EnG T/SGT Doolittle, David R.
11 September 1944 Mission #166 Target: Hannover
MISSING AIRCREW REPORT: #08849 AIRCRAFT: #42-50358 "PLEASURE BENT" "Q-Bar" 12th Mission
AIRCREW: JONES * SQUADRON: 578th: 492 Bomb Group
CREW POSITIONS AND STATUS:
P 2/LT Jones, Harold E. KIA
CP 2/LT Cicora, Anthony F. KIA
N 2/LT Oppenheim, Alfred M. POW
NG S/SGT Matracia, August A. KIA
R/O T/SGT Berezovsky, Alex (NMI) KIA
EnG T/SGT Doolittle, David R. KIA
WG S/SGT Gustavson, Ralph I. POW
WG S/SGT Ralston, Gerald J. POW
TG S/SGT Lockhart, Kenneth T. POW
(5) dead crew members found in the wreckage. The aircraft was 100% destroyed by fire after crashing. The casualties reported were: Jones, Doolittle, Matracia, Cicora, and Berezoysky.
Jones' crew eye-witness reported this aircraft peeling off after an enemy fighter attack with the stabilizer shot up and the pilot's deck canopy completely shot off, and with comment he thought both pilots were killed then.
Info per Member #47791572
11 September 1944 Mission #166 Target: Hannover
MISSING AIRCREW REPORT: #08849 AIRCRAFT: #42-50358 "PLEASURE BENT" "Q-Bar" 12th Mission
AIRCREW: JONES * SQUADRON: 578th: 492 Bomb Group
CREW POSITIONS AND STATUS:
P 2/LT Jones, Harold E. KIA
CP 2/LT Cicora, Anthony F. KIA
N 2/LT Oppenheim, Alfred M. POW
NG S/SGT Matracia, August A. KIA
R/O T/SGT Berezovsky, Alex (NMI) KIA
EnG T/SGT Doolittle, David R. KIA
WG S/SGT Gustavson, Ralph I. POW
WG S/SGT Ralston, Gerald J. POW
TG S/SGT Lockhart, Kenneth T. POW
(5) dead crew members found in the wreckage. The aircraft was 100% destroyed by fire after crashing. The casualties reported were: Jones, Doolittle, Matracia, Cicora, and Berezoysky.
Jones' crew eye-witness reported this aircraft peeling off after an enemy fighter attack with the stabilizer shot up and the pilot's deck canopy completely shot off, and with comment he thought both pilots were killed then.
Info per Member #47791572
EnG T/SGT Doolittle, David R.
11 September 1944 Mission #166 Target: Hannover
MISSING AIRCREW REPORT: #08849 AIRCRAFT: #42-50358 "PLEASURE BENT" "Q-Bar" 12th Mission
AIRCREW: JONES * SQUADRON: 578th: 492 Bomb Group
CREW POSITIONS AND STATUS:
P 2/LT Jones, Harold E. KIA
CP 2/LT Cicora, Anthony F. KIA
N 2/LT Oppenheim, Alfred M. POW
NG S/SGT Matracia, August A. KIA
R/O T/SGT Berezovsky, Alex (NMI) KIA
EnG T/SGT Doolittle, David R. KIA
WG S/SGT Gustavson, Ralph I. POW
WG S/SGT Ralston, Gerald J. POW
TG S/SGT Lockhart, Kenneth T. POW
(5) dead crew members found in the wreckage. The aircraft was 100% destroyed by fire after crashing. The casualties reported were: Jones, Doolittle, Matracia, Cicora, and Berezoysky.
Jones' crew eye-witness reported this aircraft peeling off after an enemy fighter attack with the stabilizer shot up and the pilot's deck canopy completely shot off, and with comment he thought both pilots were killed then.
Info per Member #47791572
11 September 1944 Mission #166 Target: Hannover
MISSING AIRCREW REPORT: #08849 AIRCRAFT: #42-50358 "PLEASURE BENT" "Q-Bar" 12th Mission
AIRCREW: JONES * SQUADRON: 578th: 492 Bomb Group
CREW POSITIONS AND STATUS:
P 2/LT Jones, Harold E. KIA
CP 2/LT Cicora, Anthony F. KIA
N 2/LT Oppenheim, Alfred M. POW
NG S/SGT Matracia, August A. KIA
R/O T/SGT Berezovsky, Alex (NMI) KIA
EnG T/SGT Doolittle, David R. KIA
WG S/SGT Gustavson, Ralph I. POW
WG S/SGT Ralston, Gerald J. POW
TG S/SGT Lockhart, Kenneth T. POW
(5) dead crew members found in the wreckage. The aircraft was 100% destroyed by fire after crashing. The casualties reported were: Jones, Doolittle, Matracia, Cicora, and Berezoysky.
Jones' crew eye-witness reported this aircraft peeling off after an enemy fighter attack with the stabilizer shot up and the pilot's deck canopy completely shot off, and with comment he thought both pilots were killed then.
Info per Member #47791572
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