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# | Name* | First Names | Title | Rank | RAF Equivalent Rank | Service No. | Born | Nationality | Role | Awards | Air Force | Command | Unit | DateofIncident *See Note | Aircraft | Type | Serial | Code | Victories (Fighters) | Base | Time | Mission | Incident | Fate | Commemorated | Photo (Click to Expand) | Referring Database | Notes | Links/Archive Reports |
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38201 | Dufelmeier | Arthur James ‘Art’ | Staff Sergeant | Sergeant | 36445679 | 21st January 1923 in Beardstown, Illinois | American | Flex Waist Gunner | USAAF | 8th Air Force | 7th Bombardment Squadron (H), 34th Bombardment Group (H), 3rd Air Division | 1944-06-22 | B-24 Turgo Joe | J | 42-40303 | R2:? | Mendlesham airfield (Station #156), Suffolk, England | Marshalling yards, SE of Paris (Mission #432), France | See archive report for details | PoW, Stalag Luft 4 | Read Archive Report | ||||||||
38202 | Murphy | Ralph Preston | Staff Sergeant | Sergeant | 33429143 | 5th December 1922 in Perryopolis, Pennsylvania | American | Tail Gunner | USAAF | 8th Air Force | 7th Bombardment Squadron (H), 34th Bombardment Group (H), 3rd Air Division | 1944-06-22 | B-24 Turgo Joe | J | 42-40303 | R2:? | Mendlesham airfield (Station #156), Suffolk, England | Marshalling yards, SE of Paris (Mission #432), France | See archive report for details | Returned | Read Archive Report | ||||||||
38203 | Gray | Richard Lawrence | Staff Sergeant | Sergeant | 33408719 | 5th September 1922 in Warren, Pennsylvania | American | Ball Turret Gunner | USAAF | 8th Air Force | 7th Bombardment Squadron (H), 34th Bombardment Group (H), 3rd Air Division | 1944-06-22 | B-24 Turgo Joe | J | 42-40303 | R2:? | Mendlesham airfield (Station #156), Suffolk, England | Marshalling yards, SE of Paris (Mission #432), France | See archive report for details | Returned | Read Archive Report | ||||||||
38204 | Borovec | Rudolf | FLying Officer | 81885 | Age 27 | Czech | Pilot | RAFVR | Eighteen Command | 19Sqn | 1942-04-01 | Spitfire | Vb | AD377 | QV-L | RAF Ludham, Norfolk | Patrol | See Archive report for further details | Survived bt later killed | Central cemetery, Pardubice, Czechia | Born on the 05th February 1915 in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia. The text on the memorial reads: 'Borovec Rudolf/ št.captain of the air force, former adjutant of the Royal Air Force,/fighter of the Slovak uprising and partisan/ * 5. 2. 1915 - +9. 11. 1944/ fell in Slovakia between Železn and Magura/ during the Uprising near Báňská Bystrica. Rudolf Borovec/ *9. 1885, martyred in Oswiecim 1943". | Read Archive Loss Report | |||||||
38205 | Pugh | Winfred Larkin | 1st Lieutenant | Flying Officer | O-806134 | 22nd August 1921 in Edom, Texas | American | Pilot | USAAF | 8th Air Force | 750th Bombardment Squadron (H), 457th Bombardment Group (H), 1st Air Division | 1944-08-24 | B-17 | G | 42-97571 | :G | Glatton (Station #130), Huntingdonshire, England | Weimar (Mission #568), Germany | See Archive report for details | PoW, Stalag Luft 7A | Archive Report | ||||||||
38206 | Richards | Arthur Harold | Flight Officer | Warrant Officer | T-122885 | 12th December 1921 in Iowa | American | Co-Pilot | AM (2 OLC) | USAAF | 8th Air Force | 750th Bombardment Squadron (H), 457th Bombardment Group (H), 1st Air Division | 1944-08-24 | B-17 | G | 42-97571 | :G | Glatton (Station #130), Huntingdonshire, England | Weimar (Mission #568), Germany | See Archive report for details | KiA | Luxembourg American Cemetery, Plot B, Row 5, Grave 46. | Archive Report | ||||||
38207 | Drummond | Julius Homer | 1st Lieutenant | Flying Officer | O-749762 | 17th August 1921 in Floyd County, Georgia | American | Navigator | AM (3 OLC) PH | USAAF | 8th Air Force | 750th Bombardment Squadron (H), 457th Bombardment Group (H), 1st Air Division | 1944-08-24 | B-17 | G | 42-97571 | :G | Glatton (Station #130), Huntingdonshire, England | Weimar (Mission #568), Germany | See Archive report for details | KiA | Luxembourg American Cemetery, Plot B, Row 5, Grave 52 | Archive Report | ||||||
38208 | Page | Clifford Ellsworth | Staff Sergeant | Sergeant | 16076360 | 11th July 1923 in Prentice, Illinois | American | Togglier | USAAF | 8th Air Force | 750th Bombardment Squadron (H), 457th Bombardment Group (H), 1st Air Division | 1944-08-24 | B-17 | G | 42-97571 | :G | Glatton (Station #130), Huntingdonshire, England | Weimar (Mission #568), Germany | See Archive report for details | PoW, Stalag Luft 4 | Archive Report | ||||||||
38209 | Szumierz | Edward Matthew | Technical Sergeant | Flight Sergeant | 31265004 | 8th October 1922 in Auburn, New Hampshire | American | Radio Operator | AM (3 OLC) PH | USAAF | 8th Air Force | 750th Bombardment Squadron (H), 457th Bombardment Group (H), 1st Air Division | 1944-08-24 | B-17 | G | 42-97571 | :G | Glatton (Station #130), Huntingdonshire, England | Weimar (Mission #568), Germany | See Archive report for details | Murdered | Ardennes American Cemetery, Plot A, Row 38, Grave 2 | Archive Report | ||||||
38210 | Woodgate | James Edward | Technical Sergeant | Flight Sergeant | 36102445 | 17th May 1917 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | American | Engineer | AM (3 OLC) PH (OLC) | USAAF | 8th Air Force | 750th Bombardment Squadron (H), 457th Bombardment Group (H), 1st Air Division | 1944-08-24 | B-17 | G | 42-97571 | :G | Glatton (Station #130), Huntingdonshire, England | Weimar (Mission #568), Germany | See Archive report for details | MiA | Commemorated on the Walls of the Missing, Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery | Archive Report | ||||||
38211 | Wheatley | Joseph Ralph | Staff Sergeant | Sergeant | 32752019 | 12th September 1923 in Bridgeville, Sussex, Delaware | American | Left Waist Gunner | USAAF | 8th Air Force | 750th Bombardment Squadron (H), 457th Bombardment Group (H), 1st Air Division | 1944-08-24 | B-17 | G | 42-97571 | :G | Glatton (Station #130), Huntingdonshire, England | Weimar (Mission #568), Germany | See Archive report for details | PoW, Stalag Luft 4 | Archive Report | ||||||||
38212 | Poshefko | John Thomas | Staff Sergeant | Sergeant | 33112429 | 8th September 1918 in Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania | American | Right Waist Gunner | AM (2 OLC) PH (OLC) | USAAF | 8th Air Force | 750th Bombardment Squadron (H), 457th Bombardment Group (H), 1st Air Division | 1944-08-24 | B-17 | G | 42-97571 | :G | Glatton (Station #130), Huntingdonshire, England | Weimar (Mission #568), Germany | See Archive report for details | KiA | Luxembourg American Cemetery, Plot B, Row 10, Grave 53 | Archive Report | ||||||
38213 | Martin | Howard Wayne | Staff Sergeant | Sergeant | 17057626 | 9th September 1922 in Dexter, Iowa | American | Tail Gunner | USAAF | 8th Air Force | 750th Bombardment Squadron (H), 457th Bombardment Group (H), 1st Air Division | 1944-08-24 | B-17 | G | 42-97571 | :G | Glatton (Station #130), Huntingdonshire, England | Weimar (Mission #568), Germany | See Archive report for details | PoW, Stalag Luft 4 | Archive Report | ||||||||
38214 | Evans | William J. | 1st Lieutenant | Flying Officer | O-687573 | 31st July 1919 in Brighton, New York | American | Pilot | USAAF | 8th Air Force | 852nd Bombardment Squadron (H), 491st Bombardment Group (H), 2nd Air Division | 1944-06-02 | B-24 | H | 42-95310 | 3Q:W | Metfield (Station #366), Suffolk, England | Bretigny Airfield (Mission #384), France | See Archive Report for details | Evader | Archive Report | ||||||||
38215 | Krasnow | Norman | 2nd Lieutenant | Pilot Officer | O-758189 | 8th May 1920 in Brooklyn, New York | American | Co-Pilot | USAAF | 8th Air Force | 852nd Bombardment Squadron (H), 491st Bombardment Group (H), 2nd Air Division | 1944-06-02 | B-24 | H | 42-95310 | 3Q:W | Metfield (Station #366), Suffolk, England | Bretigny Airfield (Mission #384), France | See Archive Report for details | PoW, Unknown camp | Archive Report | ||||||||
38216 | Blue | Malcolm Leonard | 2nd Lieutenant | Pilot Officer | O-702888 | 26th July 1920 in Old Forge, Herkimer County, New York | American | Navigator | PH | USAAF | 8th Air Force | 852nd Bombardment Squadron (H), 491st Bombardment Group (H), 2nd Air Division | 1944-06-02 | B-24 | H | 42-95310 | 3Q:W | Metfield (Station #366), Suffolk, England | Bretigny Airfield (Mission #384), France | See Archive Report for details | KiA | Epinal American Cemetery, Plot A, Row 32, Grave 56. | Archive Report | ||||||
38217 | Tickner | Russell Edgar | 2nd Lieutenant | Pilot Officer | O-694819 | 25th August 1921 in Fairfield, Illinois | American | Bombardier | USAAF | 8th Air Force | 852nd Bombardment Squadron (H), 491st Bombardment Group (H), 2nd Air Division | 1944-06-02 | B-24 | H | 42-95310 | 3Q:W | Metfield (Station #366), Suffolk, England | Bretigny Airfield (Mission #384), France | See Archive Report for details | Evader | Archive Report | ||||||||
38218 | Reedy | Edward Francis | Staff Sergeant | Sergeant | 13082141 | 16th January 1917 in Charles City, California | American | Engineer | USAAF | 8th Air Force | 852nd Bombardment Squadron (H), 491st Bombardment Group (H), 2nd Air Division | 1944-06-02 | B-24 | H | 42-95310 | 3Q:W | Metfield (Station #366), Suffolk, England | Bretigny Airfield (Mission #384), France | See Archive Report for details | Evader | Archive Report | ||||||||
38219 | Brush Jr. | Milton Joseph | Staff Sergeant | Sergeant | 15060718 | 10th September 1917 in Lafayette, Indiana | American | Radio Operator | USAAF | 8th Air Force | 852nd Bombardment Squadron (H), 491st Bombardment Group (H), 2nd Air Division | 1944-06-02 | B-24 | H | 42-95310 | 3Q:W | Metfield (Station #366), Suffolk, England | Bretigny Airfield (Mission #384), France | See Archive Report for details | PoW, Unknown camp | Archive Report | ||||||||
38220 | Countryman | George Emery | Sergeant | Sergeant | 32191923 | 30th June 1918 in Kingston, New York | American | Ball Turret Gunner | USAAF | 8th Air Force | 852nd Bombardment Squadron (H), 491st Bombardment Group (H), 2nd Air Division | 1944-06-02 | B-24 | H | 42-95310 | 3Q:W | Metfield (Station #366), Suffolk, England | Bretigny Airfield (Mission #384), France | See Archive Report for details | PoW, Stalag Luft 4 | Archive Report | ||||||||
38221 | Blair | Clare Alden | Sergeant | Sergeant | 1532079 | 26th March 1923 in Akron, Ohio | American | Right Waist Gunner | USAAF | 8th Air Force | 852nd Bombardment Squadron (H), 491st Bombardment Group (H), 2nd Air Division | 1944-06-02 | B-24 | H | 42-95310 | 3Q:W | Metfield (Station #366), Suffolk, England | Bretigny Airfield (Mission #384), France | See Archive Report for details | Evader | Archive Report | ||||||||
38222 | Friel | Edward Joseph | Sergeant | Sergeant | 31294304 | 3rd March 1922 in Boston, Massachusetts | American | Left Waist Gunner | USAAF | 8th Air Force | 852nd Bombardment Squadron (H), 491st Bombardment Group (H), 2nd Air Division | 1944-06-02 | B-24 | H | 42-95310 | 3Q:W | Metfield (Station #366), Suffolk, England | Bretigny Airfield (Mission #384), France | See Archive Report for details | Id No: 78309, Buchenwald, PoW No. 8169, Stalag Luft 3 | Archive Report | ||||||||
38223 | Lemay | Raymond George | Sergeant | Sergeant | 11057587 | 30th June 1922 in Lawrence, Massachusetts | American | Tail Gunner | PH | USAAF | 8th Air Force | 852nd Bombardment Squadron (H), 491st Bombardment Group (H), 2nd Air Division | 1944-06-02 | B-24 | H | 42-95310 | 3Q:W | Metfield (Station #366), Suffolk, England | Bretigny Airfield (Mission #384), France | See Archive Report for details | KiA | Epinal American cemetery, Plot A, Row 6, Grave 30 | Archive Report | ||||||
38224 | Eichler | Bohuslav | Flight Lieutenant | 82543 | 23rd April 1911 in Trneny Ujezd, Okres Kladno, Central Bohemia, Czechia | Pilot | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 142Sqn | 1944-11-20 | Mosquito | B.XXV | KB387 | 4H:? | RAF Gransden Lodge | Berlin | Crashed while attempting an emergency landing returning from a night raid on Berlin, Germany. | KiA | Cambridge City Cemetery, Grave 15158 | ||||||||||
38225 | Logie | George | Sergeant | 1569774 | Navigator | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 142Sqn | 1944-11-20 | Mosquito | B.XXV | KB387 | 4H:? | RAF Gransden Lodge | Berlin | Crashed while attempting an emergency landing returning from a night raid on Berlin, Germany. | KiA | Elgin New Cemetery Sec. N. South Div. Grave 16 | |||||||||||
38226 | Johnston | Harry McPherson | Flight Lieutenant | 117127 | Pilot | DSO DFC | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 635Sqn | 1944.06.11 | Lancaster | III | ND965 | F2:K | RAF Downham Market | Nantes | Four of the crew baled out just after leaving the target at Nantes in France. The aircraft was hit by Flak with the Rear Turret falling off after catching fire. The rudder and tailplane were also damaged. Flt Lt. Johnston landed at RAF Warmwell in Dorset | Returned | None | Citation for this mission: Distinguished Service Order. Flight Lieutenant Harry McPherson JOHNSTON (117127), RAFVR, No. 635 Sqn. Distinguished Flying Cross. Pilot Officer Roland Thomas PADDEN (176113), RAFVR, No. 635 Sqn. Distinguished Flying Medal. 1321135 Flight Sergeant John Hugh LEDGERWOOD. RAFVR, No. 635 Sqn. One night in June 1944, the above personnel were captain, wireless operator and rear gunner respectively of an aircraft detailed to attack an important railway siding at Nantes. Owing to adverse weather and the presence of heavy cloud over the target, it was found on breaking cloud that the aircraft was in an unfavourable position for attack. Despite danger from the powerful defences, Flight Lieutenant Johnston manoeuvred for a position from which a good bombing run could be started. While orbiting the target with this end in view the aircraft was illuminated by searchlights and engaged by anti-aircraft fire. Severe damage was sustained and fire broke out in the rear of the bomber, which fell in to a steep dive and became extremely difficult to control. Flight Sergeant Ledgerwood reported that his parachute had been damaged by fire. The captain was still exerting all his strength in his efforts to control the aircraft, when the rear turret fell off. The fire, still raging in the rear, was brought under control by the courage and tenacity of Flight Sergeant Ledgerwood who, although suffering from severe burns, extinguished it unaided. Flight Lieutenant Johnston then decided, in spite of the precarious condition of the bomber; to try to reach this country. With the assistance of the wireless operator, Pilot Officer Padden, he managed to bring the aircraft more or less under control and, after two hours of endeavour, reached an airfield in England. Throughout the return flight, Pilot Officer Padden rendered most valuable aid in the navigation of the aircraft and greatly assisted his captain in making a safe landing. DFC awarded to acting Sqn Ldr. Johnston whilst with 635 Sqn. London Gazette 16th February 1945 | |||||||||
38227 | Ledgerwood | John Hugh | Flight Sergeant | 132135 | Air Gunner (Rear) | DFM | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 635Sqn | 1944.06.11 | Lancaster | III | ND965 | F2:K | RAF Downham Market | Nantes | Four of the crew baled out just after leaving the target at Nantes in France. The aircraft was hit by Flak with the Rear Turret falling off after catching fire. The rudder and tailplane were also damaged. Flt Lt. Johnston landed at RAF Warmwell in Dorset | Returned | None | Citation for this mission: Distinguished Service Order. Flight Lieutenant Harry McPherson JOHNSTON (117127), RAFVR, No. 635 Sqn. Distinguished Flying Cross. Pilot Officer Roland Thomas PADDEN (176113), RAFVR, No. 635 Sqn. Distinguished Flying Medal. 1321135 Flight Sergeant John Hugh LEDGERWOOD. RAFVR, No. 635 Sqn. One night in June 1944, the above personnel were captain, wireless operator and rear gunner respectively of an aircraft detailed to attack an important railway siding at Nantes. Owing to adverse weather and the presence of heavy cloud over the target, it was found on breaking cloud that the aircraft was in an unfavourable position for attack. Despite danger from the powerful defences, Flight Lieutenant Johnston manoeuvred for a position from which a good bombing run could be started. While orbiting the target with this end in view the aircraft was illuminated by searchlights and engaged by anti-aircraft fire. Severe damage was sustained and fire broke out in the rear of the bomber, which fell in to a steep dive and became extremely difficult to control. Flight Sergeant Ledgerwood reported that his parachute had been damaged by fire. The captain was still exerting all his strength in his efforts to control the aircraft, when the rear turret fell off. The fire, still raging in the rear, was brought under control by the courage and tenacity of Flight Sergeant Ledgerwood who, although suffering from severe burns, extinguished it unaided. Flight Lieutenant Johnston then decided, in spite of the precarious condition of the bomber; to try to reach this country. With the assistance of the wireless operator, Pilot Officer Padden, he managed to bring the aircraft more or less under control and, after two hours of endeavour, reached an airfield in England. Throughout the return flight, Pilot Officer Padden rendered most valuable aid in the navigation of the aircraft and greatly assisted his captain in making a safe landing. | |||||||||
38228 | Warmington | Edwin John | Flying Officer | 157190 | Flight Engineer | MiD | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 635Sqn | 1944.06.11 | Lancaster | III | ND965 | F2:K | RAF Downham Market | Nantes | Four of the crew baled out just after leaving the target at Nantes in France. The aircraft was hit by Flak with the Rear Turret falling off after catching fire. The rudder and tailplane were also damaged. Flt Lt. Johnston landed at RAF Warmwell in Dorset | PoW No: 4712 Stalag Luft 1 | None | 924505 Flt Sgt. Warmington was Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). London Gazette 14th January 194 | |||||||||
38229 | Boddington | Robert Anthony | Flight Lieutenant | 104534 | Bomb Aimer | DFC DFC Bar | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 635Sqn | 1944.06.11 | Lancaster | III | ND965 | F2:K | RAF Downham Market | Nantes | Four of the crew baled out just after leaving the target at Nantes in France. The aircraft was hit by Flak with the Rear Turret falling off after catching fire. The rudder and tailplane were also damaged. Flt Lt. Johnston landed at RAF Warmwell in Dorset | Evader/KiA 14th February 1945 | None | Acting Flt Lt. Boddington was awarded the DFC whilst with 97 Sqn. London Gazette 31st July 1942 Returned to England on the 9th August 1944 635 Sqn, Lancaster III PB287 F2:T Sqn Ldr. Boddington was posthumously awarded a Bar to his DFC whilst with 635 Sqn. London Gazette 12th February 1946 | |||||||||
38230 | Paddon | Roland Thomas | Pilot Officer | 176113 | Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | DFC | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 635Sqn | 1944.06.11 | Lancaster | III | ND965 | F2:K | RAF Downham Market | Nantes | Four of the crew baled out just after leaving the target at Nantes in France. The aircraft was hit by Flak with the Rear Turret falling off after catching fire. The rudder and tailplane were also damaged. Flt Lt. Johnston landed at RAF Warmwell in Dorset | Returned | None | Citation for this mission: Distinguished Service Order. Flight Lieutenant Harry McPherson JOHNSTON (117127), RAFVR, No. 635 Sqn. Distinguished Flying Cross. Pilot Officer Roland Thomas PADDEN (176113), RAFVR, No. 635 Sqn. Distinguished Flying Medal. 1321135 Flight Sergeant John Hugh LEDGERWOOD. RAFVR, No. 635 Sqn. One night in June 1944, the above personnel were captain, wireless operator and rear gunner respectively of an aircraft detailed to attack an important railway siding at Nantes. Owing to adverse weather and the presence of heavy cloud over the target, it was found on breaking cloud that the aircraft was in an unfavourable position for attack. Despite danger from the powerful defences, Flight Lieutenant Johnston manoeuvred for a position from which a good bombing run could be started. While orbiting the target with this end in view the aircraft was illuminated by searchlights and engaged by anti-aircraft fire. Severe damage was sustained and fire broke out in the rear of the bomber, which fell in to a steep dive and became extremely difficult to control. Flight Sergeant Ledgerwood reported that his parachute had been damaged by fire. The captain was still exerting all his strength in his efforts to control the aircraft, when the rear turret fell off. The fire, still raging in the rear, was brought under control by the courage and tenacity of Flight Sergeant Ledgerwood who, although suffering from severe burns, extinguished it unaided. Flight Lieutenant Johnston then decided, in spite of the precarious condition of the bomber; to try to reach this country. With the assistance of the wireless operator, Pilot Officer Padden, he managed to bring the aircraft more or less under control and, after two hours of endeavour, reached an airfield in England. Throughout the return flight, Pilot Officer Padden rendered most valuable aid in the navigation of the aircraft and greatly assisted his captain in making a safe landing. | |||||||||
38231 | Harrowing | Jack | Sergeant | 618316 | Air Gunner (Mid Upper) | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 635Sqn | 1944.06.11 | Lancaster | III | ND965 | F2:K | RAF Downham Market | Nantes | Four of the crew baled out just after leaving the target at Nantes in France. The aircraft was hit by Flak with the Rear Turret falling off after catching fire. The rudder and tailplane were also damaged. Flt Lt. Johnston landed at RAF Warmwell in Dorset | Evader | None | Returned to England on the 9th August 1944 | ||||||||||
38232 | Schell | Leonard Francis | Pilot Officer | J/43902 | Canadian | Navigator | RCAF | 12 Operational Training Group | 5 OTU (RCAF) | 1944-05-29 | Mitchell | II | HD345 | RCAF Boundary Bay | Cross country training | Crashed in side of mountain | Killed | Ottawa Memorial, Panel 3. Column 4. Canada | Accident report | Paradie RCAF Database | |||||||||
38233 | Whitlock | Harold Brand | Flying Officer | J/28562 | Canadian | Pilot | RCAF | 12 Operational Training Group | 5 OTU (RCAF) | 1944-05-29 | Mitchell | II | HD345 | RCAF Boundary Bay | Cross country training | Crashed in side of mountain | Killed | Ottawa Memorial, Panel 3. Column 4. Canada | Accident report | Paradie RCAF Database | |||||||||
38234 | Manson | Harald Magnus | Sergeant | R/192989 | Canadian | Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | RCAF | 12 Operational Training Group | 5 OTU (RCAF) | 1944-05-29 | Mitchell | II | HD345 | RCAF Boundary Bay | Cross country training | Crashed in side of mountain | Killed | Ottawa Memorial, Panel 3. Column 5. Canada | Accident report | Paradie RCAF Database | |||||||||
38235 | Johnston | Clarence Arthur | Sergeant | R/275157 | Canadian | Air Gunner | RCAF | 12 Operational Training Group | 5 OTU (RCAF) | 1944-05-29 | Mitchell | II | HD345 | RCAF Boundary Bay | Cross country training | Crashed in side of mountain | Killed | Ottawa Memorial, Panel 3. Column 5. Canada | Accident report | Paradie RCAF Database | |||||||||
38236 | Geiger | Jerome Henry | Captain | 0-731854 | Age 23 | USA | Pilot | DFC (US) | USAAF | 351st Bomber Group | 508th Bomber Squadron | 1944-09-27 | B-17 Fortress | 42-98004 | YB-H | RAF Polebrook | 09:37 | Bomb marshalling yards Köln (Cologne) | 150mm flak shell blew huge hole in fuselage | Survived | The eyewitness account from Jerome H. Geiger reads: “I, Jerome H. Geiger, O-731854, was flying as pilot of Aircraft No. 42-98004 which was flying in Lead Position of the Low Squadron on a mission to Cologne, Germany on 27 September 1944. About a second after bombs away 150 mm. Flak hit my plane, knocking out the Ball Turret, denting the tail and destroying the superchargers and radios. The Ball Turret gunner was killed instantly.......and the Y-Operator (a German-speaking voice interceptor from 511st Bomber Sqn) fell out without his parachute (see note below). The rest of the crew and the plane returned to England without further incident.” | Archive Report | |||||||
38237 | Muffett | Winfield Felton | 1LT | 0-760895 | Age 22 | USA | Co-Pilot | DFC (US) | USAAF | 351st Bomber Group | 508th Bomber Squadron | 1944-09-27 | B-17 Fortress | 42-98004 | YB-H | RAF Polebrook | 09:37 | Bomb marshalling yards Köln (Cologne) | 150mm flak shell blew huge hole in fuselage | Survived | The eyewitness account from Jerome H. Geiger reads: “I, Jerome H. Geiger, O-731854, was flying as pilot of Aircraft No. 42-98004 which was flying in Lead Position of the Low Squadron on a mission to Cologne, Germany on 27 September 1944. About a second after bombs away 150 mm. Flak hit my plane, knocking out the Ball Turret, denting the tail and destroying the superchargers and radios. The Ball Turret gunner was killed instantly.......and the Y-Operator (a German-speaking voice interceptor from 511st Bomber Sqn) fell out without his parachute (see note below). The rest of the crew and the plane returned to England without further incident.” | Archive Report | |||||||
38238 | Hubbell | Charles Hugh | 2LT | 0-713616 | Age 22 | USA | Navigator | DFC (US) | USAAF | 351st Bomber Group | 508th Bomber Squadron | 1944-09-27 | B-17 Fortress | 42-98004 | YB-H | RAF Polebrook | 09:37 | Bomb marshalling yards Köln (Cologne) | 150mm flak shell blew huge hole in fuselage | Survived | The eyewitness account from Jerome H. Geiger reads: “I, Jerome H. Geiger, O-731854, was flying as pilot of Aircraft No. 42-98004 which was flying in Lead Position of the Low Squadron on a mission to Cologne, Germany on 27 September 1944. About a second after bombs away 150 mm. Flak hit my plane, knocking out the Ball Turret, denting the tail and destroying the superchargers and radios. The Ball Turret gunner was killed instantly.......and the Y-Operator (a German-speaking voice interceptor from 511st Bomber Sqn) fell out without his parachute (see note below). The rest of the crew and the plane returned to England without further incident.” | Archive Report | |||||||
38239 | Šiška | A | Sgt | 787493 | Czechoslovakia | Pilot | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 311Sqn Czechoslovakia | 1941-12-28 | Wellington | Ic | T2553 | KX-B | East Wretham | Take off: 1716 | Wilhelmshaven | Crashed North Sea 100 km west of Petten, Noord-Holland | PoW | Took off from RAF East Wretham at 17:16 hrs local time for an operation to Wilhelmshaven in Germany. Over the target, the aircraft was damaged by Flak. Homeward-bound, the port engine caught fire causing the propellor to break off, severing control links; crashed in the North Sea west of Petten (Noord-Holland). Five of the six crew members managed to get into the dinghy. The tail gunner drowned when the wreckage sank. After two days, they were spotted 90 kilometers west of Den Helder by British planes. They threw off an aid package, but it floated away. On the morning of New Year’s Day, Josef Tomanek succumbed to the winter hardships. His body was put overboard by his comrades. It was not until 3 January that the dinghy and the other four crew members washed ashore at Petten. In the meantime, one of the crew members had died. (Josef Mohr was buried in the war cemetery of Bergen). Fg The rest of those who died are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Fg Off Scerba was repatriated on 16 September 1944. | |||||||||
38240 | Reising | Frank Herman | 2LT | 0-762804 | Age 28 | USA | Bombadier | USAAF | 351st Bomber Group | 508th Bomber Squadron | 1944-09-27 | B-17 Fortress | 42-98004 | YB-H | RAF Polebrook | 09:37 | Bomb marshalling yards Köln (Cologne) | 150mm flak shell blew huge hole in fuselage | Survived | The eyewitness account from Jerome H. Geiger reads: “I, Jerome H. Geiger, O-731854, was flying as pilot of Aircraft No. 42-98004 which was flying in Lead Position of the Low Squadron on a mission to Cologne, Germany on 27 September 1944. About a second after bombs away 150 mm. Flak hit my plane, knocking out the Ball Turret, denting the tail and destroying the superchargers and radios. The Ball Turret gunner was killed instantly.......and the Y-Operator (a German-speaking voice interceptor from 511st Bomber Sqn) fell out without his parachute (see note below). The rest of the crew and the plane returned to England without further incident.” | Archive Report | ||||||||
38241 | Chaplow | Leroy Henry | S/Sgt | 15070182 | Age 26 | USA | Turret gunner | USAAF | 351st Bomber Group | 508th Bomber Squadron | 1944-09-27 | B-17 Fortress | 42-98004 | YB-H | RAF Polebrook | 09:37 | Bomb marshalling yards Köln (Cologne) | 150mm flak shell blew huge hole in fuselage | Survived | The eyewitness account from Jerome H. Geiger reads: “I, Jerome H. Geiger, O-731854, was flying as pilot of Aircraft No. 42-98004 which was flying in Lead Position of the Low Squadron on a mission to Cologne, Germany on 27 September 1944. About a second after bombs away 150 mm. Flak hit my plane, knocking out the Ball Turret, denting the tail and destroying the superchargers and radios. The Ball Turret gunner was killed instantly.......and the Y-Operator (a German-speaking voice interceptor from 511st Bomber Sqn) fell out without his parachute (see note below). The rest of the crew and the plane returned to England without further incident.” | Archive Report | ||||||||
38242 | Divil | Kenneth David | Sgt | 35765539 | 1925-05-02, Smithfield, Fayette County, Pennsylvania | USA | Ball turret gunner | Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart | USAAF | 351st Bomber Group | 508th Bomber Squadron | 1944-09-27 | B-17 Fortress | 42-98004 | YB-H | RAF Polebrook | 09:37 | Bomb marshalling yards Köln (Cologne) | 150mm flak shell blew huge hole in fuselage | Killed Age 19 | American War Cemetery Ardennes Belgium Plot D, Row 10, Grave 53 | The eyewitness account from Jerome H. Geiger reads: “I, Jerome H. Geiger, O-731854, was flying as pilot of Aircraft No. 42-98004 which was flying in Lead Position of the Low Squadron on a mission to Cologne, Germany on 27 September 1944. About a second after bombs away 150 mm. Flak hit my plane, knocking out the Ball Turret, denting the tail and destroying the superchargers and radios. The Ball Turret gunner was killed instantly.......and the Y-Operator (a German-speaking voice interceptor from 511st Bomber Sqn) fell out without his parachute (see note below). The rest of the crew and the plane returned to England without further incident.” | Archive Report | ||||||
38243 | Goodman | Walter Frank | S/Sgt | 36480907 | Age 23 | USA | Radio | USAAF | 351st Bomber Group | 508th Bomber Squadron | 1944-09-27 | B-17 Fortress | 42-98004 | YB-H | RAF Polebrook | 09:37 | Bomb marshalling yards Köln (Cologne) | 150mm flak shell blew huge hole in fuselage | Survived | The eyewitness account from Jerome H. Geiger reads: “I, Jerome H. Geiger, O-731854, was flying as pilot of Aircraft No. 42-98004 which was flying in Lead Position of the Low Squadron on a mission to Cologne, Germany on 27 September 1944. About a second after bombs away 150 mm. Flak hit my plane, knocking out the Ball Turret, denting the tail and destroying the superchargers and radios. The Ball Turret gunner was killed instantly.......and the Y-Operator (a German-speaking voice interceptor from 511st Bomber Sqn) fell out without his parachute (see note below). The rest of the crew and the plane returned to England without further incident.” | Archive Report | ||||||||
38244 | Ingison | Walter Charles | Sgt | 36597221 | Age 19 | USA | Gunner | USAAF | 351st Bomber Group | 508th Bomber Squadron | 1944-09-27 | B-17 Fortress | 42-98004 | YB-H | RAF Polebrook | 09:37 | Bomb marshalling yards Köln (Cologne) | 150mm flak shell blew huge hole in fuselage | Survived | The eyewitness account from Jerome H. Geiger reads: “I, Jerome H. Geiger, O-731854, was flying as pilot of Aircraft No. 42-98004 which was flying in Lead Position of the Low Squadron on a mission to Cologne, Germany on 27 September 1944. About a second after bombs away 150 mm. Flak hit my plane, knocking out the Ball Turret, denting the tail and destroying the superchargers and radios. The Ball Turret gunner was killed instantly.......and the Y-Operator (a German-speaking voice interceptor from 511st Bomber Sqn) fell out without his parachute (see note below). The rest of the crew and the plane returned to England without further incident.” | Archive Report | ||||||||
38245 | Pierce | James Mack | S/Sgt | 37677168 | Age 25 | USA | Waist gunner | USAAF | 351st Bomber Group | 508th Bomber Squadron | 1944-09-27 | B-17 Fortress | 42-98004 | YB-H | RAF Polebrook | 09:37 | Bomb marshalling yards Köln (Cologne) | 150mm flak shell blew huge hole in fuselage | Survived | The eyewitness account from Jerome H. Geiger reads: “I, Jerome H. Geiger, O-731854, was flying as pilot of Aircraft No. 42-98004 which was flying in Lead Position of the Low Squadron on a mission to Cologne, Germany on 27 September 1944. About a second after bombs away 150 mm. Flak hit my plane, knocking out the Ball Turret, denting the tail and destroying the superchargers and radios. The Ball Turret gunner was killed instantly.......and the Y-Operator (a German-speaking voice interceptor from 511st Bomber Sqn) fell out without his parachute (see note below). The rest of the crew and the plane returned to England without further incident.” | Archive Report | ||||||||
38246 | Kurtz | John Joseph | S/Sgt | 36827478 | Age 19 | USA | German speaking specialist Y operator | USAAF | 351st Bomber Group | 511th Bomber Squadron (assigned to 508th Bomber Squadron) | 1944-09-27 | B-17 Fortress | 42-98004 | YB-H | RAF Polebrook | 09:37 | Bomb marshalling yards Köln (Cologne) | 150mm flak shell blew huge hole in fuselage | Blown out after explosion. PoW Stalag Luft 4 | The eyewitness account from Jerome H. Geiger reads: “I, Jerome H. Geiger, O-731854, was flying as pilot of Aircraft No. 42-98004 which was flying in Lead Position of the Low Squadron on a mission to Cologne, Germany on 27 September 1944. About a second after bombs away 150 mm. Flak hit my plane, knocking out the Ball Turret, denting the tail and destroying the superchargers and radios. The Ball Turret gunner was killed instantly.......and the Y-Operator (a German-speaking voice interceptor from 511st Bomber Sqn) fell out without his parachute (see note below). The rest of the crew and the plane returned to England without further incident.” | Archive Report | ||||||||
38247 | Šcerba | J | F/O | 82633 | Czechoslovakia | W/Op | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 311Sqn Czechoslovakia | 1941-12-28 | Wellington | Ic | T2553 | KX-B | East Wretham | Take off: 1716 | Wilhelmshaven | Crashed North Sea 100 km west of Petten, Noord-Holland | PoW | Took off from RAF East Wretham at 17:16 hrs local time for an operation to Wilhelmshaven in Germany. Over the target, the aircraft was damaged by Flak. Homeward-bound, the port engine caught fire causing the propellor to break off, severing control links; crashed in the North Sea west of Petten (Noord-Holland). Five of the six crew members managed to get into the dinghy. The tail gunner drowned when the wreckage sank. After two days, they were spotted 90 kilometers west of Den Helder by British planes. They threw off an aid package, but it floated away. On the morning of New Year’s Day, Josef Tomanek succumbed to the winter hardships. His body was put overboard by his comrades. It was not until 3 January that the dinghy and the other four crew members washed ashore at Petten. In the meantime, one of the crew members had died. (Josef Mohr was buried in the war cemetery of Bergen). Fg The rest of those who died are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Fg Off Scerba was repatriated on 16 September 1944. | |||||||||
38248 | Svobodka | P | F/O | 787399 | Czechoslovakia | A/G | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 311Sqn Czechoslovakia | 1941-12-28 | Wellington | Ic | T2553 | KX-B | East Wretham | Take off: 1716 | Wilhelmshaven | Crashed North Sea 100 km west of Petten, Noord-Holland | PoW | Took off from RAF East Wretham at 17:16 hrs local time for an operation to Wilhelmshaven in Germany. Over the target, the aircraft was damaged by Flak. Homeward-bound, the port engine caught fire causing the propellor to break off, severing control links; crashed in the North Sea west of Petten (Noord-Holland). Five of the six crew members managed to get into the dinghy. The tail gunner drowned when the wreckage sank. After two days, they were spotted 90 kilometers west of Den Helder by British planes. They threw off an aid package, but it floated away. On the morning of New Year’s Day, Josef Tomanek succumbed to the winter hardships. His body was put overboard by his comrades. It was not until 3 January that the dinghy and the other four crew members washed ashore at Petten. In the meantime, one of the crew members had died. (Josef Mohr was buried in the war cemetery of Bergen). Fg The rest of those who died are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Fg Off Scerba was repatriated on 16 September 1944. | Monument to Lost At Sea | ||||||||
38249 | Mohr | J | F/O | 82622 | Czechoslovakia | Observer | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 311Sqn Czechoslovakia | 1941-12-28 | Wellington | Ic | T2553 | KX-B | East Wretham | Take off: 1716 | Wilhelmshaven | Crashed North Sea 100 km west of Petten, Noord-Holland | Killed / died in dinghy | Bergen (Noord-Holland) cemetery; grave 1 D 4 | Took off from RAF East Wretham at 17:16 hrs local time for an operation to Wilhelmshaven in Germany. Over the target, the aircraft was damaged by Flak. Homeward-bound, the port engine caught fire causing the propellor to break off, severing control links; crashed in the North Sea west of Petten (Noord-Holland). Five of the six crew members managed to get into the dinghy. The tail gunner drowned when the wreckage sank. After two days, they were spotted 90 kilometers west of Den Helder by British planes. They threw off an aid package, but it floated away. On the morning of New Year’s Day, Josef Tomanek succumbed to the winter hardships. His body was put overboard by his comrades. It was not until 3 January that the dinghy and the other four crew members washed ashore at Petten. In the meantime, one of the crew members had died. (Josef Mohr was buried in the war cemetery of Bergen). Fg The rest of those who died are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Fg Off Scerba was repatriated on 16 September 1944. | Monument to Lost At Sea | |||||||
38250 | Skalicky | R | Sgt | 787283 | Czechoslovakia | A/G | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 311Sqn Czechoslovakia | 1941-12-28 | Wellington | Ic | T2553 | KX-B | East Wretham | Take off: 1716 | Wilhelmshaven | Crashed North Sea 100 km west of Petten, Noord-Holland | Killed / sank with aircraft | Runnymede Panel 52 | Took off from RAF East Wretham at 17:16 hrs local time for an operation to Wilhelmshaven in Germany. Over the target, the aircraft was damaged by Flak. Homeward-bound, the port engine caught fire causing the propellor to break off, severing control links; crashed in the North Sea west of Petten (Noord-Holland). Five of the six crew members managed to get into the dinghy. The tail gunner drowned when the wreckage sank. After two days, they were spotted 90 kilometers west of Den Helder by British planes. They threw off an aid package, but it floated away. On the morning of New Year’s Day, Josef Tomanek succumbed to the winter hardships. His body was put overboard by his comrades. It was not until 3 January that the dinghy and the other four crew members washed ashore at Petten. In the meantime, one of the crew members had died. (Josef Mohr was buried in the war cemetery of Bergen). Fg The rest of those who died are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Fg Off Scerba was repatriated on 16 September 1944. | Monument to Lost At Sea |
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