Casualty Report from March 18, 1945
Detail
MACR: 13143
Target: Berlin, Germany
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: Attacked by four Me-262's, left stabilizer carried away. With the right wing engulfed in flames the crew abandoned 521. It later exploded around 20,000 feet with major wreckage found east of Wittenberge, Germany. Three crewmen were perished, one while still in the airplane.
Squadron: 351st BS - 100th BG (H)
Time of loss: 11:09
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 43-37521
Aircraft Type: B-17G
Aircraft Name: Skyway Chariot
Aircraft Code: EP-K
Pilot: 1Lt Rollie C. King | O-777188
POS: P
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
Copilot: F/O Jack S. Williams | T063375
POS: CP
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
NAV: F/O John W. Spencer | T134595
POS: NAV
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
BOM: SSgt Francis S. Gordon | 39035247
POS: BOM
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
ROG: SSgt Archie Mathosian | 32801317
POS: ROG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
TTE: SSgt Ray E. Wilding | 13172022
POS: TTE
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
BTG: SSgt Robert G. Mitchell | 36696568
POS: BTG
Status: MIA
State: Illinois
Notes: Commemorated on The Walls of the Missing in Netherlands
RWG: Sgt Meyer Gitlin | 36368075
POS: RWG
Status: KIA
State: Illinois
Notes: Final Internment - USA
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 James M. Baker | 33702630
POS: TG
Status: KIA
State: Pennsylvania
Notes: Killed in the air. Final Internment - 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
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