Dutch Airwar Studygroup 1939-1945

Loss Chart on: T4783

Day or Night of operation	Operation	Target	Nickname
6 Dec 44	-	Merseburg

Factory	Aircraft	Mk	Serial/Wnr.	Call Sign	Unit	Air Force	TO/t	Airfield
Boeing	B-17	G	43-37927	4N-	486BG/833BS	USAAF		Sudbury

Time	Cause of the Crash	Crash Location	Damage	Province
1443	Hit by Flak over target, and was escorted by fighters. Shot down by Flak over Ijmuiden	Crashed near the breakwater of IJmuiden harbour		Noord-Holland

Source	Mag / Page	Additional sources
Verliesregister 1939-1945 SGLO	121	Casualty Report by J. Hey bases on MACR 11048; KTB Motorbootsverbände 1/15- Dec 44

Function

Mil Rank

Ini

Name

Hon

Mil reg

Air Force

Cemetery

Grave

Remark

Pilot	2/Lt.	B.C.	Alexander		O-760522	USAAF	Margraten WOM
Co-Pilot	2/Lt.	C.B.	Bryson		O-771285	USAAF	USA
Navigator	F/O.	R.J.	Sykora		T-130000	USAAF	Margraten WOM
Bombardier	1/Lt.	W.C.	Hummel		O-732847	USAAF	USA
Engineer	Cpl.	R.L.	Henry		39838448	USAAF	USA		Fort Gibson Nat. Cem.
Radio Operator	Cpl.	R.C.	Cooke		36747223	USAAF	USA
Ball Turret Gunner	Cpl.	I.	Wolstein		17118603	USAAF	Margraten WOM
Waist Gunner	Cpl.	D.K.	Shurtleff		31141379	USAAF	Margraten WOM
Tail Gunner	S/Sgt.	C.	Zolynski		33333655	USAAF	Margraten WOM

Data on those who were killed from:	www.CWGC.org www.Volksbund.de www.abmc.gov	Design SGLO(V.1000104)
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