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28 May 1944_downed aircraft of the 401st Bomb Group
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By: Günter
On: 09/30/2006
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Hi,
does anyone know where the following 401st BG planes crashed
on 28. May 1944?
#42-31034, "Bonnie Donnie", pilot G.E. West,
#42-31557, pilot W.B. Keith,
#42-102580, pilotW.F. Protz,
#42-102581, "Lonesome Polecat", pilot P.F. Scharff,
#42-102647, pilot F.H. Windham,
#42-97073, pilot J.E. Ferdyn.
Thank you in advance.
Günter
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Re: 28 May 1944_downed aircraft of the 401st Bomb Group
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By: Scott McElvain
On: 09/30/2006
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42-31034: Leipzig, Germany
42-31557: Belzig, Germany
42-102580: Aken, Germany
42-102581: Dessau, Germany
42-102647: Niemeck, ?
42-97073: Steinburg, Germany
This information is from the Project Bits and Pieces book on the 1st Air Division.
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Re: 28 May 1944_downed aircraft of the 401st Bomb Group
Posted:
By: Günter
On: 10/02/2006
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Thank you Scott.
Günter
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Re: 28 May 1944_downed aircraft of the 401st Bomb Group
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By: John A H e y
On: 10/07/2006
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Based upon messages in the respective MACRsto which I have added the results of my own research on the spots, the crash sites are as follows:
a/c 1/Lt G.E.WEST 800 m south of Krensitz, 15 km NNE of Leipzig. 3 KIA - 7 POW.
a/c 1/Lt V.J. KAMINSKI woods of Steinberg near Mühro, 20 km N of target Dessau. 8 KIA - 2 POW
a/c 1/Lt W.F. PROTZ near an Inn 6 km east of Aken/Elbe, 5 km west of Dessau.5 KIA - 5 POW
a/c 1/Lt P.F. SCHARFF at Glienecke, 36 km east of Burg, which is due north of Magdeburg. 4 KIA - 6 POW.
a/c 2/Lt F.H. WINDHAM at Niemegk, 12 km west of Treuenbrietzen. 5 KIA - 5 POW.
a/c 1/Lt W.B. KEITH Jr. 8 km south of Wiessenburg, 28 km NNE of Dessau. 4 KIA - 6 POW.
All these locations are in the (north-)eastern part of Germany.
The remains of 16 of these airmen were repatriated to the U.S.A. for permanent burial after WWII, whilst 13 still rest in U.S. National Cemeteries in France and Holland.
John
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