42-39933 STAR EYES
MACR 3343
CREW ON MARCH 23, 1944
MISSION #21 TARGET: BRUNSWICK CRASHED AT RODENBECK, GERMANY
AIRCRAFT WAS ATTACKED BY GERMAN FIGHTERS AND BLWE UP IN A BIG FIREBALL IN
MID AIR. CRASHED AT RODENBECK BARNSTORF, DUE WEST OF ALDORF, 12KM NE OF
DIEPHOLZ, GERMANY. 2LT WODICKA AND TSGT BUCKINGHAM(SPRAINED ANKLE) WERE
TAKEN PRISONER. TSGT KOON FRACTURED HIS SPINE, THE LOWER PART OF HIS BODY
WAS PARALYZED, AND HE DIED OF WOUNDS ON JULY 15, 1944 AT 0100 IN THE HOSPITAL
AT OLDENBURG. HE WAS BURIED IN THE NEW CEMETERY IN OLDENBURG. THE
REMAINING CREW MEMBERS WERE IDENTIFIED AND BURIED IN THE POW CEMETERY AT
VECHTA AND LATER REINTERRED IN THE ARDENNES, EXCEPT FOR 2LT YOUNG AND 2LT
CLARK, WHO WERE NOT IDENTIFIED AND BURIED AS UNKNOWNS.
