Casualty Report from June 25, 1943
Detail
MACR: 00271
Target: Bremen, Ger.
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: Crash Site - North Sea. Enemy fighters - thought to be north of Island of Wangerooge, Ger. Probably exploded in the air after bail out singnal was given.
Squadron: 349th BS - 100th BG (H)
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 42-3260
Aircraft Type: B-17F
Aircraft Name: Angel's Tit
Aircraft Code: XR-K
Pilot: Lt Alonzo P. Adams | O-791271
POS: P
Status: KIA
State: New York
Notes: Initial burial site T-5-111. Final burial site - Ardennes B-36-40
Copilot: F/O George Z. Krech | T-060797
POS: CP
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Illinois
Notes: Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing at Cambridge
NAV: Lt Nicholas Demchak | O-792440
POS: NAV
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Picked up by Ger. Patrol boat and became a POP. He is probably the only crewman to successfully bail out of 42-3260.
BOM: 2Lt Jesse D. Gurley | O-731371
POS: BOM
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Arkansas
Notes: Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing at Cambridge
ROG: TSgt James D. Purcell | 32337571
POS: ROG
Status: MIA/KIA
State: New York
Notes: Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing at Cambridge
TTE: TSgt John K. Sullivan | 16020859
POS: TTE
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Michigan
Notes: Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing at Cambridge
BTG: SSgt John G. Kruzich | 37196305
POS: BTG
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Iowa
Notes: Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing at Cambridge
RWG: SSgt Norman Asbornsen | 32305093
POS: RWG
Status: MIA/KIA
State: New Jersey
Notes: Commemorated Wall of Missing in The Netherlands
LWG: SSgt Edmonde J. Walker | 14056678
POS: LWG
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Georgia
Notes: Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing at Cambridge
TG: SSgt Bryant Hutchinson | 39250686
POS: TG
Status: MIA/KIA
State: California
Notes: Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing at Cambridge
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
In the diary of a civilian in Wangerooge has been recorded " over the island of Langeoog, a Fortress on fire which was shot out of formation and crashed into the sea sea at 0844hrs. One airman bailed out" this may have been 42-3260
Report Notes
25 Jun 43 was a Friday
