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13th December 2019, 21:36
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Re: 97th BG a/c loss confirmation.
MACR 3962 can be viewed here: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/90950866
On this link (Search for Bechtel) : http://www.reddog1944.com/97th_BG_Co...orrections.htm is this comment: "42-30426 B-17F 97th Bomb Group 414th Bomb Squadron, 15th Air Force, shot down April 3, 1944 on mission #257 over Budapest Hungary (MARC #3962) Crew became POWs - Pilot - 2Lt. Virgil Grant Harris (Stalag Luft 1) / Copilot - 2Lt. David E. Cadmus (first mission with this crew; Stalag Luft 1 ) / Navigator - 2nd Lt Herbert (NMI) Schubert (Dulag Luft as Mess Officer) / Bombardier - 2LT William H. Echert / Flight Engineer - T/SGT George K. Bechtel (escaped from a moving train in Yugoslavia but recaptured) / Radio - S/SGT Vernon S. Anderson / Starboard Waist Gunner - S/SGT Lucien G. Bergez (Stalag 17B ) / Port Waist Gunner - Sgt. James C. Ready / Ball Turret Gunner SGT James N. Apolzan / Tail Gunner SGT Perry W. Hitchcock." 
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