Casualty Report from October 10, 1943
Detail
MACR: 01031
Target: Munster, Germany
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: Destroyed over Ostbevern after a collision with enemy fighter and possibly another B-17 No# 42-30723
Squadron: 418th BS - 100th BG(H)
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 42-30047
Aircraft Type: B-17F
Aircraft Name: Sweater Girl
Aircraft Code: LN-Q
Pilot: Lt Richard B. Atchison | O-738063
POS: P
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: There are some reports that list the Pilot, Lt. Atchson as KIA; this is incorrect. If this had been true it would have been a rare occurance. German records of dead and captured Allied airmen were always highly accurate and in 1943 extremely so. (paul west)
Copilot: Lt Willard Secor | O-802472
POS: CP
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
NAV: Lt Kenneth Baron | O675982
POS: NAV
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
BOM: Lt Sol Goldstein | O-676255
POS: BOM
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
ROG: SSgt Eldor E. Lisch | 16094155
POS: ROG
Status: KIA
State: Wisconsin
Notes: Final Interment - USA (See Crew Notes)
TTE: TSgt Russel Bennett | 33273848
POS: TTE
Status: W.
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
BTG: SSgt Clarence A. Coombs | 11068212
POS: BTG
Status: KIA
State: Maine
Notes: Final Interment - USA (See Crew Notes)
RWG: SSgt Elliott O. Preble | 31164132
POS: RWG
Status: KIA
State: Massachusetts
Notes: Final Interment - USA (See Crew Notes)
LWG: SSgt Westley M. Field | 31204708
POS: LWG
Status: KIA
State: Massachusetts
Notes: Final Interment - USA (See Crew Notes)
TG: SSgt Van T. Wright | 35370362
POS: TG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
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 : KIAs initially buried in the Roman Catholic Cemetery at Ostbevern - moved to Netherlands after war. Final Internment for both - USA
Report Notes
Notes on this report N/A
