Casualty Report from September 11, 1944
Detail
MACR: 08821
Target: Ruhland, Germany
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: Destroyed by enemy fighters - may have exploded near the IP. Wreckage at Crottendorf, 11 km southwest of Annaberg/Erzgebirge, Germany. The five KIAs were initially interred in the cemetery of Crottendorf. All were moved to Ardennes at the end of hostilities.
Squadron: 350th BS - 100th BG(H)
Time of loss: 12:15
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 42-102695
Aircraft Type: B-17G
Aircraft Name: Aircraft name N/A
Aircraft Code: LN-F
Pilot: 2Lt Hugh E. Holladay | O-817443
POS: P
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Blown from the aircraft with burns to the head and neck areas - Hospitalized in the POW Hospital at Hohenstein/Erzgebirge.
Copilot: 2Lt Howard E. Potts | O-822915
POS: CP
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Blown from the aircraft
NAV: 2Lt Roy M. Lynch | O-718366
POS: NAV
Status: KIA
State: North Carolina
Notes: Final Internment - USA
BOM: 2Lt Joseph E. Michaud | O-712197
POS: BOM
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Blown from aircraft - Hospitalized in the POW Hospital at Hohenstein/Erzgebirge.
ROG: TSgt Herlan R. Tarter | 15097558
POS: ROG
Status: KIA
State: Kentucky
Notes: Final Internment - Mill Spring National Cemetery, West Somerset, Kentucky - USA
TTE: TSgt Nick C. Morrale | 3531353
POS: TTE
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Wounded - Hospitalized in the POW Hospital at Hohenstein/Erzgebirge.
BTG: SSgt Delbert M. Gadberry | 37534589
POS: BTG
Status: KIA
State: Iowa
Notes: Final Internment - USA
RWG: SSgt Nick R. DeSanto | 35234180
POS: RWG
Status: KIA
State: Ohio
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 Robert F. Duncan | 35911807
POS: TG
Status: KIA
State: Ohio
Notes: Final Internment - 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
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