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Old 13th May 2014, 00:40
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Re: An Impossible Task?

Here is the information on the capture of the crew. Note that the Germans had no idea (for most of them) what plane they were from. I think that is why, initially the assumption was that there was a crew burned up in the plane.

P: William Fields Hunt, Jr: Captured June 20 near Bleckmar
CP: Nicholas James Kasunick: Captured June 20 at 9:40 at Dedelstorf, Plane Unknown
N: James Eugene Calahan, (same as CP)
B: Edmund Erland Kuivilla (same as CP)
E: John Joseph Silva, (same as CP)
RO: Everett Earl McCulloch: Captured June 22 a 7:00 at Osterloh, Plane Unknown
RW: William Lloyd Delamater (dead in the ship and burned up in crash, still listed MIA)
TG: William Daniel Flannery (capture place and time not listed)
LW: James Edward Watts: Captured June 23 at 7:00 at Sandlinger, Plane Unknown
BT: Gordon Allen Walker: Captured June 21 at 18:00 at Scharnhorst, Plane Unknown

It is "possible" the "two" who were captured according to the stories were the pilot, Hunt and the tail gunner, Flannery. The rest were captured some distance away and for some of them, days later. The Germans may not have gotten things figured out until the crew were all moved to Dulag Luft. The Germans never went back to "correct" the KU 2262 as they had a KU 819A for this crew.
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