Casualty Report from September 11, 1944
Detail
MACR: 08815
Target: Ruhland, Germany
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: Destroyed by enemy fighters. Wreckage found at Gottesgab/Rittersgrun, Germany. Five of the six KIAs were buried in the Cemetery of Oberwiesenthal - moved to Lorraine at the end of hostilities
Squadron: 350th BS - 100th BG(H)
Time of loss: 12:35
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 43-38047
Aircraft Type: B-17G
Aircraft Name: Innocent Bystander
Aircraft Code: LN-O
Pilot: 1Lt Joseph H. Raine | O-761187
POS: P
Status: KIA
State: State N/A
Notes: Remains recovered near Annaberg. Final Internment - Lts. Raine and Kalbach could not be individually identified by the Germans or the US Grave Registration unit after the war and were buried in a common grave at Fort Scott National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kansas - USA
Copilot: 2Lt Lew E. Wallace | O-709698
POS: CP
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Original Copilot for Lt Ed Hansen Crew
NAV: 2Lt Howard J. Kalbach | O-873849
POS: NAV
Status: KIA
State: State N/A
Notes: Final Internment - Lts. Raine and Kalbach could not be individually identified by the Germans or the US Grave Registration unit after the war and were buried in a common grave at Fort Scott National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kansas - USA
BOM: 2Lt Phillip D. Pitts | O-772720
POS: BOM
Status: KIA
State: Pennsylvania
Notes: Final Internment - USA
ROG: TSgt Vincent S. Linguanti | 32430635
POS: ROG
Status: KIA
State: New York
Notes: Final Internment - USA
TTE: TSgt Walter F. Jorgensen | 32855915
POS: TTE
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
BTG: SSgt Elmer S. Farnsworth | 18202545
POS: BTG
Status: KIA
State: Texas
Notes: Final Internment - USA
RWG: SSgt Edward Weinstein | 37611341
POS: RWG
Status: KIA
State: Virginia
Notes: Died of wounds, September 23rd, 1944 in the Res. Hospital Hohnstein-Ernsthal. Buried in the cemetery Waldfrieden near the Monastery, Row 1 Grave 2. Moved to US Military Cemetery Grand Failly at Longuyon, France - Final Internment Arlington National Cemetery - 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 John C. Meacham | 18168943
POS: TG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
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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