B-17G 44-8444 ‘Treble Four’  836th BS – 487th BG

Date : 24-12-1944

Mission: Badenhaussen, an airport between Darmstadt and Francfurt in Germany.

Crash: At Englebermont, Neupré

Castle, Frederick W.  Brig Gen  O-319375    Air Leader/Copilot  Died in crash

He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.

 

Harriman, Robert W. 1st Lt    O-695257    Pilot Died in crash

Auer, Edmund F. Captain   O-795170    Navigator Survived

Biri, Paul L.   1st Lt    O-667235    Bombardier   Bailed out; Survived

MacArty, Henry P.     1st Lt    O-712624    Dead Reckon Navigator  Bailed out; Survived

Procopio, Bruno S.    1st Lt    O-700148    Radar Navigator  Wounded in aircraft; Bailed out;

Rowe, Claude L.       1st Lt    O-819325    Officer Tail Gunner Wounded in aircraft; Bailed out;

Hudson, Lowell B.     S/Sgt     16113290    Waist Gunner   Bailed out; Landed in tree;

Jeffers, Quentin W. T/Sgt     16131444    Engineer Gunner Bailed out; Survived

Swain, Lawrence H.      T/Sgt     39279733    Radio Operator Gunner Bailed out; Found dead