B-17G " My Day "  42-38026    612th

19 May 1944   Mission # 70   Target: Kiel


                  19 May 1944 , 08:10 engines are on.
                  37 aircraft were airborne by 09:18 , mission #70 , Primary target: industry along the Kiel canal.

                  The original target was Berlin, but either heavy cloud cover or failure to rendezvous with fighter escort,
                  resulted in bombing the secondary target, Kiel.
                  Flak was unusually accurate and resulted in the loss of Lt. Marian O. Hagan and his crew, flying "My Day"

Missing Air Crew Report : 4815

1.    Organization : AAF Sta 128.                  
               

       Command : 8th Air Force.
       Group : 401st.
       Squadron : 612th.

2.    Place of depature : AAF Station 128.
       Course :East.
       Target : Berlin / Kiel.
       Type of mission: Operational Bombing.

3.    Weather conditions when last sighted : Clear.

4.    Last know date : 19 May 1944
       time : 13:45
       location : Over Kiel.

5.    Aircraft believed to have been lost as a result of : Enemy Anti-Aircraft

6.    Aircraft type : B-17G
       serial no. : 42-38026

7.    Nickname of aircraft : My Day

8.    Engines : R-1820-97.

10.  Persons listed below listed as : Battle Casualties.

11.  Persons on board : Crew : 10.

12.  List crew position , name , rank , serial no. and current status :
Pilot Marion Offutt Hagan Jr 1st Lt 0-803190 KIA
Copilot John Bernard Dunn Jr. 1st Lt 0-690067 KIA
Navigator Wilbur Franklin Cordell 2nd Lt 0-811569 KIA
Bombardier Fred Empey Graham 1st Lt 0-676214 KIA
Radio Operator Martin Anthony Barr T/Sgt 33238108 KIA
Engr / Top Turret Harry Gordon Simmons Jr. T/Sgt 33251053 KIA
Ball Turret Gunner Wade Meredith Cox S/Sgt 15071368 KIA
Tail Gunner William Woodrow Henson S/Sgt 34604655 POW
Left Waist Gunner Arthur Allison Huston S/Sgt 37264453 KIA
Right Waist Gunner James Alfred Stone S/Sgt 31129780 KIA
13.  Person believed to have last knowledge of missing aircraft :

Richard R. Ruhmann            Sgt      37605354       614 th
Walter W. Harwell                 Sgt      14060028       614 th

-    Aircraft was hit directly just after bombs were away.
      IB`s may have been set on fire.
      Nose to radioroom blown off A/C burst into flames adter wing fell off.
      Then it blew up




Mission to Kiel, Germany, Crashed in Keil on the Professor-Peters-Platz.




Crashed on the Professor-Peters-Platz on the corner of Gutenbergstrasse.





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