Loss record

MACR 12822: 42-32017 Sweet 17

815th14 March 1945

Aircraft: 42-32017 Sweet 17 (B-17 G 35 BO)
Mission: mission 180, 14 March 1945
Target: Almasfuzito, Hungary oil refinery
Record: Missing Air Crew Report
Sources: National Archives Catalog, NAID 91131999 (7 pages) · Association aircraft page

Flags. date not read from OCR (None) squadron from Association aircraft page (not read from the form) only 4 crew names read from OCR; see page images

Crew, as read from the report

Position	Name	Rank	Serial	Status
	Aunbia, South Girol		32789077
	Thompaon, Jather Fr. Sgt.		32719258
	Wilson, Joha I. Set.		33682366
	Russia, About		O-1574337

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 6 · 14 March 1945

CONFIDENTIAL
TO WHOM IT MAY
mile flying Tail Gunner on No. 5 Plane, I saw 017, which was
No. 7 Plano, fill behind and lose altitude very 2t utga after
wo had left the target area, All four props were spinning. I didnit
cealise the plane was in troubles
of s/sgt Robert Riokette
V s/agt Rober's Ricketta
ACK 391.40860
Tail Quinner
Flane de 852
A TRUZ COPY
Waeter WALTER L. GE.ASS, L Electry JR.
Oaptain, Air Gorpa
Operations officer
CONFIDENTIAL
there +

National Archives, MACR 12822, page 6 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.

The Missing Air Crew Report

Missing Air Crew Report 12822, page 1: B-17 42-32017 Sweet 17, 1945-03-14 · 14 March 1945National Archives Catalog (RG 92, Missing Air Crew Reports) · National Archives (RG 92, MACR 12822)

Missing Air Crew Report 12822, page 2: B-17 42-32017 Sweet 17, 1945-03-14 · 14 March 1945National Archives Catalog (RG 92, Missing Air Crew Reports) · National Archives (RG 92, MACR 12822)

Loss sheets and photographs

B-17 42-32017 B-17 G 35 BO 'Sweet 17' · view at 15thaf.org
B-17 42-32017 B-17 G 35 BO 'Sweet 17' · view at 15thaf.org
Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-32017, mission 180 Almasfuzito, Hungary · 14 March 1945 · view at 15thaf.org
Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-32017, mission 180 Almasfuzito, Hungary · 14 March 1945 · view at 15thaf.org
Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-32017, mission 180 Almasfuzito, Hungary · 14 March 1945 · view at 15thaf.org
Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-32017, mission 180 Almasfuzito, Hungary · 14 March 1945 · view at 15thaf.org
Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-32017, mission 180 Almasfuzito, Hungary · 14 March 1945 · view at 15thaf.org
Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-32017, mission 180 Almasfuzito, Hungary · 14 March 1945 · view at 15thaf.org
Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-32017, mission 180 Almasfuzito, Hungary · 14 March 1945 · view at 15thaf.org
Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-32017, mission 180 Almasfuzito, Hungary · 14 March 1945 · view at 15thaf.org

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