MACR PILOT: Capt Charles B. Cruikshank O-791077
MACR #: 01028
Fiche #: 00340
Organization
Location: AAF Station #139
Group: 100th Bomb Gp (H) AAF
Squadron: 418th BS
Command: VIII AF
Detachment:
Detail
Departure/Base: AAF Station #139
Initial Course: E
Intended Destination: Munster
Mission Type: Operational
Weather
Weather: Clear with ground haze
Give
Date: October 10, 1943
Time: 15:00
Location: Munster, Germany (time 1500 - 1530)
Specify: Information not available
Confirmed or believed reason for loss
Loss due to: Other circumstances
Other reason for loss: Unknown
Aircraft
Serial: 4230725
Type: B-17
Series: F
Engines
Model: R-1820-97
A: 42-138121
B: 42-137948
C: 42-137968
D: 42-138183
Weapons
A: 744595
B: 312743
C: 360772
D: 386104
E: 380898
F: 397237
G: 280854
H: 386210
I: 384318
J: 386061
L: 386138
Persons are listed as
Casualty Type: Battle casualty
Number of persons on board
Crew: 10
Pass: 0
Total: 10
Personnel
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| Position | Name | Rank | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | |||
| P2 | Charles B. Cruikshank | Capt | O-791077 |
| CP | Glenn E. Graham | 1Lt | O-797988 |
| NAV (N) | Frank D. Murphy | Capt | O-790276 |
| BOM (B) | August H. Gaspar | 1Lt | O-732616 |
| RAD | Orlando E. Vincente | TSgt | 13056384 |
| ENG | Leonard R. Weeks | TSgt | 15071794 |
| BAL | Robert L. Bixler | SSgt | 39849177 |
| WG (W) | James M. Johnson | SSgt | 18051160 |
| WG (W) | Donald B. Garrison | SSgt | 16074721 |
| TG (T) | Charles A. Clark | Sgt | 36336062 |
Persons who are believed to have last knowledge of aircraft
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| Name | Knowledge | Rank | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|
| None |
Personnel who are believed to have survived
Reason: Original MACR field blank
Other:
Eyewitness description of crash
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| Last Name | First name | Report |
|---|---|---|
| Circumstances of the loss of A/C unknown. | ||
| No Data | Crew on 21st mission. Weeks said that Vincenti bailed out of bomb-bay with chute afire. Had been fighting fire in radio room. Garrison saw both James Johnson & Robert Bixler wounded and in waist of plane. Plane blew up and Garrison blown out. Ship had dropped bombs on target. Weeks said; "Germans said Vincenti's chute had burned in the descent and that he was dead before hitting the ground. Bixler said Germans had shown him Vincenti's dog tags and told him that he was dead. " Johnson said he was blown out of ship and his chute opened at about 5, 000 ft. Clark couldn't seem to get his escape hatch open and was probably killed when plane blow up. Fighter attack caused fire in ship. German Records show :Sgt. Charles A. Clark interred on 11 Oct 1943 at Lienen Cemetery/Wesph. Northwestern third of cemetery, southern grave. O. E. Vincenti northern grave (probably entirely burned since Id tag was found burned, too. |
Description of search effort
Detail: No search made.
Preparing Officer
Prepared by: CLAUDE L. HOSFORD 1st Lt Air Corps Personnel Officer
Date prepared: October 21, 1943
