Loss record

MACR 12128: 43-38503

817th7 February 1945

Aircraft: 43-38503 (B-17G)
Mission: mission 154, 7 February 1945
Target: Vienna, Austria Schwechat oil refinery
Aboard: 9
Record: Missing Air Crew Report
Sources: National Archives Catalog, NAID 91121848 (5 pages) · Association aircraft page

Flags. only 4 crew names read from OCR; see page images

Crew, as read from the report

Position	Name	Rank	Serial	Status
Pilot	Borders, Lynn M.		O-827586	RTD
	Risher, Frank M.		O-2057409	RTD
	Wkonigs, Raymond J. S	Sgt	37485623	RTD
	Marks, Everest L.		39621932	RTD

Names and serials are the machine's reading of the typed form; a linked name is the man's record.

Statements, questionnaires and capture reports

Eyewitness statement, page 4 · 7 February 1945

OPERATIONS
817th Bombardment Squadron (H)
Office of the Operations Officer
8 February, 1945.
STATEMENT
Just after the bomb run I saw a ship lagging behind. I
looked for Ship 503, but could not find it. This ship was, or
had lost altitude. when I saw it, and later I heard the tail
gunner say it turned for the Russian lines. I looked and saw or
thought I could see him. Thats all I observed.
W.E. Spragre
W.E. Sprague, 19205777,
s/Sgt. Ball Turret,
Crew No. 720.

National Archives, MACR 12128, page 4 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.

Loss sheets and photographs

B-17 43-38503 B-17 G 90 BO · view at 15thaf.org
B-17 43-38503 B-17 G 90 BO · view at 15thaf.org
Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 43-38503, mission 154 Vienna, Austria · 7 February 1945 · view at 15thaf.org
Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 43-38503, mission 154 Vienna, Austria · 7 February 1945 · view at 15thaf.org
Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 43-38503, mission 154 Vienna, Austria · 7 February 1945 · view at 15thaf.org
Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 43-38503, mission 154 Vienna, Austria · 7 February 1945 · view at 15thaf.org
Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 43-38503, mission 154 Vienna, Austria · 7 February 1945 · view at 15thaf.org

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