Casualty Report from April 10, 1945
Detail
MACR: 14171
Target: Jet Airfield near Magdeburg, Germany
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: Destroyed by attacks from two Me-262's - 840 made a vertical slow roll and burst into flames and exploded on impact northeast of Hannover. There was only one survivor from the crew of nine airmen.
Squadron: 349th BS - 100th BG (H)
Time of loss: 11:49
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 43-38840
Aircraft Type: B-17G
Aircraft Name: The Little Rebel
Aircraft Code: XR-O
Pilot: 2Lt Delbert D. Reeve | O-783877
POS: P
Status: KIA
State: State N/A
Notes: Interred along with three other Unknowns from the crew in Ardennes Plot FF-7-166. Graves Registration as well as the Germans could not individually identify the crewmen. Final Internment - Group Burial in Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, Nebraska - USA
Copilot: F/O Hazen F. Willet | T006662
POS: CP
Status: KIA
State: Washington
Notes: Final Internment - USA
NAV: F/O Steve S. Poulos | T137852
POS: NAV
Status: MIA
State: Illinois
Notes: Commemorated on the Walls of the Missing in Netherlands
BOM: F/O George E. Woodham | T133153
POS: BOM
Status: Evaded
State: State N/A
Notes: Cerw's only survivor
ROG: Sgt Albert D. Crabbs | 33734677
POS: ROG
Status: KIA
State: Pennsylvania
Notes: Final Internment - USA
TTE: Sgt Robert E. Trueblood | 35894417
POS: TTE
Status: KIA
State: State N/A
Notes:
BTG: N/A First, MI, Suffix Last Name | 00000000
POS: BTG
Status: MIA/KIA
State: State N/A
Notes: Interred along with three other Unknowns from the crew in Ardennes Plot FF-7-166. Graves Registration as well as the Germans could not individually identify the crewmen. Final Internment - Group Burial in Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, Nebraska - USA
RWG: Sgt Arthur F. Ehrler | 16137734
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 Wesley A. Woods | 39469379
POS: TG
Status: KIA
State: State N/A
Notes: Interred along with three other Unknowns from the crew in Ardennes Plot FF-7-166. Graves Registration as well as the Germans could not individually identify the crewmen. Final Internment - Group Burial in Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, Nebraska - 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
This is the Last Crew lost by the 100th Bomb Group. This was also the first mission for the Lt Reeve Crew.
Report Notes
Notes on this report N/A
