42-97200 NO KNOWN NAME
MACR 3489
CREW OF MISSION #24 CHATEAUDUN(GERMAN AIRFIELD)
1LT
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CHARLES J ROBINSON
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PILOT
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KIA
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2LT
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CLIFFORD J DOWNEN
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CO-PILOT
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KIA
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2LT
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CHARLES H MORGAN
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NAVIGATOR
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KIA
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2LT
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WILLIAM M HARRISON
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BOMBARDIER
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KIA
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SSGT
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MELVIN E BAUGHMAN
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ENGINEER
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KIA
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SGT
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OSCAR MCCLURE, JR
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BT GUNNER
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KIA
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TSGT
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MORRIS W ANDERSON
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LW GUNNER
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POW
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SSGT
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WILLIAM H ABBOTT
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RW GUNNER
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POW
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SSGT
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DALLAS P OLIVER
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TAIL GUNNER
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POW
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TSGT
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CONRAD N DESMARAIS
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RADIOMAN
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POW
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THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED A DIRECT FLAK HIT OVER THE TARGET, BROKE
APART AND EXPLODED NEAR THE RADIOROOM. THE PLANE CRASHED NEAR
THE TARGET AREA. LTS MORGAN AND HARRISON, AND SGT BAUGHMAN
WERE MISSING IN ACTION AND COMMEMORATED ON THE WALLS OF THE
MISSING IN BRITTANY. LTS ROBINSON AND DOWNEN AND SGT MCCLURE
WERE KILLED; NO DETAILS ABOUT THEIR INITIAL BURIAL. ALL THREE WERE
LATER REINTERRED IN THE US CEMETERY AT SOLERS IN MELUN. OF THE
SURVIVORS, SGT DESMARAIS WAS BLOWN OUT OF THE PLANE. SGT
ANDERSON BAILED OUT AFTER DROPPING 12,000 FEET IN THE TAIL
SECTION. LUCKILY, HE MANAGED TO FIX HIS CHUTE AND LANDED SAFELY.
SGT ABBOTT WAS PUSHED OUT OF THE PLANE BY ANDERSON. SGT OLIVER
BAILED OUT.
