One Way Ticket to Berlin by John Meurs & John Meurs

Author:John Meurs & John Meurs [Meurs, John]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: World War II Air Force history
Publisher: Quail Ridge Press
Published: 2017-04-04T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26

390th Bomb Group

571st Bomb Squadron

Aircraft Type: B-17G

Serial# 42-102526

MACR: 4245

Airbase: Framlingham

(Rayburn)

At 11.40 hours, aircraft 526 observed to peel off to the right and out of formation with one engine smoking, and began to dive. Seven men observed to jump—3 apparently delayed jumps as only 4 chutes seem to open.

Missing Air Crew Report # 4245

Pilot: 1Lt. Robert W. Rayburn, 0-803266, POW, Cleveland Heights, OH

Co-Pilot: 2Lt. Henry G. Crowley, 0-751273, POW, Eau Claire, WI

Navigator: 2Lt. Murray Jacob, 0-690436, POW, New York, NY

Bombardier: 1Lt. Charles M. Heltsley, 0-68652, POW, Jackson, KY

Engineer: T/Sgt. David J. Thomas, 13127853, POW, Wilkes-Barre, PA

Radio: T/Sgt. Robert M. O’Hara Jr., 13168077, POW, Pittsburgh, PA

Ball-Turret Gunner: S/Sgt. William J. Cusack Jr., 32473966. POW, Buffalo, NY

Left Waist-Gunner: S/Sgt. Daniel E. Chermack, 13116729, POW, Scranton, PA

Right Waist-Gunner: S/Sgt. Richard K. Matanle, 12166330, POW, Elmira Heights, NY

Tail-Gunner: S/Sgt. Woodrow W. Johnson, 38444125, POW, Caruthrsville, MO

10 POW

Crash Site: Niemek, 28 miles sw of Berlin-Potsdam, Germany

Time: 12.18

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