Casualty Report from March 18, 1945
Detail
MACR: 13142
Target: Berlin, Germany
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: Destroyed by an Me-262; No. #1 engine and fuel tank fires forced the crew to abandon the aircraft. T/Sgt Morris Kolling appartently did not bail out. Aircraft crashed near Osterburg, Germany, near the Elbe River.
Squadron: 418th BS - 100th BG(H)
Time of loss: 11:20
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 44-9717
Aircraft Type: B-17G
Aircraft Name: "Miss Sweetness"
Aircraft Code: LD-T
Pilot: 1Lt Paul E. DeWeerdt | O-795367
POS: P
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
Copilot: 2Lt Bill E. Thompson | O-257197
POS: CP
Status: POW
State: Alabama
Notes: Lt. Thomas was flying in the tail gunner's position and was the Formation Control Officer
NAV: F/O James M. Carden | T132235
POS: NAV
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
BOM: 2Lt Bernard F. Kozik | O-783454
POS: BOM
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
ROG: SSgt Robert A. Hausam | 17169091
POS: ROG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
TTE: TSgt Morris O. Kolling | 17036368
POS: TTE
Status: KIA
State: Minnesota
Notes: Final Internment - Ardennes B-42-33
BTG: N/A First, MI, Suffix Last Name | 00000000
POS: BTG
Status: MIA/KIA
State: llinois
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
RWG: Sgt Howard R. Whittaker | 35912670
POS: RWG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
LWG: Sgt Pete J. Fischer | 37479800
POS: LWG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
TG: N/A First, MI, Suffix Last Name | 00000000
POS: TG
Status: MIA/KIA
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
EX1: F/O Sumner H. Woodrow | T-129907
POS: RAD NAV
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
EX2: Capt Roger L. Swain | 0399581
POS: CMD P
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
Crew Notes
Notes on this crew N/A
Report Notes
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