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MACR PILOT: Capt  John D.  Brady  - O-791064
MACR: 01029 FICHE : 00349

ORGANIZATION
LOCATION: AAF Station #139 COMMAND: VIII AF GROUP: 100th Bomb Gp (H) AAF
SQUADRON: 418th BS DETACHMENT:  
     

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

WEATHER & VISIBILITY AT TIME OF LAST REPORT
CONDITION: Clear with ground haze.    

GIVE
DATE: 1943-10-10 TIME: 15:00 LOCATION: 10 miles SW of Munster (

SPECIFY:

Last Sighted

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

OTHER REASON FOR LOSS:

AIRCRAFT: 42-30830
TYPE: B-17 SERIES: F  
     
     

ENGINES:
MODEL: R-1820-97    
A: 43-62411
B: 43-62230
C: 43-62248
D: 41-55331
    

INSTALLED WEAPONS:
A: 384966
B: 384350
C: 380013
D: 354813		 E: 397284
F: 397256
G: 384950
H: 384451		 I: 384340
J: 905554
K: 405325
L: 405362

PERSONS BELOW ARE LISTED AS:
CASUALTY TYPE: Battle casualty  
NUMBER OF PERSONS ON BOARD:    
CREW: 11 PASS: 0 TOTAL: 11

PERSONNEL:

POSITION NAME RANK SERIAL
P1 John C. Egan Maj O-399510
P2 John D.  Brady Capt O-791064
CP John L. Hoerr Lt O-797994
NAV (N) David Solomon Lt O-729668
BOM (B) Howard B. Hamilton Lt O-731372
RAD Joseph E. Hafer TSgt 06994898
ENG Adolph Blum TSgt 12060515
BAL Roland Gangwer SSgt 13080480
WG (W) Harold E. Clanton SSgt 1819531
WG (W) George J. Petrohelos TSgt 20607147
TG (T) James A. McCusker SSgt 12073499

PERSONS WHO ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE LAST KNOWLEDGE OF AIRCRAFT

Robert Rosenthal 2Lt O-792349
Last sighted
   

PERSONNEL WHO ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE SURVIVED

REASON: Any other reason OTHER: Under control  

EYEWITNESS DESCRIPTIONS OF CRASH

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PREPARING OFFICER


PREPARED BY: CLAUDE L. HOSFORD 1st Lt  Air Corps Personnel Officer  


DATE PREPARED:
  1943-10-21


  



TRANSCRIBER NOTES



    
    REPORT: 
Note on original MACR regarding A/C serial number: "This is correct serial number. Erroneously listed as #42-30380."

Crew list on original MACR #01029 was blank. Command Pilot and Pilot in #10 above are from Individual Casualty Reports attached to the MACR. The remainider of the crew from other sources follows:

Co Pilot- Lt John L. Hoerr
Navigator - Unknown (Lt David Solomon)
Bombardier - 2nd Lt. Howard B. Hamilton (POW)
TTE - S/Sgt - Adolph Blum (POW)
WG - S/Sgt Harold E. Clanton (KIA)
ROG - Unknown (T/Sgt Joseph E. Hafer)
BTG - Pvt Roland G. Gangwer (POW)
WG - S/Sgt James A. McCusker (POW)
TG - S/Sgt George J. Petrohelos (POW)