Casualty Report from July 25, 1943
Detail
MACR: 00117
Target: Kiel, Germany - Submarine Yards
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: Damaged by Flak and ditched in the sea west of Graddyh Barre - four crew members escaped the A/C, the remaining were trapped inside and were either dead from wounds or drowned.
Squadron: 350th BS - 100th BG(H)
Time of loss: 16:00
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 42-5862
Aircraft Type: B-17F
Aircraft Name: Duration + 6
Aircraft Code: LN-T
Pilot: Capt Richard A. Carey | O1699495
POS: P
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
Copilot: Lt William J. Styles | O-798047
POS: CP
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
NAV: 2Lt Calvin H. De Fevre | O-731278
POS: NAV
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Illinois
Notes: Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing at Cambridge
BOM: 2Lt William E. Griffith | O-731369
POS: BOM
Status: MIA/KIA
State: California
Notes: Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing at Cambridge
ROG: TSgt Steven S. Kopezewski | 12095186
POS: ROG
Status: MIA/KIA
State: New Jersey
Notes: Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing at Cambridge (The body of Steven S. Kopezewski was seen floating in the sea and after ascertaining he was dead the body was left to the sea.)
TTE: TSgt Lester I. Berg | 36170576
POS: TTE
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Michigan
Notes: Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing at Cambridge
BTG: SSgt Norman C. Eddy | 31128180
POS: BTG
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Massachusetts
Notes: Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing at Cambridge
RWG: SSgt Charles J. Mayville | 34264560
POS: RWG
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Alabama
Notes: Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing at Cambridge
LWG: SSgt Maynard T. Parsons | 19077242
POS: LWG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Maynard T. Parsons was wounded and transferred to the Luftwaffe Hospital at Schleswig, Germany.
TG: SSgt Robert D. Lepper | 37372452
POS: TG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Robert D. Lepper was wounded and transferred to the Luftwaffe Hospital at Schleswig, Germany.
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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