[Alex Smart]

Hi,

From Joe Baugher's lists.

B24H-10-CF
41-29269
450BG
Lost , France
29th April 1944.

B17G-15-BO
42-31343
96BG, 338BS
Lost 12th May 1944.

From "Heavy Bombers of the Mighty Eighth" by Andrews and Adams
96BG - 42-31343 - 338BS - "BX-E"
12-5-44 - FTR CR Mershausen, or USINGEN, Germany.
Lt. Robert W. Lewis
6 KIA, 4 POW.
MACR 4855.

From "The Mighty Eighth Combat Chronology Supplement"
Also by Andrews and Adams.
MACR 4855
231343
p - Lt. Robert W. Lewis - KIA
CP - 2Lt Gustav J. Soderfund - KIA
N - 2Lt Geoirge L. Korty - KIA
B - 2Lt Kenneth W. Foote - KIA
TT - T/Sgt Carl T. Duff - KIA
RO - T/Sgt Dyton W. Herrin - KIA
BT - S/Sgt Paul B. Howard - POW
LW - S/Sgt Kenneth E. Elliott - POW
RW - Sgt Alexander J. Klecha - POW
TG - S/Sgt Forrest C. Corley - POW

As for the B24

The corect MACR is 4655

This B24 was from the 720BS of the 450BG.
And was lost due to flack after which she was ditched in the Med some 75 miles off the French coast.
On her 11th mission Harbour Instalations at Toulon.
The full story is on the 450BG Website. Pilot was Oscar J. Anderson.
The crew all survived the ditching but one, the navigator Preston M. McKart died from his injuries and was burried at sea. Later seen by a light a/c a German ship picked up those survivours and they became pow's.

All for now

Alex