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Casualty Report

Casualty Report from February 3, 1945

Detail

MACR: 12047

Target: Berlin, Germany

Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England

Crash: Flak hit in right wing. Aircraft assumed a large nose down attitude, pulled up and apparently stalled and half rolled- engulfed in flames 958 crashed in Oskarstrasse, Jegen 349, Berlin-Karlshorst. Two crewmen got out and the remaining seven were killed.

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

Time of loss: 11:25

Aircraft

Aircraft #: 42-102958

Aircraft Type: B-17G

Aircraft Name: Aircraft name N/A

Aircraft Code: LN-G

Pilot: 2Lt Richard A. Beck | O-774476

POS: P

Status: KIA

State: Arizona

Notes: Final Internment - Ardennes D-8-37

Copilot: 2Lt Walter A. Rosenberger | O-059609

POS: CP

Status: KIA

State: Pennsylvania

Notes: Final Internment - Ardennes A-43-25

NAV: F/O Dale B. Snow | T132383

POS: NAV

Status: POW

State: State N/A

Notes: No notes on this crewmember

BOM: 2Lt Robert D. Carpenter | O-783395

POS: BOM

Status: POW

State: State N/A

Notes: No notes on this crewmember

ROG: Sgt Lavelle E. Giles | 37485421

POS: ROG

Status: MIA

State: Nebraska

Notes: Commemorated on The Walls of the Missing in Netherlands

TTE: Sgt Pedro A. Matinez | 32983417

POS: TTE

Status: KIA

State: New York

Notes: Final Internment - Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, New York - USA

BTG: Sgt Dudley S. Ingraham | 31379828

POS: BTG

Status: KIA

State: Connecticut

Notes: Final Internment - Ardennes D-8-30

RWG: Sgt Herald R. Boyd | 38061582

POS: RWG

Status: MIA

State: Texas

Notes: Commemorated on The Walls of the Missing in Netherlands

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: Sgt Daniel E. McTaggart | 37486248

POS: TG

Status: KIA

State: Nebraska

Notes: Final Internment - UDA

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

On 3 Feb 45 Formation Chart, the ID on the plane was LN-G