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Re: researching three MACRs
Hello Pierre,
Here are the details from "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Force" vol 2
MACR 3540 page 346.
B-17F-90-BO
42-30207
388BG/561BS
T/O Knettishall, assigned target Bordeaux/ Merignac airfield, France. Just before target, a flare was seen and immediately the radio room caught fire. The B17 circled and then went into a steep dive and crashed at LA Gombretiere, at Aizenay, nine miles north west of LA Roche-sur-Yon, 37 miles south of Nantes, France. 4 kia, 4 Pow, 2 DVD.
Pow
P. 2Lt. Julius Lederman
CP. 2Lt. Waite D. Law
B. 2Lt. John N. Luzell.
TG. Sgt. George W. Hewett.
Kia
RO. Sgt. Blair H. Harman
BTG. T/Sgt. Louis Mizera.
LWG. S/Sgt. George M.Schwarzkopf.
RWG. S/Sgt. Joseph J. Kapec.
EVD
N. 2Lt. John J. Carroll
E. Sgt. Herman F. Hermanson.
Alex
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