Casualty Report from December 31, 1944
Detail
MACR: 11360
Target: Hamburg, Germany
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: Destroyed by enemy fighters at Bartelsdorf near Rotenburg, Germany. Left the formation in sharp nose down attitude, leveled at approximately 5000 feet. Entered a spin from which the aircraft never recovered. Some how all the crew bailed out safely and were immediately taken prisoner.
Squadron: 350th BS - 100th BG(H)
Time of loss: 12:30
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 43-38408
Aircraft Type: B-17G
Aircraft Name: Faithful Forever
Aircraft Code: LN-?
Pilot: 1Lt Leo D. Ross | O-768685
POS: P
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
Copilot: 2Lt Raigh Mason | O-765410
POS: CP
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Wounded and hospitalized in Rotenburg by the Germans
NAV: 2Lt William T. Burruss | O2060931
POS: NAV
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
BOM: 2Lt Russell A. Koechel | O-723984
POS: BOM
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
ROG: TSgt Carl C. Andersen | 17157831
POS: ROG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
TTE: TSgt Jerry J. Angelotos | 19181921
POS: TTE
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
BTG: SSgt Oscar K. Johnson | 14185089
POS: BTG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
RWG: SSgt John W. Affleck | 33538431
POS: RWG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
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 James R. Wynne | 35228761
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
Notes on this crew N/A
Report Notes
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