844 BS, 489 BG Loss 22/6/1944
 

The subject matter is a little out of my comfort zone!

MACR 7550 refers.

I have Wiliam B Montgomery 1 Lt and John Holoka Jr T/Sgt both MIA an commemorated at Madingley.

I also have F/O John J Crowther as killed but can find no reference to him on the American Battle Monuments site.

Can anybody add anything here?

Re: 844 BS, 489 BG Loss 22/6/1944
 

F/O John J Crowther, T61828, is buried in New York state, but not in a VA cemetery (ie, presumably a family plot). This from ancestry.com.

Frank.

Re: 844 BS, 489 BG Loss 22/6/1944
 

Thank you, Frank!

Greatly appreciate your input.

Re: 844 BS, 489 BG Loss 22/6/1944
 

Hi Andy,

A good site to check USAAF casualties:
http://www.usaafdata.com/search

This site will list killed men both buried overseas/MIA (like the ABMC database) but also those brought back to USA for burial (that are not on the AMBC).

And the aircraft serial was often indicated in the detail field.

Re: 844 BS, 489 BG Loss 22/6/1944
 

Thank you, Laurent!

Re: 844 BS, 489 BG Loss 22/6/1944
 

Andy

MACR Lookup


http://www.armyairforces.com/Databases/MACR.aspx

A/C Serial # Date MACR Group Squadron A/C Type
42-94826 6/22/1944 7550 489 844 B-24

Use A/C Serial to cross reference here

http://usaafdata.com/?q=search

ASN First Name Last Name Rank State Day Mth Year Details
T-061828 John J Crowther FLOF NY 22 6 1944 B-24H # 42-94826
7020757 John Holoka, Jr TS PA 22 6 1944 B-24H # 42-94826
O-693305 William B Montgomery 1L PA 22 6 1944 B-24H # 42-94826

You can 'partially' view MACR record via Footnote - Full subscription required to see actual image - but John J Crowther anotated here

http://www.footnote.com/search.php?q...s%2C+1941-1948


Finally Crowther prob listed here

http://www.archives.gov/research/arc...my-casualties/

Choose New York and then work your way through counties!