The story
At the date of 28-01-1945, time: 1345, the aircraft type B-17 has been lost. The location of the plane was found at: Ossenzijl (Lageweg). The unit of crew and plane is: 384BG/547BS. First flyer rank: 1st Lieutenant, name: O.H. Jackson. The plane belonged to the Allied forces.
384th BG - 41 CBW - Triangle 'P' - 547th BS - SO - 1st Div - 8th Air Force
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Crew: B-17G-40-DL - #44-6105 - SO*P - 28 Jan 1945 - "SLEEPY LAGOON" - Mission Cologne
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38078063 - O-802860 - 1st Lt. - Pilot - Oakley Homer Jackson Jr. - Houston, TX - EVD
19071952 - O-768370 - 2nd Lt. - Co-Pilot - John Bartlett "Bart" Calkins - Nine Mile Falls, WA - EVD
O-396553 - 1st Lt. - Navigator - Leonard Edmund Lucas - North Judson, IN - EVD
37681904 - S/Sgt. - Togglier - Keith Rodney Haight - Winfield, IA - EVD
32871749 - T/Sgt. - Engineer / Top Turret Gunner - Allen Edward Ziner - New York, NY - POW
13046993 - T/Sgt. - Radio Operator - Paul Sam "Chuck" Senchuk - Scranton, PA - EVD
32976994 - S/Sgt. - Ball Turret Gunner - Gaetano Thomas Cappiello - Brooklyn, NY - POW
33809389 - Sgt. - Waist Gunner - Vincent Joseph Leo "Vince" Kelly - Philadelpia, PA - EVD
34674419 - Sgt. - Tail Gunner - James Norman Phelps Jr. - Windsor, NC - EVD
Oakley Homer Jackson Jr.
John Bartlett "Bart" Calkins
Leonard Edmund Lucas
Keith Rodney Haight
Allen Edward Ziner
Allen Edward Ziner
Gaetano Thomas Cappiello
Vincent Joseph Leo "Vince" Kelly
James Norman Phelps Jr.
Thanks to PATS (see source link for more info)
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