MACR 7850

416th Bombardment Group (L)

Missing Air Crew Report 7850

August 6, 1944, Sunday

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Aircraft Serial Number (Type): 43-9717 (Douglas A-20G-30-DO Havoc)

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

Mission # 116; Box: II; Flight: 1; Position: 3; A/C Fuselage Code: 2A-N

Reason: Enemy anti-aircraft

Damage: Presumed Crashed

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

Location: Taiberville, France

*Personnel*
Duty	Name	Rank	S/N	Status
Pilot	Farmer, Walter Woodrow	Lt Col	O-021749	KIA
Airplane Mechanic - Gunner	Buskirk, Joseph Alfred	Sgt	12064124	MIA, RMC, RTD
Airplane Armorer - Gunner	Hay, Jamie Edward	Sgt	14142496	MIA, RMC, RTD

Notes:
A/C Last Sighted. Lost as a result of Enemy Anti-Aircraft. Hit by flak over target area. Requested heading to emergency landing strips. Received same. Last seen in vicinity of Lisieux, Fr., flying on heading of 270 deg.

Description:
Missing in Action: Lt. Col. W.W. Farmer, Sgt. J.E. Hay, Sgt. J.A. Buskirk--Last seen heading away from the target toward our lines, plane smoking.
(416th BG History 1944)

See Mission # 116 for additional details