Casualty Report from September 11, 1944
Detail
MACR: 08811
Target: Rhuland, Germany
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: Destroyed by enemy fighters - fire was started in the oxygen system in addition to damaging the tail section. The aircraft crashed in a wooded area along Phoenix Street at Schmiedeberg/Kirchenheide, Saxonia, Germany. (See Crew Notes for more information on crew Internment)
Squadron: 350th BS - 100th BG(H)
Time of loss: 12:00
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 44-6089
Aircraft Type: B-17G
Aircraft Name: Aircraft name N/A
Aircraft Code: LN-B
Pilot: 1Lt Lawrence W. Riegel | O-818752
POS: P
Status: KIA
State: State N/A
Notes: - Final Internment - Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri - USA
Copilot: 2Lt Joseph E. Johnston | O-823605
POS: CP
Status: KIA
State: State N/A
Notes: - Final Internment - Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri - USA
NAV: 2Lt George H. Prater | O-863716
POS: NAV
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Broken leg and hand burns. Hospitalized by the Germans at Garrison Hospital, Hohenstein-Ernstthal, where he remained to the end of January, 1945.
BOM: 2Lt Charles L. Dolby | O765785
POS: BOM
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
ROG: TSgt Ray S. Deming | 38438663
POS: ROG
Status: KIA
State: State N/A
Notes: - Final Internment - Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri - USA
TTE: TSgt Edgar L. Herrick | 37555774
POS: TTE
Status: KIA
State: State N/A
Notes: - Final Internment - Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri - USA
BTG: SSgt Nestor A. Celleghin | 35913219
POS: BTG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Captured at Oberwiesenthal
RWG: SSgt Phillip D. Mangan | 17127569
POS: RWG
Status: KIA
State: State N/A
Notes: - Final Internment - Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri - USA
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 Jewell D. Spruell | 36762232
POS: TG
Status: KIA
State: Illinois
Notes: German reports indicate S/Sgt Spruell was found near Annaberg and was buried in the cemetery at Oferwiesenthal. - Final Internment - S/Sgt Jewell D. Spruell was recovered on November 18th, 1952 at Hammer - Wiesenthal and taken to the mausoleum in St. Avold, France. Honoring the request of his next of kin he was permanently interred in Belmont, Illinois - USA
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
Notes on this report N/A
