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416th Bomb Group Missing Air Crew Reports (MACR) from dates of Lou's combat missions.

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MACR 11667
Date: 25-Dec-1944;  Mission #: 176;  Squadron: 668; 
Aircraft Serial Number: 43-22317;  Aircraft Type: A-26B-15
Location: Losheim, Germany;  Point Of Departure: AAF Sta A-55, Melun, Fr
Crew:
1st Lt. Robert R. Svenson, Pilot;
S Sgt. Philip G. Fild, AM-Gun

 
 
 
 
 
 
 




MACR 11668
Date: 25-Dec-1944;  Mission #: 176;  Squadron: 668; 
Aircraft Serial Number: 43-21717;  Aircraft Type: A-20J-15
Location: Losheim, Germany;  Point Of Departure: AAF Sta A-55, Melun, Fr
Crew:
Captain Richard B. Prentiss, Pilot (KIA);
1st Lt. Francis H. Bursiel, Bm-Nv;
S Sgt. Daniel W. Brown, Arm-Gun (KIA);
Sgt. Alvin O. Wylie, Arm-Gun

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 




MACR 11923
Date: 25-Dec-1944;  Mission #: 176;  Squadron: 669; 
Aircraft Serial Number: 41-39240;  Aircraft Type: A-26B-20
Location: Blankenhein, Germany;  Point Of Departure: Melun, France A-55
Crew:
1st Lt. John W. Kehoe, Pilot;
Cpl. Robert F. Graham, Armorer Gunner

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 




MACR 12016
Date: 25-Dec-1944;  Mission #: 176;  Squadron: 668; 
Aircraft Serial Number: 44-108;  Aircraft Type: A-20K-10
Location: Blankemheim, Germany;  Point Of Departure: AAF Sta A-55 [Melun, Fr.]
Crew:
Captain Richard V. Miracle, Pilot (KIA);
1st Lt. Jack J. Burg, Bm-Nv (KIA);
S Sgt. Arthur F. Galloway, AM-Gun (DED);
S Sgt. John R. Simmonds, Arm-Gun (DED)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 




MACR 12346
Date: 14-Feb-1945;  Mission #: 204;  Squadron: 668; 
Aircraft Serial Number: 43-22512;  Aircraft Type: A-26C
Location: Heimersheim, Germany;  Point Of Departure: Sta A-69
Crew:
1st Lt. John J. Chalmers, Pilot;
2nd Lt. Lawrence A. Eckard, Bomb/Nav;
S/Sgt. Kim Fortner, Gunner, Eng

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 




MACR 12726
Date: 25-Feb-1945;  Mission #: 215;  Squadron: 669; 
Aircraft Serial Number: 41-39238;  Aircraft Type: A-26-B20
Location: Kerpen Road Junctions;  Point Of Departure: Station A-69
Crew:
2nd Lt. John J. Farley, Pilot;
Sgt. Edgar R. Hardesty, Ap Mech Gunner

 
 
 
 
 
 




MACR 13152
Date: 18-Mar-1945;  Mission #: 239;  Squadron: 668; 
Aircraft Serial Number: 41-39361;  Aircraft Type: A-26-B
Location: Worms, Germany;  Point Of Departure: A-69 Athies
Crew:
1st Lt. James P. Kenny, Pilot (KIA);
S Sgt. John J. Sittarich, Gunner (MIA)

 
 
 
 
 




MACR 13153
Date: 18-Mar-1945;  Mission #: 239;  Squadron: 669; 
Aircraft Serial Number: 43-22521;  Aircraft Type: A-26C-20
Location: Worms Comm Center, Ger.;  Point Of Departure: Station A-69
Crew:
1st Lt. Ross H. Cornell, Jr., Pilot (RMC);
2nd Lt. Roland E. Enman, Bomb-Nav (DED);
S Sgt. Ashton Carter, Armorer Gunner (DED)

 
 
 
 
 




MACR 13154
Date: 18-Mar-1945;  Mission #: 239;  Squadron: 671; 
Aircraft Serial Number: 41-39237;  Aircraft Type: A-26B-20
Location: Worms Area, Germany;  Point Of Departure: Station A-69
Crew:
1st Lt. William R. Jokinen, Pilot (MIA);
S Sgt. Edward J. Creeden, Armament Gunner (MIA)

 
 
 
 
 




MACR 13155
Date: 18-Mar-1945;  Mission #: 239;  Squadron: 668; 
Aircraft Serial Number: 41-39213;  Aircraft Type: A-26-B
Location: Worms, Germany;  Point Of Departure: Sta A-69
Crew:
2nd Lt. Clifford J. Vars, Pilot (MIA);
Sgt. John J. Griffith, Jr. Gunner (MIA)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 




MACR 15911
Date: 21-Mar-1945;  Mission #: 246;  Squadron: 668; 
Aircraft Serial Number: 43-22523;  Aircraft Type: A-26C
Location: Neerpelt 4mi NW, Belgium;  Point Of Departure: A-69
Crew:
Captain Charles J. Anderson, Pilot (KIA);
2nd Lt. Westmorland Babbage, Bombardier-Navigator;
S Sgt. Stanley L. Heitell, Armorer Gunner;
2nd Lt. Leo J. Roman, Bombardier

 
 
 
 
 




MACR 14314
Date: 23-Mar-1945;  Mission #: 250;  Squadron: 670; 
Aircraft Serial Number: 43-22307;  Aircraft Type: A-26B-15
Location: Between Dinslaken, Germany And Rhine River;  Point Of Departure: A-69 Athies-Sous-Laon, France
Crew:
1st Lt. Russell Ford, Pilot (RTD);
S/Sgt. Freeland M. Tharp, Gunner (KIA)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 




MACR 13520
Date: 28-Mar-1945;  Mission #: 256;  Squadron: 668; 
Aircraft Serial Number: 43-22495;  Aircraft Type: A-26B
Location: Ebrack, Germany;  Point Of Departure: A-69
Crew:
Flt/O. Harry G. Gunkel, Pilot (MIA);
Sgt. LeRoy J. Grzona, Gunner (MIA)

 
 
 
 
 


These MACR images were downloaded from Footnote.com

Publication Number: M1380
Publication Title: Missing Air Crew Reports (MACRs) of the U.S. Army Air Forces, 1941-1948
Publisher: The National Archives (NARA)



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