Date: 1944 Jan 11/11			A/C Type: B-17F   Fortress		SN: 42-29524		Code: VK-		A/C Nickname: Meat Hound
File: 288		Airforce: USAAF		Sqn/Unit: 303 BG - 358BS			Mission/Raid: Oschersleben
1	Pilot	1Lt. Jack W. Watson  Flew on with A/C to UK					9	RWG	Sgt. William H. Fussner  buried Amsterdam
2	Co-pilot	2Lt. Clayton C. David          Evd.					10	TG	Sgt. Roman P. Kosinski           POW
3	Nav.	2Lt. John G. Leverton       POW					11
4	B	2Lt. Vance R. Colvin    drowned, buried Amsterdam					12
5	E	S/Sgt Samuel L. Rowland    buried Amsterdam					13
6	RO	S/Sgt. Harry Romaine     POW					14
7	BTG	Sgt. Fred H. Booth   drowned, buried Amsterdam					15
8	LWG	Sgt. Eugene R. Stewart    POW					16
On route back to England, the aircraft was in trouble and flying low. Crew jumped northeast of Amsterdam on the shore of Lake IJsselmeer. Four men drowned, were later recovered and buried in Amsterdam. Four men became POW. One man could evade. Pilot Lt. Watson, alone on board, flew crippled aircraft back to England.

Read more on this aircraft and crew in our file 'Amsterdam War Graves 1944' (link below)


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