B17 G 42-39941 731st B Sq 452nd B Gr (H)

B17 G 42-39941 731st B Sq 452nd B Gr (H)

Date: 12 May 1944

Mission: Brux, Czechoslovakia

Hit by FLAK over target

Crash: At Remouchamps Belgium 16.30 hrs

1st Lt. Richard F. Noble Pilot Escape KIA

2nd Lt. Daniel G. Viafore Co-pilot Escape

2nd Lt. Richard D. Laule Navigator POW Place of capture: Liege, 27 June 1944 by Military police 841, Liège. The prisoner wore civilian clothes.

2nd Lt. Bruce W. Clago Bombardier POW Place of capture: Liege, 27 June 1944 by Military police 841, Liège. The prisoner wore civilian clothes.

T/Sgt. Lloyd A. Martin Flight Engineer POW Place of capture: Liege, 27 June 1944 by Military police 841, Liège. The prisoner wore civilian clothes.

T/Sgt. Robert Atkins Radio Operator Escape

S/Sgt. Ralph J. Murn Ball Turret Gunner POW He was with T/Sgt Martin at a Belgian Hide out for 7 weeks then became a POW . Place of capture: Liege, 27 June 1944 by Military police 841, Liege. Transferred to reception center Brussels on 1 July 1944. The prisoner wore civilian clothes.

S/Sgt. Vernon L. Moody Right Waist Gunner Place of capture Sprimont on 12 May 1944 about 1700 hrs  » Last seen bailling out, captured immediately »

S/Sgt. George B. Brush Left Waist Gunner POW Place of capture Sprimont on 12 May 1944 about 1700 hrs

S/Sgt. Leon H. Davies Tail Gunner POW. Place of capture : Sprimont on 12 May 1944 about 1700 hrs

All Members bail out in same general area of Sprimont, Belgium. Thru the Belgian Underground I came into contact with 4 other members of the crew, Bombardier, Engineer, Radio, Ball Turret. I learned the Tail Gunner and both Waist Gunners were captured immediately upon reaching the ground. I later learned that the Pilot and Co-pilot were with a different branch of the underground. Sig: RD Laule