Casualty Report from October 6, 1944
Detail
MACR: 09509
Target: Berlin, Germany
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: Direct flak hit between the left engines - left formation and crashed at Ringstrasse 51-6, Finkenkrug, 10 km west of Spandau, Germany. After some minutes the bomb load exploded, killing a German woman who was attempting to assist the crew. The eight killed were buried as Unknowns in the Communal Cemetery at Falkensee, Germany. In August 1947 those interred in Mass Grave Row 2 Graves 5/7 at Falkensee were move to Ardennes. Cpl Robert H. Bennett, F/O John T. Carmichael, 2Lt. Edmund W. Rohde and S/Sgt Joseph J. Burghardt were individually identified by Graves Registration. At the request of next of kin the unidentified were buried in Ardennes in two adjoining graves.
Squadron: 350th BS - 100th BG(H)
Time of loss: 11:58
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 43-37882
Aircraft Type: B-17G
Aircraft Name: Happy-Go-Lucky
Aircraft Code: LN-W
Pilot: 2Lt Frederick Reed | O-767651
POS: P
Status: KIA
State: California
Notes: Final Internment - Ardennes A-8-15 (Identified by fiancee's ring)
Copilot: 2Lt Edward A. Hesse | O-823075
POS: CP
Status: KIA
State: Nebraska
Notes: Final Internment - Ardennes A-8-14
NAV: F/O John t. Carmichael | T124420
POS: NAV
Status: KIA
State: Alabama
Notes: Final Internment - Ardennes D-39-13
BOM: 2Lt Edmund W. Rohde | O-777503
POS: BOM
Status: KIA
State: Iowa
Notes: Final Internment - USA
ROG: Cpl Robert H. Bennett | 17038951
POS: ROG
Status: KIA
State: Missouri
Notes: Final Internment - USA
TTE: TSgt Edward V. Ankli | 15109105
POS: TTE
Status: KIA
State: Michigan
Notes: Final Internment - Ardennes A-8-14
BTG: TSgt Robert E. Jackson | 18166481
POS: BTG
Status: KIA
State: Arkansas
Notes: Final Internment - Ardennes A-8-15 (Identified by clothing marker)
RWG: SSgt Roy F. Lomanno | 13044914
POS: RWG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Bailed out - captured at Finkenwerder
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 Joseph J. Burghardt | 16069588
POS: TG
Status: KIA
State: Illinois
Notes: Final Internment - Ardennes D-7-41
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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