Casualty Report from March 6, 1944
Detail
MACR: 03023
Target: Berlin, Germany
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: Lost to enemy fighters on the return near Diepholz, Germany. The aircraft exploded and the Tail Gunner was thrown clear by the explosion. Only one other crewman, the RWG, was able to bail out.
Squadron: 351st BS - 100th BG (H)
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 42-38011
Aircraft Type: B-17G
Aircraft Name: Kind-a-Ruff
Aircraft Code: EP-P
Pilot: Lt Edward Handorf | O-804656
POS: P
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Ohio
Notes: Commemorated on The Wall of the Missing in the Netherlands
Copilot: Lt Frederick G. Spence | O-689391
POS: CP
Status: KIA
State: Texas
Notes: Initial Internment - unknown - Final Internment - Ardennes A-41-52
NAV: Lt John W. Dewey | O-809376
POS: NAV
Status: KIA
State: Virginia
Notes: Initial Internment - unknown - Final Internment - USA - Arlington National Cemetery
BOM: Lt Norman L. Rasmussen | O-686614
POS: BOM
Status: KIA
State: Nebraska
Notes: Initial Internment - unknown - Final Internment - USA
ROG: TSgt Henry C. Verdeur | 12145924
POS: ROG
Status: KIA
State: Pennsylvania
Notes: Initial Internment - unknown - Final Internment - USA
TTE: TSgt Charles H. Ford | 39166298
POS: TTE
Status: KIA
State: California
Notes: Initial Internment - unknown - Final Internment - Ardennes A-41-55
BTG: SSgt Allen D. Horton | 16149932
POS: BTG
Status: KIA
State: Michigan
Notes: Initial Internment - unknown - Final Internment - Netherlands M-22-12
RWG: SSgt John L. Willsey | 37089874
POS: RWG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
LWG: SSgt John J. Gverovich | 3276496
POS: LWG
Status: KIA
State: New Jersey
Notes: Initial Internment - unknown - Final Internment - Ardennes A-41-54
TG: SSgt Fair C. Lawrence | 34502982
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 N/A
Report Notes
Notes on this report N/A
