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Re: July 4, 1942 First US Raid.
'Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces June 1942-December 1943' has two Boston's lost with AAC crew;
AL677- 2nd Lt F.A. Loehrl, Cpl J.W. Wright and Sgt R.L. Whitham killed and 2nd Lt M.D. Draper POW. Crashed near De Kooij (or Kooy) airfield.
AL741- 2nd Lt W.G. Lynn Jr, 2nd Lt B.S. Grant, S/Sgt W.E. Murphy and Cpl C.P. Kramarewicz all killed. Broke up in the air north of Bergen-ann-Zee
It notes that 2nd Draper and 2nd Lt Grant were actually members of the 414 BS.
A third Boston flown by RAF personnel was also lost with three crew whilst targeting Bergen.
Regards,
Steve Pegge
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