Casualty Report from December 11, 1943
Detail
MACR: 01570
Target: Emden, Germany
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: Crashed in the North Sea near Norderney Island (German). Likely destroyed by air to air rockets. S/Sgt James A. Grosskopf landed on Norderney with some of the crew of the Wing Leader aircraft, a B-17 from the 390th Bombardment Group (H). See Cruver files for detailed account of this incident. (paul west)
Squadron: 351st BS - 100th BG (H)
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 42-37715
Aircraft Type: B-17G
Aircraft Name: Sugar Foot
Aircraft Code: EP-G
Pilot: Lt James R. Haddox | O-802560
POS: P
Status: KIA
State: California
Notes: Commemorated on "The Wall of the Missing in Netherlands"
Copilot: Lt John L. Wagner | O-443184
POS: CP
Status: KIA
State: Illinois
Notes: Commemorated on "The Wall of the Missing in Netherlands"
NAV: Lt Albert C. Warford | O-683217
POS: NAV
Status: KIA
State: Illinois
Notes: Lt Wardord was interned in Ardennes - date his body was recovered is unknown. There are some records that list his recovery date as March 17, 1944 and his subsequent burial in Langeoog Dunes Cemetery. His initial plot in Ardennes (O-4-97)
BOM: Lt Ellsworth C. Power | O-679220
POS: BOM
Status: KIA
State: Illinois
Notes: Commemorated on "The Wall of the Missing in Netherlands"
ROG: TSgt Casimier J. Kobis | 11116743
POS: ROG
Status: KIA
State: Massachusetts
Notes: Commemorated on "The Wall of the Missing in Netherlands"
TTE: TSgt Nicholas A. Tenaglia | 1213226
POS: TTE
Status: KIA
State: New Jersey
Notes: Commemorated on "The Wall of the Missing in Netherlands"
BTG: SSgt Gonzalo C. Orta | 18188293
POS: BTG
Status: KIA
State: Texas
Notes: S/Sgt Orta and Major Ralph Hansel of the 390th Bomb Group were recovered from the North Sea the same day by the German rescue ship "Hamburg" at around 1400 hours. S/Sgt Orta was buried as an Unknown in the cemetery on Langeoog and was identified after the war and re-interred in Ardennes Plot L-1-22. He was later returned to his native Texas at the request of his family for Final Internment.
RWG: SSgt James A. Grosskopf | 16041757
POS: RWG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
LWG: SSgt Kendall L. Morrow | 32669573
POS: LWG
Status: KIA
State: New York
Notes: Commemorated on "The Wall of the Missing in Netherlands"
TG: SSgt Lyle S. Jones | 16567230
POS: TG
Status: KIA
State: Washington
Notes: Commemorated on "The Wall of the Missing in Netherlands"
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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