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Old 20th June 2007, 19:38
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Re: July 4, 1942 First US Raid.

Hi,
One last question, please. I note (below) that the Boston shows a compliment of four, yet in all the references I looked up, the Boston is defined with a compliment of three. Am I missing something?
Thank you all again.
Herb


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Originally Posted by Steve49 View Post
'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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