Casualty Report from April 21, 1944
Detail
MACR: 99917
Target: Scheduled practice mission
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: Crashed shortly after take-off, impacting near the Airfield at Eye. The cause of the crash remains unknown according to Jan Riddling, 100th Group Historian. All crew members were fatally injured and initially interred in Cambridge.
Squadron: 349th BS - 100th BG (H)
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 42-30091
Aircraft Type: B-17G
Aircraft Name: Blivit
Aircraft Code: LD-S
Pilot: 2Lt Myron D. Richmond | O-812311
POS: P
Status: KIC
State: Oklahoma
Notes: Initial Internemnt - Cambridge (C-10-20) - Final Internment - Cambridge F-2-96
Copilot: 2Lt John T. Kenney | O-817692
POS: CP
Status: KIC
State: Maryland
Notes: Initial Internemnt - Cambridge (C-10-21) - Final Internment - Cambridge E-3-84
NAV: Lt August H. J. Horstmann | O-743954
POS: NAV
Status: KIC
State: Colorado
Notes: Initial Internemnt - Cambridge (D-10-1) - Final Internment - USA SN# many have been 0-743594 (from aircraft accident report)
BOM: 2Lt Robert L. Keagy | O-700107
POS: BOM
Status: KIC
State: Ohio
Notes: Initial Internemnt - Cambridge (C-10-23) - Final Internment - Cambridge C-0-60
ROG: SSgt Walter H. George | 39118875
POS: ROG
Status: KIC
State: California
Notes: Initial Internemnt - Cambridge (C-10-17) - Final Internment - Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, California - USA
TTE: SSgt Lester M. Cutler | 16085999
POS: TTE
Status: KIC
State: Michigan
Notes: Initial Internemnt - Cambridge (C-10-22) - Final Internment - Cambridge E-3-73
BTG: Sgt Charles C. Lewis | 32845502
POS: BTG
Status: KIC
State: New York
Notes: Initial Internemnt - Cambridge (C-10-19) - Final Internment - Cambridge E-3-75
RWG: Sgt John F. Johnson | 32836327
POS: RWG
Status: KIC
State: New York
Notes: Initial Internemnt - Cambridge (C-10-24) - Final Internment - Cambridge E-5-75
LWG: SSgt Cornelius W. Robinson | 14069630
POS: LWG
Status: KIC
State: Alabama
Notes: Initial Internemnt - Cambridge (C-1--25) - Final Internment - USA
TG: SSgt Raymond H. Lilly | 37558649
POS: TG
Status: KIC
State: South Dakota
Notes: Initial Internemnt - Cambridge (C-10-25) - 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
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Report Notes
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