
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Captured 2 km south of Oberdielfen
EX2: 1Lt Edmund J. Kauffman | 0-698725
POS: RAD NAV
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
Crew Notes
Notes on this crew N/A
Report Notes
Notes on this report N/A
