Casualty Report from July 28, 1944
Detail
MACR: 08173
Target: Merseburg, Germany
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: Flying at 9,000 on the return above the overcast. Another 100th aircraft 009 pulled climbing and struck the stabilizer of 42-97621 which dove straight down, crashing into the North Sea 26 miles from the Lowestoft, Suffolk coast.
Squadron: 350th BS - 100th BG(H)
Time of loss: 12:31
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 42-97621
Aircraft Type: B-17G
Aircraft Name: Aircraft name N/A
Aircraft Code: LN-A
Pilot: 2Lt Wesley G. Stansbury | O-816610
POS: P
Status: MIA/KIA
State: New York
Notes: Commemorated on The Wall of the Missing in Cambridge
Copilot: 2Lt John E. Baxter | O-709746
POS: CP
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Iowa
Notes: Commemorated on The Wall of the Missing in Cambridge
NAV: 2Lt William M. Fischer | O-712541
POS: NAV
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Pennsylvania
Notes: Commemorated on The Wall of the Missing in Cambridge
BOM: TSgt Richard D. Hawkins | 12040698
POS: TSgt
Status: MIA/KIA
State: New York
Notes: Commemorated on The Wall of the Missing in Cambridge
ROG: TSgt Wesson A. Stetson | 36562907
POS: ROG
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Michigan
Notes: Commemorated on The Wall of the Missing in Cambridge
TTE: TSgt G.W. Moxley | 18192282
POS: TTE
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Oklahoma
Notes: Commemorated on The Wall of the Missing in Cambridge
BTG: SSgt Henry W. Inskeep | 13112031
POS: BTG
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Pennsylvania
Notes: Commemorated on The Wall of the Missing in Cambridge
RWG: SSgt Melvin M. Rogoff | 36653207
POS: RWG
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Illinois
Notes: Commemorated on The Wall of the Missing in Cambridge
LWG: N/A First, MI, Suffix Last Name | 00000000
POS: LWG
Status: MIA/KIA
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
TG: SSgt John A. Myers | 18122047
POS: TG
Status: MIA/KIA
State: New Mexico
Notes: Commemorated on The Wall of the Missing in Cambridge
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
Notes on this crew N/A
Report Notes
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