Date: 1944 Mar 29/29			A/C Type: B-17G   Fortress		SN: 42-39950		Code: RD-		A/C Nickname: Wampus Cat
File: 454		Airforce: USAAF		Sqn/Unit: 306 BG -423 BS			Mission/Raid: Brunswick (Braunschweig)
1	Pilot	1Lt. Nelson W. Hardin    nine crew POW					9	RWG	S/Sgt. Leo T. Jenks
2	Co-pilot	2Lt. Richard T. Knowles					10	TG	Sgt.  Robert M. Richardson   KIA
3	Nav.	1Lt. John F. Huistra					11
4	B	1Lt. Leo F. Barrows Jr.					12
5	E	T/Sgt. Ernest B. Jackson					13
6	RO	T/Sgt. Wendell W. May					14
7	BTG	S/Sgt. Ralph E. Moulis					15
8	LWG	S/Sgt. Joseph E. Dilley					16
Over target attacked by German fighters, killed the tail gunner. Damage to engines. On the return at low altitide, part of the crew bailed out near Aalsmeer, close to Schiphol airfield. The aircraft belly landed with three men on board northeast of Schiphol airfield under Amsterdam. Sgt. Richardson was buried in village Ouderkerk aan de Amstel. Nine crew POW.

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