Casualty Report from September 11, 1944
Detail
MACR: 08814
Target: Ruhland, Germany
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: Destroyed by enemy fighters - crashed 16 km east of Leipzig, Germany
Squadron: 350th BS - 100th BG(H)
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 43-38043
Aircraft Type: B-17G
Aircraft Name: Aircraft name N/A
Aircraft Code: LN-T
Pilot: 1Lt Howard R Schulte | O-815563
POS: P
Status: KIA
State: Illinois
Notes: Presumed to have crashed with the aircraft along with S/Sgt. George H. Berg. There is no German burial report for the pilot. Final Internment - Commemorated on The Wall of the Missing in Henri-Chapelle.
Copilot: F/O Richard P. Keirn | T-124410
POS: CP
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Wounded - Hospitalized in Leopzig-Wahren. This revered 100th veteran was to suffer captivity a second time, his F-4 was destroyed by ground rockets in an attack on a North Vietnam target. This time his captivity was to span seven (7) years.
NAV: 2Lt Jerome H. Hutcheson | O-718318
POS: NAV
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
BOM: 2Lt Kenneth R. Summers | O-757755
POS: BOM
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
ROG: TSgt Lester S. Swink | 13061774
POS: ROG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
TTE: TSgt Carl H. Harre | 17073203
POS: TTE
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
BTG: SSgt George H. Berg | 32766613
POS: BTG
Status: KIA
State: New Jersey
Notes: Did not bail out. Buried in the cmetery at Puchau near Wuzen/Saxonia - Final Internment - Luxembourg B-10-43
RWG: SSgt Walter V. Budziszewski | 16171642
POS: RWG
Status: KIA
State: Tennessee
Notes: His remains were recovered November 4th, 1953 near Grossweitzchen. Taken to the Mausoleum at Frankfort/Griesheim and buried in Grave No. 207 - Final Internment - 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 Otto Reichl | 33827404
POS: TG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Wounded and taken to Hospital Lwipzig-Wahren by the Germans.
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
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Report Notes
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