Date: 1944 Dec 06/06			A/C Type: B-17G   Fortress		SN: 42-102658		Code:		A/C Nickname: Blanco Diablo
File: 425		Airforce: USAAF		Sqn/Unit: 447 BG - 708 BS			Mission/Raid: Oschersleben
1	Pilot	2Lt. Howard R. DeMallie       evd, POW					9	RWG	not carried
2	Co-pilot	2Lt. Richard P. Fuller  evd, sheltered until liberated east NL.					10	TG	Sgt. Loel C. Bishop       evd, POW.
3	Nav.	F/O Charles S. Olson					11
4	B	Sgt. Joe H. Marlowe          KIA					12
5	E	S/Sgt. Harold S. Derr Jr.					13
6	RO	S/Sgt. Lowell D. Strain					14
7	BTG	Sgt. Donald D. Holmes					15
8	LWG	Sgt. Henry J. 'Hank' Rutkowski					16
Had problems on way back from Merseburg. Crew jumped east of Vollenhove. Aircraft crashed in a lake named Belterwijde, on the right side of Ronduite. Five were direct POW. Sgt. Marlowe's parachute did not open. Three men evaded and stayed with the underground, but two of them were found 18 Dec. 1944 in the same safehouse in Meppel and arrested.

Crew photos:  http://www.teunispats.nl/t4782.htm


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