Casualty Report from September 11, 1944
Detail
MACR: 08818
Target: Ruhland, Germany
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: Destroyed by enemy fighters - crashed at Ober-Hals near Schmiedeberg south of Dresden. (Parcel 167, Kiefernheide). The initial internment sites are unknown. All were re-interred in Lorraine at the end of hostilities.
Squadron: 349th BS - 100th BG (H)
Time of loss: 12:15
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 42-97806
Aircraft Type: B-17G
Aircraft Name: Now An' Then
Aircraft Code: XR-D
Pilot: 2Lt Charles E. Baker | O-760691
POS: P
Status: KIA
State: State N/A
Notes: Final Internment - USA (Lt. Baker received a permanent Group Burial with the victims of B-17G 44-6089 In Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri - USA
Copilot: 2Lt Charles D. (Dwight) Chiles | O-693628
POS: CP
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Captured in the vicinity of Oberwiesenthal
NAV: 2Lt Donald H. Lienemann | O-717607
POS: NAV
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Captured in the vicinity of Joachimsthal
BOM: 2Lt Raymond J. McGuinness | O-772697
POS: BOM
Status: KIA
State: New York
Notes: Final Internment - Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, New York - USA
ROG: TSgt David A. Gurman | 12074462
POS: ROG
Status: MIA/KIA
State: New York
Notes: Final Internment - Ardennes A-35-16
TTE: TSgt Eugene C. Damrel | 18060101
POS: TTE
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Captured September 12th, 1944 near Weipert/Erzgebirge
BTG: SSgt Roy C. Johannesen | 11081894
POS: BTG
Status: KIA
State: Massachusetts
Notes: Final Internment - Ardennes D-3-36
RWG: SSgt David S. Rattin | 19123829
POS: RWG
Status: KIA
State: Montana
Notes: 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 Fred A. Fischer | 37573609
POS: TG
Status: KIA
State: Minnesota
Notes: Final Internment - Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota - 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
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Report Notes
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