B-17G " Ol' Massa " 42-30855 613th
8 may 1944 Mission # 65 Target: Berlin
8 may 1944 , 05:50 engines are on.
29 aircraft , mission #65 , target today is a Aircraft plant in Berlin.
Because of solid undercast, bombing was by PFF (radar).
The Low Box bombing the city of Berlin and the High Box bombing Brandenberg.
No enemy fighters were encountered.
Flak was moderate to and from the target but intense and accurate over the target.
Of the 742 heavy bombers over the target, 36 were shot down and 205 were damaged.
The 401st lost Lt. Lt. J. D. Lenkeit and his crew when their B-17 (42-30855 "Old Massa") received a direct flak burst
just behind the ball turret.
Missing Air Crew Report : 45861. Organization : AAF Sta 128.
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Lawrence J. Hildinger 1st Lt 0-734914 ??? th
Gerald J. Powell S/Sgt 36415204 ??? th
Jay T. Loadholt Jr. S/Sgt 14125585 ??? th
- Flak burtsed just outside waist window or in ship.
Bottom part of plane blew off.
Tail section went one way and frontal section another.
Definitely 613th A/C.
Mission to Berlin, germany, Crashed near Balkum, Germany
Margraten cemetery, Netherlands
Plot : M , Row : 16 , Grave : 7.
1921 - 1944
Margraten cemetery, Netherlands
Plot : M , Row : 20 , Grave : 6.
1923 - 1944
Margraten cemetery, Netherlands
Plot : P , Row : 18 , Grave : 6.
1923 - 1944
Margraten cemetery, Netherlands
Plot : K , Row : 1 , Grave : 1.
Margraten cemetery, Netherlands
Plot : H , Row : 14 , Grave : 20.
1921 - 1944
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