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Old 18th June 2016, 17:38
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Re: Loss of P-38 H 42-67064

It seems that the fates of five of the seven P-38s that failed to return on 29 November 1943 are known:
MACR1424 P-38H-5-LO 42-67016 20FG/77FS shot down in air combat between Belt-Schutsloot and Wanneperveen, Netherlands on 29 November 1943. 2Lt John S. Hascall KIA. See SGLO T3132
MACR1428 P-38H-5-LO 42-67051 55FG/38FS shot down in air combat at Hoogeveen, Netherlands on 29 November 1943. 2Lt Albert A. Albino KIA See SGLO T3134
MACR1431 P-38H-5-LO 42-67090 55FG/38FS shot down in air combat at Zwartewatersklooster, Netherlands on 29 November 1943. 2Lt John J. Carroll POW See SGLO T3135
MACR1273 P-38H-5-LO 42-67069 55FG/338FS shot down in air combat near Meppel, Netherlands on 29 November 1943. 2Lt Fleming W. Suiter POW See SGLO T3136
MACR1272 P-38H-5-LO 42-67097 55FG/343FS shot down in air combat at Koekange, Netherlands on 29 November 1943. 2Lt James W. Gilbride KIA See SGLO T3137

However, it is unclear what happened to the CO of 38FS and his wingman:
MACR1429 P-38H-5-LO 42-67020 55FG/38FS missing after air combat west of Oldenburg, Germany on 29 November 1943. Maj Milton Joel MIA. According to SGLO T3133 his aircraft crashed into the IJsselmeer.
MACR1427 P-38H-5-LO 42-67046 55FG/38FS missing after air combat west of Oldenburg, Germany on 29 November 1943. 1Lt James M. Garvin KIA. Where did this aircraft crash? Online sources report several different places in Germany, Netherlands or France. The body of the pilot was repatriated to Iowa in 1949.
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