Casualty Report from June 25, 1943
Detail
MACR: 00269
Target: Bremen, Ger.
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: Shot down by enemy fighters on the way to the target at app. 0900 hours - north of the Frisian Isles, Ger.
Squadron: 100th BG (H) 349th BS
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 42-29986
Aircraft Type: B-17F
Aircraft Name: Blue Bird “K”.
Aircraft Code: XR-Q
Pilot: Capt Oran E. Petrich | O-435988
POS: P
Status: MIA/KIA
State: South Dakota
Notes: Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing at Cambridge
Copilot: 2Lt Bluford B. Mullins | O-435988
POS: CP
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Mississippi
Notes: Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing at Cambridge
NAV: 1Lt Edward N. Jones | O-662060
POS: NAV
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Oklahoma
Notes: Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing at Cambridge
BOM: 2Lt Stanley O. Morrison | O-2043765
POS: BOM
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Indiana
Notes: 418th Bomb Squadron - Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing at Cambridge
ROG: TSgt Edward I. Zerblis | 36325832
POS: ROG
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Illinois
Notes: Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing in the Netherlands.
TTE: TSgt Max P. Brim | 17042214
POS: TTE
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Iowa
Notes: Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing at Cambridge
BTG: SSgt Henry H. Rutherford | 39104150
POS: BTG
Status: MIA/KIA
State: California
Notes: Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing at Cambridge
RWG: SSgt Joseph D. Bieu | 31121477
POS: BTG
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Connecticut
Notes: Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing at Cambridge
LWG: SSgt Pete S. Villalobos | 19078879
POS: LWG
Status: MIA/KIA
State: California
Notes: Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing at Cambridge
TG: SSgt James M. Strong | 18126041
POS: TG
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Texas
Notes: Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing at Cambridge
Crew Notes
All of the crew MIA; commemorated on the Wall of the Missing at Cambridge.
Report Notes
25 Jun 43 wa a Friday
