MACR PILOT: 2Lt John E. David 0747760
MACR #: 08843
Fiche #: 03248
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: SSW
Intended Destination: Brest
Mission Type: Operational
Weather
Weather: 4 - 6/10 clouds
Give
Date: September 3, 1944
Time: 08:52
Location: 4948N - 0219W
Specify: Seen to crash
Confirmed or believed reason for loss
Loss due to: Other circumstances
Other reason for loss: Unknown
Engines
Model: R-1820-97
A: SW-014070
B: SW-015150
C: SW-014726
D: SW-034325
Weapons
A: 11906956
B: 1197883
C: 1194793
D: 1195279
E: 1195213
F: 729789
G: 1195260
H: 1197795
I: 1299609
J: 1297885
L: 1195022
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 | John E. David | 2Lt | 0747760 |
| CP | John W. Simmons | 2Lt | O-818768 |
| NAV (N) | Theron J. Stookesberry | 2Lt | O-771178 |
| BOM (B) | John D. Goethel | 1Lt | O-700101 |
| RAD | Henry J. Hendrickson | TSgt | 31219862 |
| ENG | Frank. Barili | TSgt | 16081695 |
| BAL | Carl I. Fong | SSgt | 39404083 |
| WG (W) | Walter E. Potter | SSgt | 11089107 |
| WG (W) | |||
| TG (T) | Francis J. Waldschmidt | SSgt | 36718709 |
Persons who are believed to have last knowledge of aircraft
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| Name | Knowledge | Rank | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd CG. Delaney | Last sighted | 1Lt | O-755651 |
Personnel who are believed to have survived
Reason: Unknown
Other:
Eyewitness description of crash
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| Last Name | First name | Report |
|---|---|---|
| "A/C #924 aborted at 0843 hours with #2 engine on fire. At 0846 hours the plane began to turn back, losing altitude fast and two men bailed out. At 0848 hours three men bailed out. At 0852 hours the A/C hit the water and exploded." Lt. Lacy | ||
| No Data | On 3 Sep 44 this crew went down in the North Sea. Lt Mikol, Sgts Yates and Wood were not aboard. Hendrickson was picked up by British sea boat and returned to Thorpe Abbotts. The six men KIA are memorialized on the Wall of the Missing at the Brittany American Cemetery. Lt John D. Goethel, from the W. G. Stansbury crew, was aboard in place of E. J. Mikol and was rescued . S/Sgt CARL FONG was aboard in place of Wood and was also rescued. When this crew joined the 10Jth on 26/5/44, Lt Edward J. Mikol was the bombardier, Sgt. Clarence E. Wood the ball turret gunner, and Sgt. Frank E. Yates a waist Gunner. On this last mission the A/C went down in the North sea a, according to the Sqdn. History, and only Goethel, Fong and Hendrichson were rescued. T.N.H.I.S.G. p.129 : Apparently the A/C had mechanical problems and on way to target David warned the crew to Jump. Immediately the A/C plunged and only three men got out. "I don't know exactly what happened," Goethel said later. "We got out of the ship somehow and I was falling end over end. I pulled at the rip cord on the chute but it wouldn't work. Then I tore open the flaps with my hands and the chute finally came out. I wasn't very high off the water then. All three of us fell into the channel about the same place though as the time went on we drifted farther and farther apart. We didn't have any dinghy and so it was up to us to keep afloat as best we could. . . . . . ."As the three of them floated in the water, a British destroyer came along side and scooped first one and then another. They had been in the sea about 1.5 hours but recovered and came back to the base from Portsmouth by train. |
Description of search effort
Detail: No search made.
Preparing Officer
Prepared by: WALTER G. BURKE 1st Lt. Air Corps Assistant Adjutant
Date prepared: September 8, 1944
