[Stig Jarlevik]

Thanks Russell

You basically confirm my suspicions.
The reason you have so few MACR for these crews/aircraft are most likely they were shot down in a sort of no man land and with a "constant" advance (well more or less) of the Allies both in Italy and Western Europe, even those individuals killed were most likely retrieved one way or the other.

I also have a feeling that the US Army more or less treated aircraft as they did with let's say artillery shells, they were there to be "disposed of". Some unit clercs were probably better than many others so some records exist but many others simply don't.

Hopefully I am wrong and in the future some "cache" will be found....but I don't keep my breath....

Cheers
Stig