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416th Bombardment Group (L) Missing Air Crew Report 13153 March 18, 1945, Sunday
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416th Bombardment Group (L) Missing Air Crew Report 13153 March 18, 1945, Sunday
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(Note: Depending on Internet speed, this report may take some time to download and display.) (MACR images downloaded from Fold3.) Aircraft Serial Number (Type): 43-22521 (Douglas A-26C-20-DT Invader) 9th AF; 416th Bomb Gp; 669th Bomb Sq Mission # 239; Box: II; Flight: 1; Position: 2; A/C Fuselage Code: 2A-N Reason: Enemy anti-aircraft Damage: Crashed Point Of Departure: A-69 Laon/Athies, France Location: Worms Comm Center, Ger.
Notes: A/C Information not Available. Lost as a result of Enemy Anti-Aircraft. Description: Four planes were presumed to be lost to flak when they failed to return to base. The planes went down in the vicinity of the PPF IP, northeast of the town of Bingen. Two planes went down in the vicinity of the target. ... No chutes were seen to emerge from any of the planes that were lost. The crews are all listed as MIA. ... #521 received a direct hit on the turn off the target. Both engines were smoking and it was losing altitude but apparently under control. It might have been the plane seen to hit the ground near Johannisberg. After flames broke out in the right engine nacelle, the right wing broke off about 3,000 feet above the ground. The crew included Lt R.H. Cornell, Lt R.E. Enman, and S/Sgt A. Carter. (416th BG History 1945) See Mission # 239 for additional details |