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MACR PILOT: 1Lt  Floyd E.  Henderson  - O-768094
MACR: 11366 FICHE : 04183

ORGANIZATION
LOCATION: AAF Station #139 COMMAND: VIII AF GROUP: 100th Bomb Gp (H) AAF
SQUADRON: 351st BS DETACHMENT:  
     

DETAIL
DEPARTURE:AAF Station #139 INITIAL COURSE: E  
INTENDED DESTINATION: Hamburg    
MISSION TYPE:Operational    

WEATHER & VISIBILITY AT TIME OF LAST REPORT
CONDITION: CAVU    

GIVE
DATE: 1944-12-31 TIME: 11:46 LOCATION: 5335 - 1005E

SPECIFY:

Last Sighted

CONFIRMED OR BELIEVED REASON FOR LOSS
LOSS DUE TO : Enemy anti-aircraft

OTHER REASON FOR LOSS:

AIRCRAFT: 42-31065
TYPE: B-17 SERIES: G  
     
     

ENGINES:
MODEL: R-1820-97    
A: SW-015011
B: SW-1147
C: SW-019664
D: 43-58537
    

INSTALLED WEAPONS:
A: 405759
B: 674856
C: 674505
D: 672450		 E: 676773
F: 673142
G: 674828
H: 675109		 I: 676234
J: 675019
K: 675720
L:

PERSONS BELOW ARE LISTED AS:
CASUALTY TYPE: Battle casualty  
NUMBER OF PERSONS ON BOARD:    
CREW: 9 PASS: 0 TOTAL: 9

PERSONNEL:

POSITION NAME RANK SERIAL
P1
P2 Floyd E.  Henderson 1Lt O-768094
CP Richard W. King 2Lt O-763818
NAV (N) George J. Smigo 2Lt O-762816
BOM (B) Elmer L. Kovach SSgt 37405660
RAD George J. Robinson TSgt 31278309
ENG James W. Shepard TSgt 35597385
BAL Leo O. Murphy SSgt 35758685
WG (W) Fred Horcasitas SSgt 18035268
WG (W)
TG (T) Frank S. Sauls SSgt 34314489

PERSONS WHO ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE LAST KNOWLEDGE OF AIRCRAFT

Ronald I. Dovel 1Lt O-771671
Last sighted
Donald A. Jones Capt O-771671
   

PERSONNEL WHO ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE SURVIVED

REASON: Parachutes were used OTHER:  

EYEWITNESS DESCRIPTIONS OF CRASH

Report: 
A/C 42-31066 received a direct flak hit just before bombs away. Bombs were salvoed and the aircraft fell off on the right wing and dropped on to A/C 43-38124. Both aircraft went down in flames and one exploded. (Ronald I. Dovel)
   
   
Second Witness: No Data  
Report: 

      

    





  
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PREPARING OFFICER


PREPARED BY: GEORGE D. ALLEN  Capt Air Corps Assistant Adjutant  


DATE PREPARED:
  1945-01-06


  



TRANSCRIBER NOTES



    
    REPORT: 
Note
On 31/12/44, S/Sgt Roland L. Douglas, from the crew of Gerald Brown, was flying in place of Gordon Sinclair and was made a POW.

Gordon Sinclair was removed from Navigator's school one day short of graduation for some unknown infraction, probably the Training Command acted a bit over zealous in view of the need for trained Navigators. The 351st Sqdn. Commander (Harry Cruver, a man known to have had some disagreements with training command personnel during his cadet days) corrected this bit of over zealousness by immediately promoting Sinclair to M/Sgt and making him the Navigator for the Sidney Johnson crew, where he completed a tour. This from Charles M. Beck, of the Sidney Johnson crew. . pw