416th Bombardment Group (L) WWII Military Service Missing/POW 1943 - 1945

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Losses, accidents, crash-landings or other incidents, sometimes fatal, frequently occurred during
Training, Routine Flights, and Operational Combat Missions flown by the 416th BG.
Included below are 416th Bomb Group members listed as Missing and/or Prisoner of War during their WWII Military Service.


To view an individual's Memorial page, click on the "Name" hyperlink.
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Base: Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma

Date	Name	Rank	Duty	Bomb Sq	S/N	Status	Report		Mis- sion #

Base: Lake Charles AAFld, Louisiana
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Date	Name	Rank	Duty	Bomb Sq	S/N	Status	Report		Mis- sion #

Base: Laurel AAFld, Mississippi
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Date	Name	Rank	Duty	Bomb Sq	S/N	Status	Report		Mis- sion #

Base: AAF-170 Wethersfield RAF Station, England
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Date	Name	Rank	Duty	Bomb Sq	S/N	Status	Report		Mis- sion #
Apr 10, 1944	Cramsie, William Edward	1Lt	Pilot	671st	O-025895	MIA, KIA	MACR 3747		10
Apr 10, 1944	Henshaw, Charles R.	S/Sgt	Airplane Armorer-Gunner	671st	32452886	MIA, KIA	MACR 3747		10
Apr 10, 1944	Steward, Jack NMI	S/Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	671st	18097398	MIA, KIA	MACR 3747		10
Apr 10, 1944	Huber, Alexander J.	S/Sgt	Gunner	669th		MIA, RTD	No_Report		10
Apr 10, 1944	Raines, Arthur A. Jr.	2Lt	Pilot	669th	O-747891	MIA, KIA	MACR 3746		10
Apr 10, 1944	Bender, Glenn J.	S/Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	669th	39553380	MIA, KIA	MACR 3746		10
Apr 10, 1944	Nielsen, Jack O.	S/Sgt	Airplane Armorer-Gunner	669th	19139615	MIA, KIA	MACR 3746		10
Apr 23, 1944	Schouten, Joseph Thomas	2Lt	Pilot	671st	O-747902	MIA, KIA	MACR 4095		26
Apr 23, 1944	Williamson, Robert Ray	S/Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	671st	19139625	MIA, KIA	MACR 4095		26
Apr 23, 1944	Feistl, Joseph E.	Sgt	Airplane Armorer-Gunner	671st	7021806	MIA, KIA	MACR 4095		26
May 12, 1944	Stockwell, Robert Edmond	1Lt	Pilot	671st	O-671710	MIA, KIA	MACR 4634		46
May 12, 1944	Jedinak, Albert NMI	2Lt	Bombardier/Navigator	671st	O-749848	MIA, POW, RMC, EUS	MACR 4634		46
May 12, 1944	Foster, Hollis Alfred	S/Sgt	Airplane Armorer-Gunner	671st	37019048	MIA, DED	MACR 4634		46
May 12, 1944	Rust, Egon W.	S/Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	671st	38365727	MIA, POW, RMC, EUS	MACR 4634		46
May 20, 1944	Bradford, Blair Hodgson	1Lt	Pilot	668th	O-742670	MIA, KIA	MACR 4972		50
May 20, 1944	Gray, Clarence M.	S/Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	668th	14153336	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 4972		50
May 20, 1944	Molver, Vern E.	S/Sgt	Airplane Armorer-Gunner	668th	19005380	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 4972		50
May 20, 1944	Kleopfel, Michael Edward Jr.	1Lt	Pilot	668th	O-684351	MIA, KIA	MACR 4971		50
May 20, 1944	Bankston, Ray NMI Jr.	S/Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	668th	38428208	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 4971		50
May 20, 1944	Shaw, LeRoy Richard	S/Sgt	Airplane Armorer-Gunner	668th	37559500	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 4971		50
May 27, 1944	Siracusa, Lucian James	1Lt	Pilot	668th	O-797730	MIA, POW, RMC	MACR 5033		58
May 27, 1944	Hume, James N.	S/Sgt	Airplane Armorer-Gunner	668th	11013679	MIA, POW, RMC	MACR 5033		58
May 27, 1944	Brown, Floyd E.	S/Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	668th	15338062	MIA, POW, RMC	MACR 5033		58
May 27, 1944	Williamson, Julius C. Jr.	Sgt	Airplane Armorer-Gunner	668th		MIA, POW, RMC	No_Report		58
May 27, 1944	Larsen, Harry W.	Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	668th		MIA, POW, RMC	No_Report		58
May 27, 1944	Gullion, Allen Wyant Jr.	1Lt	Pilot	669th	O-026353	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 5032		58
May 27, 1944	Coffey, Gerald Lemoyne	S/Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	669th	38464402	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 5032		58
May 27, 1944	Cope, Grady Franklin	S/Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	669th	38396306	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 5032		58
May 27, 1944	Hewes, Harry Earl Jr.	2Lt	Pilot	669th	O-669722	MIA, POW, SWA, EUS	MACR 5035		58
May 27, 1944	Boyer, Harold Eugene	S/Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	669th	20506057	MIA, RMC, RTD	MACR 5035		58
May 27, 1944	Kasper, Joseph Francis	S/Sgt	Airplane Armorer-Gunner	669th	6944924	MIA, POW, RMN, RTD	MACR 5035		58
Jun 3, 1944	Nikas, Anton Peter	2Lt	Pilot	668th	O-813560	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 6049		65
Jun 3, 1944	Newkirk, Arlington W.	S/Sgt	Airplane Armorer-Gunner	668th	13157600	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 6049		65
Jun 3, 1944	Scott, George W.	Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	668th	35548906	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 6049		65
Jun 6, 1944	Campbell, Murdoch William	Maj	Pilot	669th	O-397425	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 6045		68
Jun 6, 1944	Palin, William H.	1Lt	Bombardier/Navigator	669th	O-748094	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 6045		68
Jun 6, 1944	Hatch, Harold F.	S/Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	669th	13066543	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 6045		68
Jun 6, 1944	Thompson, James B.	S/Sgt	Airplane Armorer-Gunner	669th	15016702	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 6045		68
Jun 6, 1944	Church, Charles NMI	2Lt	Pilot	669th	O-440998	MIA, POW, RMC, EUS	MACR 6046 / MACR 9832		68
Jun 6, 1944	Maciulewicz, Peter P.	S/Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	669th	13134462	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 6046 / MACR 9832		68
Jun 6, 1944	Shatzer, Herbert E.	S/Sgt	Airplane Armorer-Gunner	669th	33718687	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 6046 / MACR 9832		68
Jun 6, 1944	Wipperman, Ronald A.	2Lt	Pilot	671st	O-750752	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 6047		68
Jun 6, 1944	Ahrens, Henry S.	S/Sgt	Airplane Armorer-Gunner	671st	32910250	MIA, KIA	MACR 6047		68
Jun 6, 1944	Mazza, Louis C.	Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	671st	12204199	MIA, POW, FOD, KIA	MACR 6047		68
Jun 29, 1944	Baxter, Bruce Edward	F/O	Pilot	668th	T-002090	MIA, KIA	MACR 6192		87
Jun 29, 1944	Potter, Harold A.	Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	668th	16119390	MIA, POW, RTD	MACR 6192		87
Jun 29, 1944	Ernstrom, Reed Ludvig	Sgt	Airplane Armorer-Gunner	668th	19171760	MIA, KIA	MACR 6192		87
Jul 18, 1944	Cruze, Raymond Kyle	1Lt	Pilot	668th	O-747755	MIA, KIA	MACR 12210		101
Aug 6, 1944	Welsh, Arthur J.	2Lt	Pilot	668th	O-691208	MIA, POW, RMC, EUS	MACR 7657		115
Aug 6, 1944	Novak, Stanley G.	Sgt	Airplane Armorer-Gunner	668th	36666232	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 7657		115
Aug 6, 1944	Wright, Raymond E.	Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	668th	38154863	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 7657		115
Aug 6, 1944	McManus, Thomas William Jr.	2Lt	Pilot	670th	O-750423	MIA, KIA	MACR 7872		116
Aug 6, 1944	LaPointe, John H.	Sgt	Airplane Armorer-Gunner	670th	32490064	MIA, KIA	MACR 7872		116
Aug 6, 1944	Hart, Gerald Edward	Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	670th	17169842	MIA, RTD	MACR 7872		116
Aug 6, 1944	Sommers, Douglas T.	2Lt	Pilot	670th	O-750707	MIA, KIA	No_Report		116
Aug 6, 1944	Buskirk, Joseph A.	Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	669th	12064124	MIA, RMC, RTD	MACR 7850		116
Aug 6, 1944	Hay, Jamie E.	Sgt	Airplane Armorer-Gunner	669th	12142496	MIA, RMC, RTD	MACR 7850		116
Aug 8, 1944	Shainberg, Norman Vernon	1Lt	Pilot	669th	O-737483	MIA, POW, SWA, RMC, EUS	MACR 7799		117
Aug 8, 1944	Dugan, John D.		Gunner	669th		MIA, POW, RMC	MACR 7799		117
Aug 8, 1944	Curtis, Layford Burdett	T/Sgt		669th	24612493	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 7799		117
Aug 8, 1944	Dontas, Peter NMI	1Lt	Pilot	669th	O-806236	MIA, KIA	MACR 7794		117
Aug 8, 1944	Fields, William E.	S/Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	669th	35339996	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 7794		117
Aug 8, 1944	Nielsen, Arthur Lawrence	S/Sgt	Airplane Armorer-Gunner	669th	37389813	MIA, KIA	MACR 7794		117
Sep 16, 1944	Vleghels, Andre Joseph	2Lt	Pilot	669th	O-750488	MIA, KIA	MACR 9103		145
Sep 16, 1944	Rice, Roger W.	S/Sgt	Airplane Armorer-Gunner	669th	11113422	MIA, KIA	MACR 9103		145
Sep 16, 1944	Young, Clay Eugene	S/Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	669th	17129222	MIA, KIA	MACR 9103		145

Base: A-55 Melun/Villaroche, France
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Date	Name	Rank	Duty	Bomb Sq	S/N	Status	Report		Mis- sion #
Sep 29, 1944	Nordstrom, Arthur William	1Lt	Pilot	670th	O-684399	MIA, KIA	MACR 9273		148
Sep 29, 1944	Gossett, Joseph Dervin	S/Sgt	Airplane Armorer-Gunner	670th	34446849	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 9273		148
Sep 29, 1944	Miller, Robert Lee	S/Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	670th	18163422	MIA, KIA	MACR 9273		148
Sep 29, 1944	Boukamp, Tonnis NMI	1Lt	Pilot	669th	O-026182	MIA, KIA	MACR 9188		148
Sep 29, 1944	Wing, Jeong Shew	S/Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	669th	18158622	MIA, POW, RTD	MACR 9188		148
Sep 29, 1944	Colosimo, Russell J.	S/Sgt	Airplane Armorer-Gunner	669th	33181528	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 9188		148
Sep 29, 1944	De Mand, Francis Wilhelm	1Lt	Pilot	671st	O-806235	MIA, KIA	MACR 9274		149
Sep 29, 1944	Burns, Alwin Caruthers Jr.	2Lt	Bombardier/Navigator	671st	O-708876	MIA, DED	MACR 9274		149
Sep 29, 1944	Middleton, Clyde W.	S/Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	671st	17100579	MIA, POW, RMC, EUS	MACR 9274		149
Sep 29, 1944	Troyer, Reuben Junior	S/Sgt	Airplane Armorer-Gunner	671st	15059054	MIA, DED	MACR 9274		149
Sep 29, 1944	York, Robert Walter	1Lt	Pilot	671st	O-750758	MIA, KIA	MACR 9275		149
Sep 29, 1944	Ashton, Lewis Alexander	S/Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	671st	33464270	MIA, POW, RTD	MACR 9275		149
Sep 29, 1944	Wilds, Harley James	S/Sgt	Airplane Armorer-Gunner	671st	37115854	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 9275		149
Sep 29, 1944	Morehouse, Ray Clare	1Lt	Pilot	671st	O-752431	MIA, KIA	MACR 9276		149
Sep 29, 1944	Burgess, Arthur James	S/Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	671st	33416564	MIA, KIA	MACR 9276		149
Sep 29, 1944	Zygiel, Leonard A.	S/Sgt	Airplane Armorer-Gunner	671st	36582062	MIA, KIA	MACR 9276		149
Oct 7, 1944	Saidla, John B.	2Lt	Pilot	668th	O-759512	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 9222		153
Oct 7, 1944	Cavanagh, Albert Francis	Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	668th	16077155	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 9222		153
Oct 7, 1944	Harris, Joseph M.	Sgt	Airplane Armorer-Gunner	668th	37126176	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 9222		153
Dec 24, 1944	Robertson, Reece B.	1Lt	Pilot	669th	O-750851	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 11922		175
Dec 24, 1944	Cheney, Marine W.	S/Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	669th	17121760	MIA, POW, DED	MACR 11922		175
Dec 25, 1944	Kehoe, John William	1Lt	Pilot	669th	O-758184	MIA, KIA	MACR 11923		176
Dec 25, 1944	Graham, Robert F.	Cpl	Airplane Armorer-Gunner	669th	19091471	MIA, KIA	MACR 11923		176
Dec 25, 1944	Miracle, Richard Victor	Capt	Pilot	668th	O-026150	MIA, KIA	MACR 12016		176
Dec 25, 1944	Burg, Jack J.	1Lt	Bombardier/Navigator	668th	O-743756	KIA	MACR 12016		176
Dec 25, 1944	Galloway, Arthur F.	S/Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	668th	35631618	MIA, DED	MACR 12016		176
Dec 25, 1944	Simmonds, John R.	S/Sgt	Airplane Armorer-Gunner	668th	17135418	MIA, DED	MACR 12016		176
Dec 25, 1944	Svenson, Robert Rose	1Lt	Pilot	668th	O-752453	MIA, KIA	MACR 11667		177
Dec 25, 1944	Fild, Philip G.	S/Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	668th	35533423	MIA, KIA	MACR 11667		177
Dec 25, 1944	Prentiss, Richard Burr	Capt	Pilot	668th	O-789200	MIA, KIA	MACR 11668		177
Dec 25, 1944	Bursiel, Francis Harold	1Lt	Bombardier/Navigator	668th	O-749712	MIA, KIA	MACR 11668		177
Dec 25, 1944	Brown, Daniel Miller	S/Sgt	Airplane Armorer-Gunner	668th	35514148	MIA, KIA	MACR 11668		177
Dec 25, 1944	Wylie, Alvin Orr	Sgt	Airplane Armorer-Gunner	668th	13170122	MIA, KIA	MACR 11668		177
Jan 1, 1945	Murphy, Thomas Andrew	1Lt	Pilot	670th	O-765045	MIA, KIA	MACR 11517		180
Jan 1, 1945	O'Connell, Lawrence W.	S/Sgt	Gunner	670th	17159973	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 11517		180
Jan 23, 1945	Collier, Jasper L.	Sgt	Gunner	670th	14157885	MIA,POW, RMC	No_Report		191
Feb 2, 1945	Abriola, Daniel R.	S/Sgt	Gunner	669th	52458250	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	No_Report		197

Base: A-69 Laon/Athies, France
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Date	Name	Rank	Duty	Bomb Sq	S/N	Status	Report		Mis- sion #
Feb 14, 1945	Chalmers, John J.	1Lt	Pilot	668th	O-533025	MIA, POW, RMC	MACR 12346		204
Feb 14, 1945	Eckard, Lawrence A.	2Lt	Bombardier/Navigator	668th	O-2063231	MIA, KIA	MACR 12346		204
Feb 14, 1945	Fortner, Kim	S/Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	668th	15088677	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 12346		204
Feb 16, 1945	Wilson, Harold James	F/O	Pilot	671st	T-190787	MIA, KIA	MACR 12448		206
Feb 16, 1945	Berkes, Earl Fredrick	Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	671st	16111527	MIA, POW, RMC, EUS	MACR 12448		206
Feb 25, 1945	Farley, John J.	2Lt	Pilot	669th	O-765240	MIA, KIA	MACR 12726		214
Feb 25, 1945	Hardesty, Edgar Russell	Sgt	Airplane Mechanic-Gunner	669th	33720735	MIA, KIA	MACR 12726		214
Mar 18, 1945	Kenny, James Patrick	1Lt	Pilot	668th	O-691368	MIA, KIA	MACR 13152		239
Mar 18, 1945	Sittarich, John Joseph	S/Sgt	Gunner	668th	37573540	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 13152		239
Mar 18, 1945	Vars, Clifford J.	2Lt	Pilot	668th	O-772506	MIA, WIA, RMB, RTD	MACR 13155		239
Mar 18, 1945	Griffith, John J. Jr.	Sgt	Gunner	668th	20224338	MIA, FOD	MACR 13155		239
Mar 18, 1945	Cornell, Ross H. Jr.	1Lt	Pilot	669th	O-730870	MIA, POW, RMC	MACR 13153		239
Mar 18, 1945	Enman, Roland Ernest	2Lt	Bombardier/Navigator	669th	O-688692	MIA, KIA	MACR 13153		239
Mar 18, 1945	Carter, Ashton Ellsworth	S/Sgt	Airplane Armorer-Gunner	669th	11014823	MIA, KIA	MACR 13153		239
Mar 18, 1945	Jokinen, William R.	1Lt	Pilot	671st	O-795401	MIA, POW, RMC, RTD	MACR 13154		239
Mar 18, 1945	Creeden, Edward J.	S/Sgt	Airplane Armorer-Gunner	671st	31140813	MIA, CAP, POW, RMC	MACR 13154		239
Mar 23, 1945	Ford, Russell	2Lt	Pilot	670th	O-835177	MIA, RTD	MACR 14314		249
Mar 23, 1945	Tharp, Freeland Madison	S/Sgt	Gunner	670th	18136021	MIA, KIA	MACR 14314		249
Mar 28, 1945	Gunkel, Harry Gerhard	F/O	Pilot	668th	T-125797	MIA, KIA	MACR 13520		256
Mar 28, 1945	Grzona, LeRoy J.	Sgt	Gunner	668th	36816710	MIA, KIA	MACR 13520		256

Base: A-59 Cormeilles-en-Vexin, France
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Date	Name	Rank	Duty	Bomb Sq	S/N	Status	Report		Mis- sion #