Casualty Report from March 6, 1944
Detail
MACR: 03018
Target: Berlin, Germany
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: Lost to enemy fighters in the great air battle at Haseluenne
Squadron: 351st BS - 100th BG (H)
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 42-31051
Aircraft Type: B-17G
Aircraft Name: Goin Jessies
Aircraft Code: EP-K
Pilot: Lt Robert C. Koper | O-804450
POS: P
Status: KIA
State: Wiconsin
Notes: Initially buried in Ardennes (L-7-175) - Final Internment - USA Crew is from 349th BS but was flying a 351st BS this day.
Copilot: Lt Gordon C. Lien | O-755584
POS: CP
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
NAV: Lt George H. Wing | 1692122
POS: NAV
Status: KIA
State: New Hampshire
Notes: Initially buried in Ardennes (L-6-150) - Final Internment - (A-20-4)
BOM: Lt Thomas O. Drinkwater | O-682086
POS: BOM
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: (Captured at Elsten)
ROG: TSgt Michael J. Tanowigch | 18058006
POS: ROG
Status: KIA
State: Michigan
Notes: Initially buried in Ardennes (L-6-149) - Final Internment - Ardennes (B-35-33)
TTE: TSgt Charles P. Corea | 32144962
POS: TTE
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: (Hospitalized in Bissel)
BTG: SSgt Charles J. Luquette | 18226230
POS: BTG
Status: KIA
State: Texas
Notes: Initially buried in Ardennes (L-7-163) - Final Internment - Ardennes (B-31-41)
RWG: SSgt Ralph V. Zarzecki | 33542580
POS: RWG
Status: KIA
State: Unknown
Notes: Initial Internment - unknown - Final Internment - Ardennes (B-31-46)
LWG: SSgt Arthur Frankel | 12191378
POS: LWG
Status: KIA
State: New York
Notes: Initial Internemet - unknown - Final Internment - USA
TG: SSgt Bernard Sundin | 39202524
POS: TG
Status: KIA
State: Washington
Notes: Initially buried in Ardennes (L-7-154) - Final Internment - Ardennes (C-8-3)
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: at least one crew member was buried at graveyard Elsten and later re-interred. German townsperson eyewitness report
Crew Notes
Crew was a 349th BS Crew that was flying today in a 351st BS aircraft when lost.
Report Notes
Notes on this report N/A
