Casualty Report from June 25, 1943
Detail
MACR: 00270
Target: Bremen, Ger.
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: Crash site - North Sea. Shot down by enemy fighters north of the Island of Wangerooge, Ger. Some crew members either killed or wounded in the air, the aircraft is thought to have exploded in the air.
Squadron: 349th BS - 100th BG (H)
Time of loss: 09:30
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 42-30038
Aircraft Type: B-17G
Aircraft Name: Bar Fly
Aircraft Code: XR-D
Pilot: Lt Paul J. Schmalenbach | O-663573
POS: P
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Pennsylvania
Notes: Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing in the Netherlands.
Copilot: F/O George W. Cox | T-060862
POS: CP
Status: KIA
State: Texas
Notes: Reinterred in Ardennes Cemetery; initial plot CC-3-59
NAV: Lt John F. Brown | O-730223
POS: NAV
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Rescued by German patrol boat and taken to the Navy Hospital at Sanderbusch.
BOM: Lt Jack L. Clark | O-731361
POS: BOM
Status: MIA/KIA
State: State N/A
Notes: Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing in the Netherlands.
ROG: TSgt Frank J. Podbielsk | 35303694
POS: ROG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Rescued by German patrol boat north of Schilling at 1000 hours.
TTE: TSgt Eugene M. Beck | 16068730
POS: TTE
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Illinois
Notes: Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing in the Netherlands.
BTG: SSgt Norman C. Goodwin | 31079618
POS: BTG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Rescued by German patrol boat - taken to Navy Hospital on Norderney where his left leg had to be amputated at the thigh due to wounds sustained in the air.
RWG: SSgt William C. Lucas | 38189068
POS: RWG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Rescued with Podbielski and was not seriously wounded.
LWG: Sgt Anthony J. Russo | 32337476
POS: LWG
Status: KIA
State: New York
Notes: Reinterred in Ardennes Cemetery; initial plot N-2-49
TG: SSgt Lewis W. Priegel | 36364544
POS: TG
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Illinois
Notes: Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing in the 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
Crew Notes
Notes on this crew N/A
Report Notes
25 Jun 43 was a Friday
