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Re: B17 losses 2 march 1945
I received the 396th BG history and the 603rd Squadron History from the AFHRA. As is typical, many pages are hard to read but with some effort "readable". The bad news is they contain nothing about the exact circumstances of what happened to the Coleman crew. They did not return on the 2nd and they were flying 43-38864 but there is little else.
There is a crew list for the 2nd of March mission:
Coleman, Swan, Murphy, Warren, Roby, Wenig, Hush, Richardson, Alderson.
Coleman and Swan flew a mission on March 5th. Incuded on that crew were Murphy, Warren, Roby and Hush.
On March 6, Alderson, Wenig and Richardson received Purple Hearts.
Coleman was promoted to 1st Lt towards the end of March.
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