Gunner
8th AF, 92nd BG, 327th sqn, stationed Podington, Alconbury & Bovingon England, Northhamptonshire
Sharon Belle B-17F 42-30408 exploded near Astwell Castle, Nov 30, 1943, mission was planned for Solingen, scrubbed because of weather. Cause of explosion never determined, all crew lost. Bodies disintegrated.
From Randy Watkins, who worked at Jefferson Barracks:
It would appear that remains were recovered and positively identified since there are grave locations for the other crewmembers and those appear not to be memorial markers. More information could be obtained by requesting the Individual Deceased Personnel Files from the US Army Human Resources Command at Fort Knox, Kentucky. I don't know what rationale was used by the anthropologists after the end of World War II to make the determination of a positive identification.
8th AF, 92nd BG, 327th sqn, stationed Podington, Alconbury & Bovingon England, Northhamptonshire
Sharon Belle B-17F 42-30408 exploded near Astwell Castle, Nov 30, 1943, mission was planned for Solingen, scrubbed because of weather. Cause of explosion never determined, all crew lost. Bodies disintegrated.
From Randy Watkins, who worked at Jefferson Barracks:
It would appear that remains were recovered and positively identified since there are grave locations for the other crewmembers and those appear not to be memorial markers. More information could be obtained by requesting the Individual Deceased Personnel Files from the US Army Human Resources Command at Fort Knox, Kentucky. I don't know what rationale was used by the anthropologists after the end of World War II to make the determination of a positive identification.
Gunner
8th AF, 92nd BG, 327th sqn, stationed Podington, Alconbury & Bovingon England, Northhamptonshire
Sharon Belle B-17F 42-30408 exploded near Astwell Castle, Nov 30, 1943, mission was planned for Solingen, scrubbed because of weather. Cause of explosion never determined, all crew lost. Bodies disintegrated.
From Randy Watkins, who worked at Jefferson Barracks:
It would appear that remains were recovered and positively identified since there are grave locations for the other crewmembers and those appear not to be memorial markers. More information could be obtained by requesting the Individual Deceased Personnel Files from the US Army Human Resources Command at Fort Knox, Kentucky. I don't know what rationale was used by the anthropologists after the end of World War II to make the determination of a positive identification.
8th AF, 92nd BG, 327th sqn, stationed Podington, Alconbury & Bovingon England, Northhamptonshire
Sharon Belle B-17F 42-30408 exploded near Astwell Castle, Nov 30, 1943, mission was planned for Solingen, scrubbed because of weather. Cause of explosion never determined, all crew lost. Bodies disintegrated.
From Randy Watkins, who worked at Jefferson Barracks:
It would appear that remains were recovered and positively identified since there are grave locations for the other crewmembers and those appear not to be memorial markers. More information could be obtained by requesting the Individual Deceased Personnel Files from the US Army Human Resources Command at Fort Knox, Kentucky. I don't know what rationale was used by the anthropologists after the end of World War II to make the determination of a positive identification.
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