Casualty Report from May 19, 1944
Detail
MACR: 04947
Target: Berlin, Germany
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: Destroyed by enemy fighters on the return. The A/C crashed in the sea off the coast of Rodby-Havn, Denmark. One airman was rescued by Danish fishermen - no others could be found. Two washed ashore sixty days later.
Squadron: 350th BS - 100th BG(H)
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 42-38191
Aircraft Type: B-17G
Aircraft Name: Aircraft name N/A
Aircraft Code: XR-W
Pilot: 1Lt Martin D. Rupert | O-812664
POS: P
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Pennsylvania
Notes: Commemorated on The Wall of the Missing at Cambridge
Copilot: 1Lt John J. Raring | O-797608
POS: CP
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Pennsylvania
Notes: Commemorated on The Wall of the Missing at Cambridge - (May have been a member of the 100th's 418th Squadron and is listed as such at Cambridge)
NAV: 2Lt Greek R. James | O-702439
POS: NAV
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Virginia
Notes: Commemorated on The Wall of the Missing at Cambridge
BOM: Lt Lynn H. Barbour | O-761287
POS: BOM
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Taken to the hospital at Nakskov where he remained for approximately three months.
ROG: TSgt Ralph G. Hawk | 15195875
POS: ROG
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Ohio
Notes: Commemorated on The Wall of the Missing at Cambridge
TTE: SSgt Herbert H. Cole | 31219557
POS: TTE
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Maine
Notes: Commemorated on The Wall of the Missing at Cambridge (Reported by Lt. Barbour as being killed in the air)
BTG: SSgt Cecil J. McNeer | 20761129
POS: BTG
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Iowa
Notes: Commemorated on The Wall of the Missing at Cambridge (Reported by Lt. Barbour as being killed in the air.
RWG: SSgt Thomas E. Hick | 33501720
POS: RWG
Status: KIA
State: Massachusetts
Notes: Recovered 24 July 1944 in a waterway west of Bejloe. Final Internment - USA
LWG: SSgt Charles L. Haswell | 11107600
POS: LWG
Status: KIA
State: State N/A
Notes: Final Internment - Eastern Cemetery of Rodby Row 14 Grave 2. (He is still interred there at the request of his next of kin.)
TG: SSgt William P. Hohman | 33003367
POS: TG
Status: KIA
State: Maryland
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
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