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MACR PILOT: 1Lt  Coy I.  Montgomery  - O-803251
MACR: 03015 FICHE : 01019

ORGANIZATION
LOCATION: AAF Station #139 COMMAND: VIII AF GROUP: 100th Bomb Gp (H) AAF
SQUADRON: 349th BS DETACHMENT:  
     

DETAIL
DEPARTURE:AAF Station #139 INITIAL COURSE: East  
INTENDED DESTINATION: Berlin    
MISSION TYPE:Operational    

WEATHER & VISIBILITY AT TIME OF LAST REPORT
CONDITION: Information not available    

GIVE
DATE: 1944-03-06 TIME: 12:15 LOCATION: North of Hanover

SPECIFY:

Information not available

CONFIRMED OR BELIEVED REASON FOR LOSS
LOSS DUE TO : Enemy aircraft

OTHER REASON FOR LOSS:

AIRCRAFT: 42-30170
TYPE: B-17 SERIES: G  
     
     

ENGINES:
MODEL: R-1820-97    
A: Missing
B: Missing
C: Missing
D: Missing
    

INSTALLED WEAPONS:
A: Missing
B: Missing
C: Missing
D: Missing		 E: Missing
F: Missing
G: Missing
H: Missing		 I: Missing
J: Missing
K: Missing
L: Missing

PERSONS BELOW ARE LISTED AS:
CASUALTY TYPE: Battle casualty  
NUMBER OF PERSONS ON BOARD:    
CREW: 10 PASS: 0 TOTAL: 10

PERSONNEL:

POSITION NAME RANK SERIAL
P1
P2 Coy I.  Montgomery 1Lt O-803251
CP Robert F. Connaway 2Lt O-689302
NAV (N) Frank C. Laver 2Lt O-809647
BOM (B) James D. Fulton 2Lt O-682022
RAD Wilbur I. Trembley TSgt 38213628
ENG George W. Burton TSgt 35448179
BAL Louis P. Savell SSgt 14150231
WG (W) Anthony E. Ruda SSgt 33293827
WG (W) Junior L. Bucher SSgt 17129018
TG (T) Earl W. Ritter SSgt 39168628

PERSONS WHO ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE LAST KNOWLEDGE OF AIRCRAFT

Randall T. Chadwick 2Lt O-802652
Last sighted
   

PERSONNEL WHO ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE SURVIVED

REASON: Parachutes were used OTHER:  

EYEWITNESS DESCRIPTIONS OF CRASH

Report: 
"At 1215 hours just north of Hanover an A/C believed to be #170 was attacked by enemy fighters and was shot down, four or five chutes were seen. The I.D. of this aircraft is not positive. It may have been #051."  Lt. Ron Chadwick.
   
   
Second Witness: No Data  
Report: 

      

    





  
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PREPARING OFFICER


PREPARED BY: WALTER G. BURKE 1st Lt. Air Corps Personnel Officer  


DATE PREPARED:
  1944-03-13


  



TRANSCRIBER NOTES



    
    REPORT: 
They were flying A/C #42-30170 which had flown under three names: Torchy 2nd, HOT SPIT, and MISS CARRIAGE. On 6 Mar 44, Lt Frank C. Laver was the Navigator and a POW; Sgt Wilbur Trembley, on his first mission, was the ROG and a POW; T/Sgt George W. Burton was the TTE and a POW; S/Sgt Anthony Ruda was the RWG and a POW, and S/Sgt Louis P. Savell was the BTG and a POW. The Germans buried Lt Montgomery (Coy I.) on 10 Mar 1944, noting the cause of death as crash/ burns...