Re: B-17 Losses NW Antwerp 5 Nov 43
Hi , Chris ,
Please here some info :
5/11/1943
Lokeren -Zele (Brugstraat)
B-17F-120-BO
Flak 13H59 Gelsenkirchen(121)
42-30789 388BG 563BS --P
Flak Suit / Butcher Boy
Knettishall Heath
2nd Lt Bramwell William J Jr piloot 0-740736 Kansas (POW)
2nd Lt Current William E. 0-802258 New-Jersey (1) POW ) Co-pilot
2nd Lt Smith Charles L.0-678777 kentucky (1) (POW) navigator
2nd Lt Maiorca John J. (EVD) bombardier
T/Sgt Johnson H.C. (EVD) engineer
T/Sgt Harrenstein Albertus 37428551 Iowa (KIA) radio
S/Sgt Craig John M. (KIA) tgnr
S/Sgt Sage Joseph A. (POW) btgnr
S/Sgt Watt George (EVD) rwgnr
S/Sgt Meader Leslie E. 37302407 Minnesota (17b) (POW) lwgnr
MACR 3137
They flew their first mission on 26/09/1943 , his was their 8th mission , buried at Lokeren , later Ardennes War Cemetery
Greetings
Alain
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