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DavidIsby
6th July 2021, 15:26
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/07/05/fallen-us-bombardiers-bracelet-tells-story-of-secret-missions-norway-last-days-of-wwii.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2007.06.21&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

RSwank
7th July 2021, 15:17
MACR 13740 for this loss. There were 8 crew members and 4 OSS members killed when the plane crashed.

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/91146040

A little more on the plane:
http://www.b24bestweb.com/cookie-v2-1.htm
http://www.b24bestweb.com/cookie-v2-2.htm
http://www.b24bestweb.com/cookie-v2-3.htm

Photo of the plane:
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/7458

OSS Members:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44128192/blaine-ellsworth-jones
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82816587/bernard-norman-iverson
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11299739/robert-nimrod-anderson
https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=27441

Crew Members:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134494164/william-howard-hudson
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167427210/leon-gilbert-dibble
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67429548/arthur-h-barbknecht
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/229198399/richard-albert-bosch
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56359553/gilbert-lewis-magruder
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56360845/fayette-shelledy
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56361028/jack-howard-spyker
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56360730/angelo-santini

A Masters Thesis on Operation Rype: https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1383&context=studentwork

Alex Smart
13th December 2022, 02:30
Hi Swank,
The following link does no longer seem to work.
I have also gone to the main site but there does not as far as I could see a section that allows access to the MACR's as it used to.
Or am I missing something ?

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/91146040

Alex

Alex Smart
13th December 2022, 02:36
Hello Swank,
I have tried to access the MACR's on the MACR link that you gave above, but it no longer seems to work ?

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/91146040

I have also tried to use the main site but there no longer seems to be any access to the MACR's like there used to be.
Or am I missing something ?
Alex