MACR 6045

416th Bombardment Group (L)

Missing Air Crew Report 6045

June 6, 1944, Tuesday

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Aircraft Serial Number (Type): 43-21468 (Douglas A-20J-15-DO Havoc)

9th AF; 416th Bomb Gp; 669th Bomb Sq

Mission # 68; Box: II; Flight: 1; Position: 1; A/C Fuselage Code: 2A-J

Reason: Enemy anti-aircraft

Damage: Crash Landing, Battle damage

Point Of Departure: AAF-170 Wethersfield RAF Station, England

Location: Forges-les-Eaux, France

*Personnel*
Duty	Name	Rank	S/N	Status
Pilot	Campbell, Murdoch William	Maj	O-397425	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD
Bombardier/Navigator	Palin, William Harmond	1Lt	O-748094	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD
Airplane Mechanic - Gunner	Hatch, Harold Finlay	S/Sgt	13066543	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD
Airplane Armorer - Gunner	Thompson, James Bryan	S/Sgt	15016702	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD

Notes:
A/C Seen to Crash. Lost as a result of Enemy Anti-Aircraft and Other Circumstances. Crash landed just after target.

Description:
Two box leader's planes, Maj. Meng's and Maj. Campbell's, were hit even before they reached the target. ... Maj. Campbell was unable to make it. As the crews reported it, he kept his plane under control and appeared to make a normal landing in an open field in France. With him were Lt. William H. Palin, S/Sgt. Harold R. Hatch, and S/Sgt. James B. Thompson.
(416th BG History 1944)

See Mission # 68 for additional details