Casualty Report from October 10, 1943
Detail
MACR: 01028
Target: Munster, Germany
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: Exploded after the crew bailed out in the vicinity of Lienen, just southeast of Osnabruck, Germany.
Squadron: 350th BS - 100th BG(H)
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 43-30725
Aircraft Type: B-17F
Aircraft Name: AW-R-GO
Aircraft Code: LN-Z
Pilot: Capt Charles B. Cruikshank | O-791077
POS: P
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
Copilot: Lt Glenn E. Graham | O-797988
POS: CP
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
NAV: Lt Frank D. Murphy | O-790276
POS: NAV
Status: POW
State: Georgia
Notes: Author of "The Luck of the Draw," a comprehensive history of this crew. Insights into life at Thorpe Abbotts and German POW camps in WWII
BOM: Lt August H. Gaspar | O-762616
POS: BOM
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
ROG: TSgt Orlando E. Vincenti | 13056384
POS: ROG
Status: KIA
State: Pennsylvania
Notes: Final Interment - USA (See crew notes)
TTE: TSgt Leonard R. Weeks | 15071794
POS: TTE
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
BTG: SSgt Robert L. Bixler | 39849177
POS: BTG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
RWG: SSgt James M. Johnson | 18051160
POS: RWG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
LWG: SSgt Donald B. Garrison | 16074721
POS: LWG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
TG: SSgt Charles A. Clark | 36336062
POS: TG
Status: KIA
State: Illinois
Notes: Final Interment - USA (See crew notes)
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
Notes on this crew: Vincenti and Clark were initially buried in the Roman Catholic Cemetery at Lienen - later moved to Ardennes at the end of hostilities.
Report Notes
Notes on this report: This is one of the 38 "Original 100th" crews, most of whom were lost in combat. There were many KIAs among this group of outstanding men. "Our Greatest Generation,"
