File 447. 1944-02-21/21 B-17G 42-37796 Fletcher Halfweg

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Date: 1944 Feb 21/21 A/C Type: B-17G  Fortress SN: 42-37796 Code: LN-T A/C Nickname:
 File: 447 Airforce: USAAF Sqn/Unit: 100 BG - 350 BS Mission/Raid: Brunswick (Braunschweig)
1 Pilot 1Lt. William H. Fletcher        all crew POW 9 RWG S/Sgt. John J. Seman
2 Co-pilot 2Lt. Richard M. Roper 10 TG S/Sgt. David V. Robb Jr.
3 Nav. 2Lt. George A. Browning 11    
4 B 2Lt. Howard D. Venzie 12    
5 E T/Sgt. Leo T. Callahan  13    
6 RO T/Sgt. George A. Reid 14    
7 BTG S/Sgt. Pietro J. Deaquinto 15    
8 LWG S/Sgt. Alexander Sosik 16                    

On route back to England engine problems. Emergency landing in de Inlaag Polder, just west of Spaarndam. NW of Haarlem. All 10 crew POW.
 


The big D on tail: unmistakably the 100 Bomb Group.












































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