Casualty Report from April 10, 1945
Detail
MACR: 14170
Target: Burg Airfield near Magdeburg, Germany
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: Destroyed by a Me-262 and crashed on the farm of the Renick family at Jemmeritz near Klotze/Altmark, Germany. Five of the ten man crew were killed and initially interred near the crash site - all re-interred in Netherlands in April 1945.
Squadron: 351st BS - 100th BG (H)
Time of loss: 11:49
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 43-38963
Aircraft Type: B-17G
Aircraft Name: Aircraft name N/A
Aircraft Code: EP-E
Pilot: 1Lt Lawrence L. Bazin | O-781173
POS: P
Status: KIA
State: Kansas
Notes: Final Internment - USA
Copilot: 2Lt James R. Dotson | O-826895
POS: CP
Status: KIA
State: Kentucky
Notes: Final Internment - USA
NAV: 2Lt John D. Gross | O2009057
POS: NAV
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
BOM: TSgt Arthur W. Flowers | 14100882
POS: BOM
Status: KIA
State: North Carolina
Notes: Final Internment - Netherlands I-18-19
ROG: TSgt Glenn D. Abraham | 39203614
POS: ROG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
TTE: SSgt Roens E. Shearwood | 7007318
POS: TTE
Status: Evaded
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
BTG: SSgt Richard E. Smith | 15407360
POS: BTG
Status: KIA
State: Ohio
Notes: Final Internment - Netherlands B-3-20
RWG: SSgt Richard D. Long | 35298395
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 Paul H. Decker | 3759926
POS: TG
Status: KIA
State: Minnesota
Notes: Final Internment - Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota - USA
EX1: SSgt Robert B. Patterson | 37537192
POS: RAD NAV
Status: EVA
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
This is the Second Last Crew and A/C lost by the 100th Bomb Group in World War II.
Report Notes
Notes on this report N/A
