42-32082 PASSIONATE WITCH II

1LT	ROBERT M. COOK	PILOT	POW
2LT	RONALD J. CASEY	CO-PILOT	KIA
2LT	JOHN F. OSWALT	NAVIGATOR	KIA
2LT	JOHN A. ROWLAND	BOMBARDIER	KIA
TSGT	GERALD H. POPLETT	ENGINEER	KIA
TSGT	GEORGE A. SILVA	RADIOMAN	POW
SSGT	FREMONT H. GRANADE	BT GUNNER	KIA
SSGT	CARL A. BLICHMANN	RW GUNNER	KIA
SSGT	RICHARD L. THAYER	LW GUNNER	POW
SSGT	JOHN C. McLAUGHLIN	TAIL GUNNER	KIA

PASSIONATE WITCH II RECIEVED A DIRECT FLAK HIT IN THE #4 FUEL TANK
AND EXPLODED IN MID AIR. THE RIGHT WING BROKE OFF, CAUSING THE
PLANE TO GO INTO A DOWNWARD SPIN. IT CRASHED 2KM SOUTH OF
THE TARGET. THE INITIAL BURIAL OF FIVE CREWMAN WHO WERE KILLED
WAS NOT RECORDED, BUT THEY WERE REINTERRED IN THE U.S.
MILITARY CEMETERY IN SOLERS AT MELUN. SGT McLAUGHLIN DIED OF
WOUNDS ON MARCH 29, 1944 IN THE HOSPITAL AT ORLEANS, FRANCE.
HE HAD BAILED OUT WITH A BROKEN ARM AND LEG. HE WAS SPITTING
BLOOD, SO MOST LIKELY HAD INTERNAL INJURIES. HE WAS BURIED IN
THE CEMETERY AT ORLEANS AND LATER REINTERRED IN SOLERS.