Casualty Report from August 17, 1943
Detail
MACR: 00680
Target: Me-109 factory at Regensburg, Germany
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: Thought to be near Nurnburg, Germany. Destroyed by enemy fighters, aircraft may have exploded in mid-air or structual failures occurred after or during the crew's egress.
Squadron: 349th BS - 100th BG (H)
Time of loss: 12:00
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 42-30002
Aircraft Type: B-17F
Aircraft Name: The WAAC Hunter
Aircraft Code: XR-F
Pilot: Lt Henry P. Shotland | O-794706
POS: P
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
Copilot: Lt Charles R. Thompsen | O-743134
POS: CP
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
NAV: Lt Thomas J. Doran | O574164
POS: NAV
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
BOM: Lt William J. Harrison | O-733311
POS: BOM
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
ROG: TSgt Edward M. Kussman | 37213844
POS: ROG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
TTE: TSgt Lloyd E. Field | 18115944
POS: TTE
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
BTG: SSgt Lawrence E. Capdeville | 38312764
POS: BTG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
RWG: SSgt Roy L. Butler | 18076941
POS: RWG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
LWG: SSgt John J. Keegan | 32409161
POS: LWG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
TG: SSgt Foster Compton | 35446408
POS: TG
Status: KIA
State: Kentucky
Notes: Killed in one of the last fighter attacks - went down with the ship and is buried in the 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
Eyewitness report: A/C #002, on our right wing hit by enemy A/C at Nurnburg, dropped wheels. Four chutes seen. Big strip out of vertical stablizer. Three enemy aircraft last seen attacking……...Lt. J.K. Justice
