Casualty Report from March 3, 1944
Detail
MACR: 03029
Target: Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: Mid-air collision during mission recall with 42-31970 flow by Robert H, Lohof (the above is wrong, the plane was shot down by FW190's)
Squadron: 349th BS - 100th BG (H)
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 42-39817
Aircraft Type: B-17G
Aircraft Name: Murderer's Row
Aircraft Code: XR-A
Pilot: Lt Robert D. Vollmer | O-803318
POS: P
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
Copilot: Lt John W. Adams | O-801587
POS: CP
Status: KIA
State: Kansas
Notes: Initially buried in the cemetery at Hobensaspe - re-interred in Ardennes (L-5-17) - Final Internment - Ardennes (A-41-23)
NAV: Lt Edward G. Sullivan | O-803318
POS: NAV
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
BOM: S/Sgt Ernest B. Clark | 38128395
POS: BOM
Status: KIA
State: California
Notes: Initially buried in the cemetery at Hobensaspe - re-interred in Ardennes (L-5_118) - Final Internment - USA (Golden Gate National Cemetery at San Bruno, California)
ROG: TSgt Elias M. Johnson | 33445887
POS: ROG
Status: KIA
State: Virginia
Notes: Initially buried in the cemetery at Hobensaspe - re-interred in Ardennes (L-5-108) - Final Internment - USA
TTE: TSgt William S. Humphrey | 16043348
POS: TTE
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
BTG: SSgt Don Guthrie | 38292557
POS: BTG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
RWG: SSgt Donald W. Becker | 16171635
POS: RWG
Status: KIA
State: Illinois
Notes: Initially buried in the cemetery at Hobensaspe - re-interred in Ardennes (L-5-111) - Final Internment - USA
LWG: SSgt Thomas M. Mullenix | 34448589
POS: LWG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
TG: SSgt George W. Wood | 32759818
POS: TG
Status: KIA
State: New Jersey
Notes: Initially buried in the cemetery at Hobensaspe - re-interred in Ardennes (L-5-114) - Final Internment - Ardennes (A-41-24)
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
Not involved in Mid Air with Lohof plane, instead hit by fighers upon coming out of cloud cover. Hit by 20mm shell that exploded in cockpit which ignited hydraulic fluid and oxygen system. The aircraft broke up in the air.
