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Casualty Report

Casualty Report from August 17, 1943

Detail

MACR: 00681

Target: Me-109 factory at Regensburg, Germany

Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England

Crash: Crashed at Schornsheim a few kilmoters south of Mainz, Germany. Enemy fighter attacks destroyed the aircraft

Squadron: 350th BS - 100th BG(H)

Aircraft

Aircraft #: 42-30311

Aircraft Type: B-17F

Aircraft Name: Aircraft name N/A

Aircraft Code: LN-T

Pilot: Lt Thomas D. Hummel | O-737958

POS: P

Status: POW

State: State N/A

Notes: No notes on this crewmember

Copilot: Lt Michael G. Doroski | O-742850

POS: CP

Status: POW

State: State N/A

Notes: No notes on this crewmember

NAV: Lt Archie S. Depew | O-673501

POS: NAV

Status: POW

State: State N/A

Notes: No notes on this crewmember

BOM: Lt Norman Brewster | O-738532

POS: BOM

Status: MIA/KIA

State: State N/A

Notes: No notes on this crewmember

ROG: TSgt Donald J. Meeker | 20607571

POS: ROG

Status: POW

State: State N/A

Notes: No notes on this crewmember

TTE: TSgt Nelson O. Gunnar | 37194298

POS: TTE

Status: POW

State: State N/A

Notes: No notes on this crewmember

BTG: SSgt Gordon A. Williams | 32477874

POS: BTG

Status: POW

State: State N/A

Notes: No notes on this crewmember

RWG: SSgt Kenneth T. O'Connor | 12139143

POS: RWG

Status: KIA

State: New York

Notes: Buried initially in the civil cemetery at Shornsheim, Germany - Graves 1 & 2. Re-interred Lorraine (K-7-12)

LWG: SSgt Richard E. Bowler Bowler | 33113057

POS: LWG

Status: KIA

State: Pennsylvania

Notes: Buried initially in the civil cemetery at Shornsheim, Germany - Graves 1 & 2. Re-interred Lorraine after end of hostilities in Lorraine as UNKNOWN X-2042. (This is not explained in the casualty report)

TG: N/A First, MI, Suffix Last Name | N/A

POS: TG

Status: MIA/KIA

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

Notes on this report  N/A