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MACR PILOT: 2Lt  Reginald A.  Smith  - O-535996
MACR: 02426 FICHE : 00806

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: Northeast  
INTENDED DESTINATION: Posen & Settin    
MISSION TYPE:Operational    

WEATHER & VISIBILITY AT TIME OF LAST REPORT
CONDITION: 10/10 underecast    

GIVE
DATE: 1944-02-20 TIME: 15:52 LOCATION: Near

SPECIFY:

5500N - 1230E

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

OTHER REASON FOR LOSS:

aircraft was hit by rocket and was seen smoking badly

AIRCRAFT: 42-37790
TYPE: B-17 SERIES: G  
     
     

ENGINES:
MODEL: R-1820-97    
A: 43-65684
B: SW-006324
C: SW-006801
D: 43-35607
    

INSTALLED WEAPONS:
A: 630645
B: 630625
C: 864836
D: 864356		 E: 275350
F: 306819
G: 904925
H: 909388		 I: 627920
J: 376668
K: 373763
L: 358233

PERSONS BELOW ARE LISTED AS:
CASUALTY TYPE: Battle casualty  
NUMBER OF PERSONS ON BOARD:    
CREW: 10 PASS: 0 TOTAL: 10

PERSONNEL:

POSITION NAME RANK SERIAL
P1
P2 Reginald A.  Smith 2Lt O-535996
CP Orlin H. Markussen 2Lt O-741995
NAV (N) Gerald C. Scott 2Lt O-736312
BOM (B) Ernest Cribbs 2Lt O-670021
RAD Ira G. Evans TSgt 33209046
ENG Thomas M. Egan TSgt 31127255
BAL Edward B. Dyblie SSgt 33269918
WG (W) Edward Britko SSgt 13108682
WG (W) Robert L. Dunbar SSgt 13089208
TG (T) Michael E. Udick SSgt 15321049

PERSONS WHO ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE LAST KNOWLEDGE OF AIRCRAFT

Ernest A. Kiessling Capt O-33581
Contacted by radio
   

PERSONNEL WHO ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE SURVIVED

REASON: Parachutes were used OTHER:  

EYEWITNESS DESCRIPTIONS OF CRASH

Report: 
"At 1452 hours near the Danish coast Lt. Smith called over VHF saying he was going to try and reach Sweden. Aircraft was hit over target by rockets and was smoking badly"

Capt. E. A. Kiessling
   
   
Second Witness: No Data  
Report: 

      

    





  
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PREPARING OFFICER


PREPARED BY: WALTER G. BURKE 1st Lt. Air Corps Personnel Officer  


DATE PREPARED:
  1944-02-22


  



TRANSCRIBER NOTES



    
    REPORT: 
At 1452 hours near the Danish coast Lt. Smith called over VHF saying he was going to  try and reach Sweden.  His a/c was hit over the target area by rockets and was smoking badly, but shortly after the entire crew had to parachute.  The crash was observed by the Germans at the radar station in Skovby, and some of the airmen were taken prisoner of war shortly after landing.  Some managed to hide in the forest near Fjellerup parsonage and they were found by the farmer Mr. Rasmus Thrane, who hid them for a while. But they were anxious to reach Sweden so they went for the sea, and they were taken prisoner near Baring beach. Ira Evans hid in the forest and came in contact with the Danish resistance movement.  He reached Sweden on 7/3/44. A/C crashed at Harslev Mark, 7 km s of Bogense town on NW part of Funen Island. Of interest in this crew's last mission is an article in THE BLOODY HUNDREDTH   (page 141 to 147) by Horace Varian in which Orlin Markussen relates the story of how he made contact 31 years after the fact with the German fighter pilot who shot down AIN'T MIS BEHAVIN" Mar 20th, 1944..