MACR PILOT: 2Lt Harold R. Taylor O-764503
MACR #: 08816
Fiche #: 03236
Organization
Location: AAF Station #139
Group: 100th Bomb Gp (H) AAF
Squadron: 350th BS
Command: VIII AF
Detachment:
Detail
Departure/Base: AAF Station #139
Initial Course: SE
Intended Destination: Ruhland
Mission Type: Operational
Weather
Weather: 7 - 10/10 Under cast
Give
Date: September 11, 1944
Time: 12:05
Location: 5035N - 1310E
Specify: Last Sighted
Confirmed or believed reason for loss
Loss due to: Enemy aircraft
Other reason for loss:
Engines
Model: R-1820-97
A: SW-021473
B: SW-021993
C: SW-0123431
D: SW-022836
Weapons
A: 1246392
B: 1216299
C: 1216278
D: 1216295
E: 1216534
F: 1216278
G: 1216347
H: 12168??
I: 1216459
J: 1216292
L: 1216345
Persons are listed as
Casualty Type: Battle casualty
Number of persons on board
Crew: 9
Pass: 0
Total: 9
Personnel
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| Position | Name | Rank | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | |||
| P2 | Harold R. Taylor | 2Lt | O-764503 |
| CP | Joseph S. Kitto | 2Lt | O-713473 |
| NAV (N) | Martin W. Nielson | 2Lt | O-772707 |
| BOM (B) | Horace W Teague | 2Lt | O-723286 |
| RAD | Frederick B. Nichols | TSgt | 36485822 |
| ENG | Rex V. Runyan | SSgt | 373473330 |
| BAL | Perry L. Olson | SSgt | 367766136 |
| WG (W) | Harry D. Everhart | SSgt | 35757861 |
| WG (W) | |||
| TG (T) | William D. Ebbert | TSgt | 36887128 |
Persons who are believed to have last knowledge of aircraft
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| Name | Knowledge | Rank | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|
| W.C. Ivosevic | Last sighted | 2Lt | O-818525 |
| J.W. McLaughlin | Last sighted | 2Lt | O-816523 |
| T.H. Kemp | 1Lt | O-812277 |
Personnel who are believed to have survived
Reason: Unknown
Other:
Eyewitness description of crash
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| Last Name | First name | Report |
|---|---|---|
| "The group in which A/C 076 was flying was attacked by 50 to 70 enemy aircraft. The attack caused at least three of our aircraft to explode and most of the others appeared to be damaged, some were attacked again as stragglers. In a few minutes all but one disappeared beneath the undercast. Since none of them returned no account of the loss of specific aircraft is available. About half of them appeared to be under control as they disappeared into the undercast. Two chutes were seen before the aircraft disappeared, but from which one they came is undetermined," | ||
| No Data | A letter written by Sgt. Harry Everhart on 1 Aug.1946: "On September 11,1944,around 5 o'clock in the morning we started out for a bombing raid on an oil plant. About noon we ran into heavy enemy opposition and in about ten minutes of fighting our plane was hit. As I had received no word to bail out, I stayed with my guns. I heard S/Sgt. P. L. Olson exclaim that he had shot a plane himself. When I was aware that our plane was going to crash it was too late to parachute out so I stayed where I was as I supposed the rest of the crew did. From there on I do not recall anything until I woke up and found that I was surrounded by Germans. I must have been thrown out of the plane as I was a good ways from where I could see a plane burning which I supposed was ours. The plane crashed in a wooded area and from what I could see was damaged very badly. As for the rest of the crew I didn't see or hear anything from them. I Was then taken to a hospital in Nuenstein. I stayed at the hospital for almost 12 weeks and when I was able to leave for a prison camp I asked the interrogation officer if he knew anything of my crew, and he told me they were all dead." |
Description of search effort
Detail: No search made.
Preparing Officer
Prepared by: WALTER G. BURKE 1st Lt. Air Corps Assistant Adjutant
Date prepared: September 17, 1944
