E&E REPORT ARTHUR F. BROWN.
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CONFIDENTIAL
CERTIFIED THAT:
No. 35343610 Rank: Sgt NAME (print) BROWN, ARTHUR F.
CLAIMS ASSISTMENT TO FOLLOWING UNIT: 570th Bomb Sqn, 390th Bomb Gp (8th AF).
Has been fully interrogated by an Intelligence Officer of I.S.9 (WEA) on 10 January 1945, has signed a security Cerfificate and is not considered suspect.
He should not be re-interrogated.
Security reasons do exsist preventing his return to combat duty.
He was an EVADER for a period of 184 days.
Should not be returned to combat duty in the ETO.
THEODORE M. PURDY
Capt. CE
IMPORTANT: THIS CERTIFICATE MUST BE RETURNED AND HANDED TO (BRITISH) AN OFFICER OF MI-9 OR (AMERICAN) AN OFFICER OF PW & X DET. - MI-9 ON ARRIVAL IN UK OR USA.
CONFIDENTIAL
CERTIFIED THAT:
No. 35343610 Rank: Sgt NAME (print) BROWN, ARTHUR F.
CLAIMS ASSISTMENT TO FOLLOWING UNIT: 570th Bomb Sqn, 390th Bomb Gp (8th AF).
Has been fully interrogated by an Intelligence Officer of I.S.9 (WEA) on 10 January 1945, has signed a security Cerfificate and is not considered suspect.
He should not be re-interrogated.
Security reasons do exsist preventing his return to combat duty.
He was an EVADER for a period of 184 days.
Should not be returned to combat duty in the ETO.
THEODORE M. PURDY
Capt. CE
IMPORTANT: THIS CERTIFICATE MUST BE RETURNED AND HANDED TO (BRITISH) AN OFFICER OF MI-9 OR (AMERICAN) AN OFFICER OF PW & X DET. - MI-9 ON ARRIVAL IN UK OR USA.
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E&E REPORT No I.S.9 (WEA)/6/750/2654 SECRET
(Applies to all BRITISH, CANADIAN, U.S. & ALLIED PERSONNEL) I.S.9 (WEA)
EVADED CAPURE/XXXXXXXXX (Name of Country) In Holland
For all Personnel
1. No. 35343610 Rank Sgt Name BROWN, Arthur F.
U.K: Acting, temp or W/S
2. Decorations: (U.S.A.A.F: No. of missions) 5th Mission
3. Were you wounded? Give details No
4. Ship (Navy), Unit (Army), Sqn (Air Force) 570th Bomb Sqn, 390th Bomb Gp
5. Div. (Army) or Op. (Air Force) 8th AF 6. Job (pl, Cmd, Rfn, etc) Waist Gunner
7. Date of Birth 2 October 1921 8. Length of Service 2 years, 2 months
9. Peace time occupation Auto Mechanic 10. Private Address Route No.1 Wapakoneta, Ohio
1. Did you carry any form of identification, or photograph? Dogtags and photos
2. Do you speak French or any other foreign language? No
FOR R.A.F. ONLY
3. No. and location of O.T.U.
4. No, and location of Conversion Unit
FOR ALL AIR FORCE PERSONNEL AND/OR AIRBORNE OR PARACHUTE TROOPS WHO BALE OUT
5. Post in crew Right Waist Gunner
6. Other members of crew, and information about what has happened to them.
N.B. Airborne and Parachute Troops list below names and units of other occupants of plane, including RAF and
USAAF.
PILOT 2nd Lt. M. CRIBBS Probably klilled.
CO PILOT 2nd Lt. John BLICKENSDERFER Probably killed.
NAVIGATOR 2nd Lt. J. OUDMAN Probably killed.
BOMBARDUR 2nd Lt. Lester P. GLAZER Probably killed.
RADIO OPERATOR S/Sgt R. COFFEY Unknown
TOP TURRET GUNNER S/Sgt Eugene GRIFFITH Probably killed.
BALL TURRET GUNNER S/Sgt STANFORD Killed.
WAIST GUNNER (R.) Narrator
WAIST GUNNER (L.) Sgt. H. GROVE PW
TAIL GUNNER Sgt C. BROWN Possibly safe in Holland
7. Type of aircraft, place, date, time of departure B-17 from FRAMINGHAM on 7 July 1944 at approximately 06:45.
8. Where and when did you come down? 1 mile north of HOORN, at 08:00 on 7 July 1944.
9. How did you dispose of your parachute, harness and mae-west? Hid them about 1 mile away under brush.
E&E REPORT No I.S.9 (WEA)/6/750/2654 SECRET
(Applies to all BRITISH, CANADIAN, U.S. & ALLIED PERSONNEL) I.S.9 (WEA)
EVADED CAPURE/XXXXXXXXX (Name of Country) In Holland
For all Personnel
1. No. 35343610 Rank Sgt Name BROWN, Arthur F.
U.K: Acting, temp or W/S
2. Decorations: (U.S.A.A.F: No. of missions) 5th Mission
3. Were you wounded? Give details No
4. Ship (Navy), Unit (Army), Sqn (Air Force) 570th Bomb Sqn, 390th Bomb Gp
5. Div. (Army) or Op. (Air Force) 8th AF 6. Job (pl, Cmd, Rfn, etc) Waist Gunner
7. Date of Birth 2 October 1921 8. Length of Service 2 years, 2 months
9. Peace time occupation Auto Mechanic 10. Private Address Route No.1 Wapakoneta, Ohio
1. Did you carry any form of identification, or photograph? Dogtags and photos
2. Do you speak French or any other foreign language? No
FOR R.A.F. ONLY
3. No. and location of O.T.U.
4. No, and location of Conversion Unit
FOR ALL AIR FORCE PERSONNEL AND/OR AIRBORNE OR PARACHUTE TROOPS WHO BALE OUT
5. Post in crew Right Waist Gunner
6. Other members of crew, and information about what has happened to them.
N.B. Airborne and Parachute Troops list below names and units of other occupants of plane, including RAF and
USAAF.
PILOT 2nd Lt. M. CRIBBS Probably klilled.
CO PILOT 2nd Lt. John BLICKENSDERFER Probably killed.
NAVIGATOR 2nd Lt. J. OUDMAN Probably killed.
BOMBARDUR 2nd Lt. Lester P. GLAZER Probably killed.
RADIO OPERATOR S/Sgt R. COFFEY Unknown
TOP TURRET GUNNER S/Sgt Eugene GRIFFITH Probably killed.
BALL TURRET GUNNER S/Sgt STANFORD Killed.
WAIST GUNNER (R.) Narrator
WAIST GUNNER (L.) Sgt. H. GROVE PW
TAIL GUNNER Sgt C. BROWN Possibly safe in Holland
7. Type of aircraft, place, date, time of departure B-17 from FRAMINGHAM on 7 July 1944 at approximately 06:45.
8. Where and when did you come down? 1 mile north of HOORN, at 08:00 on 7 July 1944.
9. How did you dispose of your parachute, harness and mae-west? Hid them about 1 mile away under brush.
TRANSCRIPTION
E&E Report No. I.S.9 (WEA)/6/750/2654
7 July: CRASH IN MID-AIR.
Our ship was hit by another B-17 while we were starting evasive action over HOLLAND in the way to our IP on 7 July, 1944. The other ship came down on us once, bounced off and then came back with a crash which cut off the tail section of our ship. There were no fighters around and no flak. We were at about 25.000 ft altitude at the time.
BAILS OUT OVER HOLLAND.
The pilot, the co-pilot and top turret gunner were probably killed at the time of the crash. Those of us in the tail had a chance to bail out. I saw 5 other chutes in the air as I came down and was told later by the Dutch that the Navigator and bombardier came down safely at BERGEN, southwest of HOORN, but were caught by the Germans later on. The other waist gunner also came down OK, but was picked up at once by the Nazi's. Our ship broke just where the ball turret is attached and I think the gunner there, Sgt. GRIFFITH, must have been killed instantly. Part of the plane fell in the town of HOORN. The rest and the other plane fell into the ZUIDERZEE, I was told.
HIDES IN ORCHARD.
I landed a mile from HOORN, on the side of a road near a German training Camp. I collapsed my chute and ran into some bushes. A Jerry came down the road looking for me but did not see me. Ii could see Sgt. GROVE's chute coming down in a field nearby and some Dutch and Germans were waiting for him. After a while I went on for 200 yards or so, crossed a canal into an orchard and hid there in some carrots growing under the trees. I stayed there until after dark that night, trying to figure out out where I was and eating some of the escape stuff in the kit.
8 July: WALKS EAST, THEN SOUTH.
I knew I was near the ZUIDERZEE but did not know which side of it I was on. I wanted te get out of the coastal defense zone so thought I had better walk east. I started off and after a whoile came to a railroad (from MEDEMBLIK to HOORN). There was a lot of traffic on the roads, so I found another orchard and hid there again until after dark next day. I began to think it was too hard to walk across country in HOLLAND as there are so many canals and dykes, so I decided to follow the railroad tracks south. My general idea was was to get to BELGIUM and FRANCE, as we had been briefed not to trust the Dutch underground and had been told that many Dutch civilians were hostile.
9 July: HIDES IN A FREIGHT CAR.
This time I got within a mile of HOORN, where I hit another railroad. I still thought I was on the west side of the ZUIDERZEE, so I turned east again. For the third day I slept in an orchard. I was getting pretty hungry and began to realize it would take a long time to get to FRANCE at this rate. As it was getting light the next morning I reached some freight cars on a siding. They were marked LEIPZIG. I figured I could jump one and get a ride to the frontier and then get off. The doors were open and I climbed in without trouble.
WALKS ON AFTER SCARE.
About 10:00 hours the train started. We stopped in the next town, HOOGKARSPEL, near some docks on the canal and loaded some potatoes. I stayed there until 18:00 hours, when the car I was in (which had not been loaded) was uncoupled. So I moved to the other part of the train. I got in a sort of uncovered cattle car. I took the label which told where the car was going, but I did not know the name of the town. I had begun to think the train was going to GERMANY and was not so sure. I wanted to stay on it. I had just taken the hacksaw out of my aids box and was peeling some potatoes with i't when a man opened the door and looked in. He spoke to me. I held up my finger and said "Shh!" He looked startled but went away at once. The train pulled out shortly after, taking me back where
I had been that morning. The next time it slowed down I jumped out.
10 July: GETS BEARING.
I hid in some reeds by the track until it was dark, then went on towards ENKHUIZEN. My escape map was not much good for this district and I still did not know where I was. For the first time I saw the sea early next morning, and realized I must be west of the ZUIDERZEE. I hid again all that day, then walked on after dark. Two men on cycles came by and saw me. I ducked into the bushes and they went away after a few minutes.
I stayed there all that day, but started on again towards HOORN next evening, hoping to get from there to AMSTERDAM
where I could get help. There were a lot of foxholes along the road and a lot of traffic. I walked until 04:00 hrs, then hid in a haystack, where I slept all day.
11 July: CONTACTS CIVILIANS.
That evening a man found me. He was working in the field and started to pitch the hay where I was lying. I made him understand I was an American, but he was afraid to help me. He pointed out on the map where I was, then went away.
12 July: FINALLY GETS HELP.
I decided I had better move on. I sneaked down the road for a mile or so, crossed it, and hid in another hay- stack, where I slept again the next day. About 08:30 some children who were playing there found me. One ran off yelling and brought back an older man. I had gotten out of the stack to hide in the field, but the man spotted me. I motioned to
his house and walked over to it. He let me go in but looked scared. I made them shut the door, took out my phrase card, and told them I needed help. The farmer said, "Ja, Chicago piano" when I told him I was an aviator. He went and got a girl who was staying in the house. She spoke some English and was able to arrange for me to get in contact with the Dutch underground, through which I finally returned to our lines on 5 January 1945.
E&E Report No. I.S.9 (WEA)/6/750/2654
7 July: CRASH IN MID-AIR.
Our ship was hit by another B-17 while we were starting evasive action over HOLLAND in the way to our IP on 7 July, 1944. The other ship came down on us once, bounced off and then came back with a crash which cut off the tail section of our ship. There were no fighters around and no flak. We were at about 25.000 ft altitude at the time.
BAILS OUT OVER HOLLAND.
The pilot, the co-pilot and top turret gunner were probably killed at the time of the crash. Those of us in the tail had a chance to bail out. I saw 5 other chutes in the air as I came down and was told later by the Dutch that the Navigator and bombardier came down safely at BERGEN, southwest of HOORN, but were caught by the Germans later on. The other waist gunner also came down OK, but was picked up at once by the Nazi's. Our ship broke just where the ball turret is attached and I think the gunner there, Sgt. GRIFFITH, must have been killed instantly. Part of the plane fell in the town of HOORN. The rest and the other plane fell into the ZUIDERZEE, I was told.
HIDES IN ORCHARD.
I landed a mile from HOORN, on the side of a road near a German training Camp. I collapsed my chute and ran into some bushes. A Jerry came down the road looking for me but did not see me. Ii could see Sgt. GROVE's chute coming down in a field nearby and some Dutch and Germans were waiting for him. After a while I went on for 200 yards or so, crossed a canal into an orchard and hid there in some carrots growing under the trees. I stayed there until after dark that night, trying to figure out out where I was and eating some of the escape stuff in the kit.
8 July: WALKS EAST, THEN SOUTH.
I knew I was near the ZUIDERZEE but did not know which side of it I was on. I wanted te get out of the coastal defense zone so thought I had better walk east. I started off and after a whoile came to a railroad (from MEDEMBLIK to HOORN). There was a lot of traffic on the roads, so I found another orchard and hid there again until after dark next day. I began to think it was too hard to walk across country in HOLLAND as there are so many canals and dykes, so I decided to follow the railroad tracks south. My general idea was was to get to BELGIUM and FRANCE, as we had been briefed not to trust the Dutch underground and had been told that many Dutch civilians were hostile.
9 July: HIDES IN A FREIGHT CAR.
This time I got within a mile of HOORN, where I hit another railroad. I still thought I was on the west side of the ZUIDERZEE, so I turned east again. For the third day I slept in an orchard. I was getting pretty hungry and began to realize it would take a long time to get to FRANCE at this rate. As it was getting light the next morning I reached some freight cars on a siding. They were marked LEIPZIG. I figured I could jump one and get a ride to the frontier and then get off. The doors were open and I climbed in without trouble.
WALKS ON AFTER SCARE.
About 10:00 hours the train started. We stopped in the next town, HOOGKARSPEL, near some docks on the canal and loaded some potatoes. I stayed there until 18:00 hours, when the car I was in (which had not been loaded) was uncoupled. So I moved to the other part of the train. I got in a sort of uncovered cattle car. I took the label which told where the car was going, but I did not know the name of the town. I had begun to think the train was going to GERMANY and was not so sure. I wanted to stay on it. I had just taken the hacksaw out of my aids box and was peeling some potatoes with i't when a man opened the door and looked in. He spoke to me. I held up my finger and said "Shh!" He looked startled but went away at once. The train pulled out shortly after, taking me back where
I had been that morning. The next time it slowed down I jumped out.
10 July: GETS BEARING.
I hid in some reeds by the track until it was dark, then went on towards ENKHUIZEN. My escape map was not much good for this district and I still did not know where I was. For the first time I saw the sea early next morning, and realized I must be west of the ZUIDERZEE. I hid again all that day, then walked on after dark. Two men on cycles came by and saw me. I ducked into the bushes and they went away after a few minutes.
I stayed there all that day, but started on again towards HOORN next evening, hoping to get from there to AMSTERDAM
where I could get help. There were a lot of foxholes along the road and a lot of traffic. I walked until 04:00 hrs, then hid in a haystack, where I slept all day.
11 July: CONTACTS CIVILIANS.
That evening a man found me. He was working in the field and started to pitch the hay where I was lying. I made him understand I was an American, but he was afraid to help me. He pointed out on the map where I was, then went away.
12 July: FINALLY GETS HELP.
I decided I had better move on. I sneaked down the road for a mile or so, crossed it, and hid in another hay- stack, where I slept again the next day. About 08:30 some children who were playing there found me. One ran off yelling and brought back an older man. I had gotten out of the stack to hide in the field, but the man spotted me. I motioned to
his house and walked over to it. He let me go in but looked scared. I made them shut the door, took out my phrase card, and told them I needed help. The farmer said, "Ja, Chicago piano" when I told him I was an aviator. He went and got a girl who was staying in the house. She spoke some English and was able to arrange for me to get in contact with the Dutch underground, through which I finally returned to our lines on 5 January 1945.
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TOP SECRET
I.S.9 (WEA)
APPENDIX "B" TO E & E REPORT No. I.S.9 (WEA) /6/750/2654
List of all military information which you obseved or were told while evading. Give fullest possible details (Airfields, troop encampments, coastal and interior defences. AA batteries, radar installations, troop movements, results of Allied bombing, location of enemy factories and ammunition dumps and civilian morale, etc, etc).
No. 35343610 Rank Sgt Name BROWN, Arthur F.
Date of interview 10 January 1945 (Evaded in HOLLAND)
N.B. - It is of the utmost importance that when giving information on the above subjects you state clearly:-
1. Date, time, and place where you obtained the information.
2. War it the result of personal observation or a report by someone else?
3. If not from personal observation who was the source (i.e. waiter, farm labourer, hearsay, cafe rumour, etc) and how accurate do you estimate the
soure te be?
Evaluation of informant's credibility. Key. 1. Reliable. XXX. 2. Credible 3. Questionable. 4. Undetermined.
OBSERVATION.
The Germans are allowing 3 ferries to run across the WAAL in the area of my evasion.
They run from:
a. HARDINXVELD to WERKENDAM.
b. GORINCHEM to SLEEUWIJK.
c. HERWIJNEN to BRAKEL.
All are under German control and are used by the Germans, especially that from GORINCHEM, but civilians with papers are allowed to pass freely. Baggage is inspected. Each ferry is protected by 7 AA guns and MG's. (Dec. 1944).
OBSERVATION.
There is a new military road from NIEUWPOORT on the LEK to HARDINXVELD on the WAAL. It does not appear on Allied maps. It is a good 2-lane highway with hard surface. (Dec. 1944).
OBSERVATION.
Conditions around AMSTERDAM are serious but slightly improved since November. Present rations are 6 ozs bread, 2 lbs potatoes per week per adult. Typhus cases decreasing! Germans control all exits and prevent people leaving city for NORTH HOLLAND, which is already full of refugees from cities. 20,000 approximately in WIERINGERMEER POLDER district at present. Many have died from starvation. Men still allowed to stay in AMSTERDAM be- AND HEARSAY cause of typhus, but 50,000 have been taken from NORTH HOLLAND to work in GERMANY. On 27 December all men from 16-40 were due to have left. All property confiscated and houses burned if any able-bodied male is found hiding in house. Dutch SS and Landwacht is back of this, as they get 5 guilders per head for all "onderduikers" (evaders)
turned in. These groups are strong in and near AMSTERDAM. (End December 1944).
On 25 December, while at MEDEMBLIK, informant saw 4 ME-109's shot down by German AA fire as they returned from raids on the Belgian air- fields.
TOP SECRET
I.S.9 (WEA)
APPENDIX "B" TO E & E REPORT No. I.S.9 (WEA) /6/750/2654
List of all military information which you obseved or were told while evading. Give fullest possible details (Airfields, troop encampments, coastal and interior defences. AA batteries, radar installations, troop movements, results of Allied bombing, location of enemy factories and ammunition dumps and civilian morale, etc, etc).
No. 35343610 Rank Sgt Name BROWN, Arthur F.
Date of interview 10 January 1945 (Evaded in HOLLAND)
N.B. - It is of the utmost importance that when giving information on the above subjects you state clearly:-
1. Date, time, and place where you obtained the information.
2. War it the result of personal observation or a report by someone else?
3. If not from personal observation who was the source (i.e. waiter, farm labourer, hearsay, cafe rumour, etc) and how accurate do you estimate the
soure te be?
Evaluation of informant's credibility. Key. 1. Reliable. XXX. 2. Credible 3. Questionable. 4. Undetermined.
OBSERVATION.
The Germans are allowing 3 ferries to run across the WAAL in the area of my evasion.
They run from:
a. HARDINXVELD to WERKENDAM.
b. GORINCHEM to SLEEUWIJK.
c. HERWIJNEN to BRAKEL.
All are under German control and are used by the Germans, especially that from GORINCHEM, but civilians with papers are allowed to pass freely. Baggage is inspected. Each ferry is protected by 7 AA guns and MG's. (Dec. 1944).
OBSERVATION.
There is a new military road from NIEUWPOORT on the LEK to HARDINXVELD on the WAAL. It does not appear on Allied maps. It is a good 2-lane highway with hard surface. (Dec. 1944).
OBSERVATION.
Conditions around AMSTERDAM are serious but slightly improved since November. Present rations are 6 ozs bread, 2 lbs potatoes per week per adult. Typhus cases decreasing! Germans control all exits and prevent people leaving city for NORTH HOLLAND, which is already full of refugees from cities. 20,000 approximately in WIERINGERMEER POLDER district at present. Many have died from starvation. Men still allowed to stay in AMSTERDAM be- AND HEARSAY cause of typhus, but 50,000 have been taken from NORTH HOLLAND to work in GERMANY. On 27 December all men from 16-40 were due to have left. All property confiscated and houses burned if any able-bodied male is found hiding in house. Dutch SS and Landwacht is back of this, as they get 5 guilders per head for all "onderduikers" (evaders)
turned in. These groups are strong in and near AMSTERDAM. (End December 1944).
On 25 December, while at MEDEMBLIK, informant saw 4 ME-109's shot down by German AA fire as they returned from raids on the Belgian air- fields.
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TOP SECRET
I.S.9 (WEA)
APPENDIX "B" TO E & E REPORT No. I.S.9 (WEA) /6/750/2654
List of all military information which you obseved or were told while evading. Give fullest possible details (Airfields, troop encampments, coastal and interior defences. AA batteries, radar installations, troop movements, results of Allied bombing, location of enemy factories and ammunition dumps and civilian morale, etc, etc).
No. 35343610 Rank Sgt Name BROWN, Arthur F.
Date of interview 6 January 1945
N.B. - It is of the utmost importance that when giving information on the above subjects you state clearly:-
1. Date, time, and place where you obtained the information.
2. War it the result of personal observation or a report by someone else?
3. If not from personal observation who was the source (i.e. waiter, farm labourer, hearsay, cafe rumour, etc) and how accurate do you estimate the
soure te be?
Evaluation of informant's credibility. Key. 1. Reliable. XXX. 2. Credible 3. Questionable. 4. Undetermined.
HOLLAND 1:100.000 Sheets 4 and 5.
1. Evacuation of troops being carried out North at night by ferry boats:
WERKENDAM (Sheet 4 0461)
HARDINXVELD (Sheet 4 0362)
SLEEUWIJK (Sheet 4 0762)
GORINCHEM (Sheet 4 0962)
BARKEL (Sheet 5 1761)
HERWIJNEN (Sheet 5 2061)
One division has already been evacuated from the BIESBOSCH area - 721 Div that had been brought up from the Balkans is trickling out (Reliable Underground source).
2. AA guns and machine guns protect these ferry boats ( Personal observation).
3. 3 heavy guns camouflaged in a barn near the only bridge in the area (9757-9759 Sheet 4). Together with these guns
are 4 AA guns and a few machine guns (Reliable Underground source).
4. DUSSEN (Sheet 4 0951) and MUILKERK (Sheet 0753) were given orders on 4 Jan, 1945 to evacuate within one
hour (Reliable Underground source).
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I.S.9 (WEA)
APPENDIX "B" TO E & E REPORT No. I.S.9 (WEA) /6/750/2654
List of all military information which you obseved or were told while evading. Give fullest possible details (Airfields, troop encampments, coastal and interior defences. AA batteries, radar installations, troop movements, results of Allied bombing, location of enemy factories and ammunition dumps and civilian morale, etc, etc).
No. 35343610 Rank Sgt Name BROWN, Arthur F.
Date of interview 6 January 1945
N.B. - It is of the utmost importance that when giving information on the above subjects you state clearly:-
1. Date, time, and place where you obtained the information.
2. War it the result of personal observation or a report by someone else?
3. If not from personal observation who was the source (i.e. waiter, farm labourer, hearsay, cafe rumour, etc) and how accurate do you estimate the
soure te be?
Evaluation of informant's credibility. Key. 1. Reliable. XXX. 2. Credible 3. Questionable. 4. Undetermined.
HOLLAND 1:100.000 Sheets 4 and 5.
1. Evacuation of troops being carried out North at night by ferry boats:
WERKENDAM (Sheet 4 0461)
HARDINXVELD (Sheet 4 0362)
SLEEUWIJK (Sheet 4 0762)
GORINCHEM (Sheet 4 0962)
BARKEL (Sheet 5 1761)
HERWIJNEN (Sheet 5 2061)
One division has already been evacuated from the BIESBOSCH area - 721 Div that had been brought up from the Balkans is trickling out (Reliable Underground source).
2. AA guns and machine guns protect these ferry boats ( Personal observation).
3. 3 heavy guns camouflaged in a barn near the only bridge in the area (9757-9759 Sheet 4). Together with these guns
are 4 AA guns and a few machine guns (Reliable Underground source).
4. DUSSEN (Sheet 4 0951) and MUILKERK (Sheet 0753) were given orders on 4 Jan, 1945 to evacuate within one
hour (Reliable Underground source).
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APPENDIX "C" TO E & E REPORT No. IS9 WEA/1/268.
If further circulation of this information is made, it is important that its source should not be divulged.
No. 35343619 Rank Sjt Name BROWN A.F.
Date of Interview 6 Jan 1945
Map used: Holland 1:100.000 Sheet 2a
The following are the names of helpers and members of the Underground who gave me assistance:
D. KINEBRA, living in farm, address MIDDENMEER (1571 Sheet 2a). I lived there on and off for one month.
Mr. NIEUHOUSER, farmer, address MIDDENMEER. I lived there 3 weeks.
Mr. SCHANKE, farmer address MIDDENMEER. I lived there 1 week.
Mr. DIELEMAN, farmer address MIDDENMEER. I lived there 1 week.
Mr. WIMM, Head of Underground lived in ALKMAAR (9752 Sheet 2a). I stayed there for two months.
P. KOENING, farmer, address ALKMAAR I stayed there 3 weeks.
P.C. VAN RIJN, 318 DRIEBOOMLAAN, HOORN, took me to AMSTERDAM.
APPENDIX "C" TO E & E REPORT No. IS9 WEA/1/268.
If further circulation of this information is made, it is important that its source should not be divulged.
No. 35343619 Rank Sjt Name BROWN A.F.
Date of Interview 6 Jan 1945
Map used: Holland 1:100.000 Sheet 2a
The following are the names of helpers and members of the Underground who gave me assistance:
D. KINEBRA, living in farm, address MIDDENMEER (1571 Sheet 2a). I lived there on and off for one month.
Mr. NIEUHOUSER, farmer, address MIDDENMEER. I lived there 3 weeks.
Mr. SCHANKE, farmer address MIDDENMEER. I lived there 1 week.
Mr. DIELEMAN, farmer address MIDDENMEER. I lived there 1 week.
Mr. WIMM, Head of Underground lived in ALKMAAR (9752 Sheet 2a). I stayed there for two months.
P. KOENING, farmer, address ALKMAAR I stayed there 3 weeks.
P.C. VAN RIJN, 318 DRIEBOOMLAAN, HOORN, took me to AMSTERDAM.
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E&E REPORT No I.S.9 (WEA)/1/268 TOP SECRET
(Applies to all BRITISH, CANADIAN, U.S. & ALLIED PERSONNEL) I.S.9 (WEA)
EVADED CAPURE/XXXXXXXXX (Name of Country) HOLLAND
For all Personnel
1. No. 35343610 Rank Sjt Name BROWN, A.F.
U.K: Acting, temp or W/S
2. Decorations: (U.S.A.A.F: No. of missions) 5 Missions
3. Were you wounded? Give details -
4. Ship (Navy), Unit (Army), Sqn (Air Force) 570 Sqn
5. Div. (Army) or Op. (Air Force) 390 Gp 8th USAAF 6. Job (pl, Cmd, Rfn, etc) Engineer
7. Date of Birth 2 October 1921 8. Length of Service 2 years, 3 months
9. Peace time occupation Auto Mechanic 10. Private Address Route No.1, Box 121, Wapakoneta,
Ohio, USA
11. Did you carry any form of identification, or photograph? Identity Discs
12. Do you speak French or any other foreign language? -
FOR R.A.F. ONLY
13. No. and location of O.T.U.
14. No, and location of Conversion Unit
FOR ALL AIR FORCE PERSONNEL AND/OR AIRBORNE OR PARACHUTE TROOPS WHO BALE OUT
15. Post in crew Engineer
16. Other members of crew, and information about what has happened to them.
N.B. Airborne and Parachute Troops list below names and units of other occupants of plane, including RAF and
USAAF.
PILOT 2nd Lt. Larue CRIBBS 0815088 Presumed klilled. MIA
CO PILOT 2nd Lt. BLICKENSDERFER John 0820707 Presumed killed. MIA
NAVIGATOR 2nd Lt. OUTMAN Robert B 0707316 Presumed killed. MIA
BOMBARDUR 2nd Lt. GLAZER Lester 0761292 Presumed killed. MIA
RADIO OPERATOR S/Sjt. COFFEY Arthur 11082234 Fate unknown P/W
TOP TURRET GUNNER S/Sjt. GIFFORD Eugene 32602619 Presumed killed. MIA
BALL TURRET GUNNER S/Sjt. STANFORD Merwijn 35140853 Killed. P/W
WAIST GUNNER (L.) Engineer Narrator
WAIST GUNNER (R.) Sjt. GROVE Joseph 13169409 Presumed PW. PW
TAIL GUNNER Sjt. BROWN Clarance 35267329 Presumed PW PW
17. Type of aircraft, place, date, time of departure FORTRESS B-17. FRAMLINGHAM. 7 JUL 1944. 05:45.
18. Where and when did you come down? HOORN (Z 15), at 08:00 on 7 July 1944.
19. How did you dispose of your parachute, harness and mae-west? Hidden under shrubbs.
20. Were all secret papers and equipment destroyed? None in my possession.
Bemanning
LaRue Franklin Cribbs, son of John Franklin and Grace L Cribbs, husband of Ruth Helene Curtis of Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA. LaRue was served with the USAAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, B17 42-97983 390th Bomber Group crashed near the Farm 'De Gare Goedsbogert' at Keern-Hoorn Holland........
Two 390 Bomb Group B-17s (42-97983 Lt. Cribbs & 42-107070 Lt. Gregor) came hard in contact with each other in the formation and went down in flames over Hoorn
Geboorte 3 Sep 1916, Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
Overlijden 7 Jul 1944 (27 oud), Hoorn, Hoorn Municipality, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Begrafenis Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
Perceel Plot C, Row 21, Grave 7
2nd Lt. La Rue F. Cribbs attended Wake Forest College for 1 year and was a salesman for the Lorus Tabacco Company of Virginia.
He enlisted at Camp Blanding, Florida on 16 January 1942. He received his wings and commission in Columbus, Mississippi on 3 November 1943. He graduated as a bomber pilot at Hendricks Field in January 1944.
Crew:
Pilot 2nd Lt. LaRue F. Cribbs O-815088 USAAF KIA American War Cemetery Margraten Holland
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. John C. Blickensderfer O-820707 USAAF KIA Lebanon Cemetery Missouri, USA
Navigator 2nd Lt. Robert E. Outman O-707316 USAAF POW Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow
Bombardier 2nd Lt. Lester P. Glaser O-761292 USAAF KIA American War Cemetery Margraten Holland
Engineer S/Sgt. Eugene A. Gifford 32602619 USAAF KIA Long Island National Cemetery New York, USA
Radio Operator S/Sgt. Arthur J. Coffey 11082234 USAAF POW Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow
LW Gunner Sgt. Arthur F. Brown 35343610 USAAF evaded
RW Gunner Sgt. Joseph E. Grove 13169409 USAAF POW Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow
BT Gunner Sgt. M.F. Stanford Jr. 35140853 USAAF KIA American War Cemetery Margraten Holland
T Gunner Sgt. Clarence Brown 35267329 USAAF POW Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow
John Clarence (Jack) Blickensderfer Geboorte 12 Apr 1924, Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri, USA
Overlijden 7 Jul 1944 (20 oud) Hoorn Municipality, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Begrafenis Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri, USA.
John Clarence Blickensderfer, Son of John and Ruth Abia Hufft of Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, USA. John was served with the USAAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, B17 42-97983 390th Bomber Group crashed near the Farm 'De Gare Goedsbogert' at Keern-Hoorn Holland........
Two 390 Bomb Group B-17s (42-97983 Lt. Cribbs & 42-107070 Lt. Gregor) came hard in contact with each other in the formation and went down in flames over Hoorn
Robert E Outman JR of New York became a Prisoner of War during World War II.
Serving in the U.S. Army, Air Corps, AC: AIR CORPS, Robert was captured by GERMANY and was imprisoned at Stalag Luft 4 Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16. Final information at the end of the conflict was Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated. Data shows Robert was in Undefined Code European Theatre. Source. US National Archives.
Lester P. Glaser Born 1923 Died 07-07-1944 Age 21
Begraafplaats: Amerikaanse Militaire Begraafplaats, Amerikaanse Begraafplaats 1, Margraten
Graf id-nummer: 787925
Begraafplaatsnr.: 1020
(Plaats)aanduiding: vak m rij 04 graf 07
Omschrijving: 2 LT 390 BOMB GP
New Jersey
Arthur J. Coffey (ASN: 11082234), United States Army Air Forces, was captured by German forces after his plane was shot down on July 7, 1944 and was held as a Prisoner of War until the end of hostilities in May 1945.
Eugene Appleton Gifford Geboorte 18 Dec 1919, New York, USA
Overlijden 7 Jul 1944 (24 oud) Hoorn Municipality, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Begrafenis Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York, VS
Eugene A Gifford, was served with the USAAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, B17 42-97983 390th Bomber Group crashed near the Farm 'De Gare Goedsbogert' at Keern-Hoorn Holland........
Two 390 Bomb Group B-17s (42-97983 Lt. Cribbs & 42-107070 Lt. Gregor) came hard in contact with each other in the formation and went down in flames over Hoorn
Merwyn Fisher Stanford Geboorte 24 Nov 1924, Green Township, Wayne County, Indiana, USA
Overlijden 7 Jul 1944 (19 oud) Hoorn Municipality, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Begrafenis Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
Perceel Plot J Row 16 Grave 6
Merwyn Fisher Stanford, Son of Merwyn Fisher Sr. and Thelma Elizabeth Coggeshall of Hagerstown, Wayne, Indiana, USA. Marwyn was served with the USAAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, B17 42-97983 390th Bomber Group crashed near the Farm 'De Gare Goedsbogert' at Keern-Hoorn Holland........
Two 390 Bomb Group B-17s (42-97983 Lt. Cribbs & 42-107070 Lt. Gregor) came hard in contact with each other in the formation and went down in flames over Hoorn
Sgt Marwyn F. Stanford Jr. attended high school for 4 years and worked on a farm.
He enlisted in Indianapokis, Indiana on 8 April 1943.
Joseph Grove
Clarence Brown
Voor meer informatie zie: https://www.zzairwar.nl/dossiers/158.html
7 July: CRASH IN MID-AIR.
Our ship was hit by another B-17 while we were starting evasive action over HOLLAND in the way to our IP on 7 July, 1944. The other ship came down on us once, bounced off and then came back with a crash which cut off the tail section of our ship. There were no fighters around and no flak. We were at about 25.000 ft altitude at the time.
Het andere toestel, ook een B-17, brak ook in stukken uit elkaar. Delen van de brokstukken kwamen in Hoorn terecht. Van dit toesel overleefden slechts twee bemanningsleden de botsing.
Bemanning.
Pilot 1st Lt. Lawrence J. Gregor
Co-Pilot 1st Lt. James R. Wicker
Navigator 1st Lt. Harold F. Raab
Bombardier 1st Lt. William J. Martin
Engineer T/Sgt. Harlan B. Scholl
Radio Operator T/Sgt. Marion D. Wolfe
LW Gunner S/Sgt. Clayton M. Croft
RW Gunner S/Sgt. Clyde O. Matlock
BT Gunner S/Sgt.John E. DiTrapini
T Gunner S/Sgt. Harry F. Sherman
1Lt Lawrence John Gregor. Geboorte 5 Sep 1918, Eureka, Lincoln County, Montana, USA
Overlijden 7 Jul 1944 (25 oud) Hoorn Municipality, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Begrafenis Tobacco Valley Cemetery, Eureka, Lincoln County, Montana, VS.
Lawrence John Gregor, Son of Lawrence Anton and Theresie Mary Gregor of Eureka, Lincoln County, Montana, USA. Lawrence was served with the USAAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, B17G 42-107070 "North Star" 390th Bomber Group crashed in pieces at hamlet Keern at Farm 'De Gare Goeds bogert' Keern Hoorn Nord Holland......
At 0604 hours at 5238 N-0455 E, aircraft n° 42-107070 was rammed by aircraft n° 42-97983, as a result of the first aircraft dropping back when caught in prop wash.
The plane lost the propellors and n° 2 engine, fire starting in the left wing spreading aircraft n° 42-107070 which was meshed together.
The planes parted the formation at 10.000 feet spinning and disintegrating, both exploding before hitting the ground.
Crew:
P 1LT Lawrence J. Gregor 0-749690 USAAF KIA Tobacco Valley Cemetery Montana, USA
CP 1LT James R. Wicker O-815613 USAAF POW Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia
NAV 1LT Harold F. Raab 0-814401 USAAF KIA Long Island National Cemetery New York, USA
BOMB 1LT William J. Martin O-752881 USAAF KIA American War Cemetery Margraten Holland
ENG/TT T/SGT Harlan B. Scholl 17077609 USAAF KIA American War Cemetery Margraten Holland
RO T/SGT Marion D. Wolfe 15017626 USAAF KIA American War Cemetery Margraten Holland
BT S/SGT John E. DiTrapani 19101854 USAAF KIA American War Cemetery Margraten Holland
WG S/SGT Clayton M. Croft 37470694 USAAF KIA Rose Hill Cemetery Iowa, USA
WG S/SGT Clyde O. Matlock 33306486 USAAF POW Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Austria
TG S/SGT Harry F. Sherman 11105827 USAAF KIA American War Cemetery Margraten Holland
James R. Wicker
1Lt Harold F Raab Geboorte 11 Okt 1921 New York County, New York, USA.
Overlijden 7 Jul 1944 (22 oud) Hoorn Municipality, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Begrafenis Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York, VS
Harold F Raab, was served with the USAAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, B17G 42-107070 "North Star" 390th Bomber Group crashed in pieces at hamlet Keern at Farm 'De Gare Goeds bogert' Keern Hoorn Nord Holland..
At 0604 hours at 5238 N-0455 E, aircraft n° 42-107070 was rammed by aircraft n° 42-97983, as a result of the first aircraft dropping back when caught in prop wash.
The plane lost the propellors and n° 2 engine, fire starting in the left wing spreading aircraft n° 42-107070 which was meshed together.
The planes parted the formation at 10.000 feet spinning and disintegrating, both exploding before hitting the ground.
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E&E REPORT No I.S.9 (WEA)/1/268 TOP SECRET
(Applies to all BRITISH, CANADIAN, U.S. & ALLIED PERSONNEL) I.S.9 (WEA)
EVADED CAPURE/XXXXXXXXX (Name of Country) HOLLAND
For all Personnel
1. No. 35343610 Rank Sjt Name BROWN, A.F.
U.K: Acting, temp or W/S
2. Decorations: (U.S.A.A.F: No. of missions) 5 Missions
3. Were you wounded? Give details -
4. Ship (Navy), Unit (Army), Sqn (Air Force) 570 Sqn
5. Div. (Army) or Op. (Air Force) 390 Gp 8th USAAF 6. Job (pl, Cmd, Rfn, etc) Engineer
7. Date of Birth 2 October 1921 8. Length of Service 2 years, 3 months
9. Peace time occupation Auto Mechanic 10. Private Address Route No.1, Box 121, Wapakoneta,
Ohio, USA
11. Did you carry any form of identification, or photograph? Identity Discs
12. Do you speak French or any other foreign language? -
FOR R.A.F. ONLY
13. No. and location of O.T.U.
14. No, and location of Conversion Unit
FOR ALL AIR FORCE PERSONNEL AND/OR AIRBORNE OR PARACHUTE TROOPS WHO BALE OUT
15. Post in crew Engineer
16. Other members of crew, and information about what has happened to them.
N.B. Airborne and Parachute Troops list below names and units of other occupants of plane, including RAF and
USAAF.
PILOT 2nd Lt. Larue CRIBBS 0815088 Presumed klilled. MIA
CO PILOT 2nd Lt. BLICKENSDERFER John 0820707 Presumed killed. MIA
NAVIGATOR 2nd Lt. OUTMAN Robert B 0707316 Presumed killed. MIA
BOMBARDUR 2nd Lt. GLAZER Lester 0761292 Presumed killed. MIA
RADIO OPERATOR S/Sjt. COFFEY Arthur 11082234 Fate unknown P/W
TOP TURRET GUNNER S/Sjt. GIFFORD Eugene 32602619 Presumed killed. MIA
BALL TURRET GUNNER S/Sjt. STANFORD Merwijn 35140853 Killed. P/W
WAIST GUNNER (L.) Engineer Narrator
WAIST GUNNER (R.) Sjt. GROVE Joseph 13169409 Presumed PW. PW
TAIL GUNNER Sjt. BROWN Clarance 35267329 Presumed PW PW
17. Type of aircraft, place, date, time of departure FORTRESS B-17. FRAMLINGHAM. 7 JUL 1944. 05:45.
18. Where and when did you come down? HOORN (Z 15), at 08:00 on 7 July 1944.
19. How did you dispose of your parachute, harness and mae-west? Hidden under shrubbs.
20. Were all secret papers and equipment destroyed? None in my possession.
Bemanning
LaRue Franklin Cribbs, son of John Franklin and Grace L Cribbs, husband of Ruth Helene Curtis of Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA. LaRue was served with the USAAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, B17 42-97983 390th Bomber Group crashed near the Farm 'De Gare Goedsbogert' at Keern-Hoorn Holland........
Two 390 Bomb Group B-17s (42-97983 Lt. Cribbs & 42-107070 Lt. Gregor) came hard in contact with each other in the formation and went down in flames over Hoorn
Geboorte 3 Sep 1916, Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
Overlijden 7 Jul 1944 (27 oud), Hoorn, Hoorn Municipality, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Begrafenis Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
Perceel Plot C, Row 21, Grave 7
2nd Lt. La Rue F. Cribbs attended Wake Forest College for 1 year and was a salesman for the Lorus Tabacco Company of Virginia.
He enlisted at Camp Blanding, Florida on 16 January 1942. He received his wings and commission in Columbus, Mississippi on 3 November 1943. He graduated as a bomber pilot at Hendricks Field in January 1944.
Crew:
Pilot 2nd Lt. LaRue F. Cribbs O-815088 USAAF KIA American War Cemetery Margraten Holland
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. John C. Blickensderfer O-820707 USAAF KIA Lebanon Cemetery Missouri, USA
Navigator 2nd Lt. Robert E. Outman O-707316 USAAF POW Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow
Bombardier 2nd Lt. Lester P. Glaser O-761292 USAAF KIA American War Cemetery Margraten Holland
Engineer S/Sgt. Eugene A. Gifford 32602619 USAAF KIA Long Island National Cemetery New York, USA
Radio Operator S/Sgt. Arthur J. Coffey 11082234 USAAF POW Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow
LW Gunner Sgt. Arthur F. Brown 35343610 USAAF evaded
RW Gunner Sgt. Joseph E. Grove 13169409 USAAF POW Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow
BT Gunner Sgt. M.F. Stanford Jr. 35140853 USAAF KIA American War Cemetery Margraten Holland
T Gunner Sgt. Clarence Brown 35267329 USAAF POW Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow
John Clarence (Jack) Blickensderfer Geboorte 12 Apr 1924, Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri, USA
Overlijden 7 Jul 1944 (20 oud) Hoorn Municipality, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Begrafenis Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri, USA.
John Clarence Blickensderfer, Son of John and Ruth Abia Hufft of Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, USA. John was served with the USAAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, B17 42-97983 390th Bomber Group crashed near the Farm 'De Gare Goedsbogert' at Keern-Hoorn Holland........
Two 390 Bomb Group B-17s (42-97983 Lt. Cribbs & 42-107070 Lt. Gregor) came hard in contact with each other in the formation and went down in flames over Hoorn
Robert E Outman JR of New York became a Prisoner of War during World War II.
Serving in the U.S. Army, Air Corps, AC: AIR CORPS, Robert was captured by GERMANY and was imprisoned at Stalag Luft 4 Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16. Final information at the end of the conflict was Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated. Data shows Robert was in Undefined Code European Theatre. Source. US National Archives.
Lester P. Glaser Born 1923 Died 07-07-1944 Age 21
Begraafplaats: Amerikaanse Militaire Begraafplaats, Amerikaanse Begraafplaats 1, Margraten
Graf id-nummer: 787925
Begraafplaatsnr.: 1020
(Plaats)aanduiding: vak m rij 04 graf 07
Omschrijving: 2 LT 390 BOMB GP
New Jersey
Arthur J. Coffey (ASN: 11082234), United States Army Air Forces, was captured by German forces after his plane was shot down on July 7, 1944 and was held as a Prisoner of War until the end of hostilities in May 1945.
Eugene Appleton Gifford Geboorte 18 Dec 1919, New York, USA
Overlijden 7 Jul 1944 (24 oud) Hoorn Municipality, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Begrafenis Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York, VS
Eugene A Gifford, was served with the USAAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, B17 42-97983 390th Bomber Group crashed near the Farm 'De Gare Goedsbogert' at Keern-Hoorn Holland........
Two 390 Bomb Group B-17s (42-97983 Lt. Cribbs & 42-107070 Lt. Gregor) came hard in contact with each other in the formation and went down in flames over Hoorn
Merwyn Fisher Stanford Geboorte 24 Nov 1924, Green Township, Wayne County, Indiana, USA
Overlijden 7 Jul 1944 (19 oud) Hoorn Municipality, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Begrafenis Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
Perceel Plot J Row 16 Grave 6
Merwyn Fisher Stanford, Son of Merwyn Fisher Sr. and Thelma Elizabeth Coggeshall of Hagerstown, Wayne, Indiana, USA. Marwyn was served with the USAAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, B17 42-97983 390th Bomber Group crashed near the Farm 'De Gare Goedsbogert' at Keern-Hoorn Holland........
Two 390 Bomb Group B-17s (42-97983 Lt. Cribbs & 42-107070 Lt. Gregor) came hard in contact with each other in the formation and went down in flames over Hoorn
Sgt Marwyn F. Stanford Jr. attended high school for 4 years and worked on a farm.
He enlisted in Indianapokis, Indiana on 8 April 1943.
Joseph Grove
Clarence Brown
Voor meer informatie zie: https://www.zzairwar.nl/dossiers/158.html
7 July: CRASH IN MID-AIR.
Our ship was hit by another B-17 while we were starting evasive action over HOLLAND in the way to our IP on 7 July, 1944. The other ship came down on us once, bounced off and then came back with a crash which cut off the tail section of our ship. There were no fighters around and no flak. We were at about 25.000 ft altitude at the time.
Het andere toestel, ook een B-17, brak ook in stukken uit elkaar. Delen van de brokstukken kwamen in Hoorn terecht. Van dit toesel overleefden slechts twee bemanningsleden de botsing.
Bemanning.
Pilot 1st Lt. Lawrence J. Gregor
Co-Pilot 1st Lt. James R. Wicker
Navigator 1st Lt. Harold F. Raab
Bombardier 1st Lt. William J. Martin
Engineer T/Sgt. Harlan B. Scholl
Radio Operator T/Sgt. Marion D. Wolfe
LW Gunner S/Sgt. Clayton M. Croft
RW Gunner S/Sgt. Clyde O. Matlock
BT Gunner S/Sgt.John E. DiTrapini
T Gunner S/Sgt. Harry F. Sherman
1Lt Lawrence John Gregor. Geboorte 5 Sep 1918, Eureka, Lincoln County, Montana, USA
Overlijden 7 Jul 1944 (25 oud) Hoorn Municipality, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Begrafenis Tobacco Valley Cemetery, Eureka, Lincoln County, Montana, VS.
Lawrence John Gregor, Son of Lawrence Anton and Theresie Mary Gregor of Eureka, Lincoln County, Montana, USA. Lawrence was served with the USAAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, B17G 42-107070 "North Star" 390th Bomber Group crashed in pieces at hamlet Keern at Farm 'De Gare Goeds bogert' Keern Hoorn Nord Holland......
At 0604 hours at 5238 N-0455 E, aircraft n° 42-107070 was rammed by aircraft n° 42-97983, as a result of the first aircraft dropping back when caught in prop wash.
The plane lost the propellors and n° 2 engine, fire starting in the left wing spreading aircraft n° 42-107070 which was meshed together.
The planes parted the formation at 10.000 feet spinning and disintegrating, both exploding before hitting the ground.
Crew:
P 1LT Lawrence J. Gregor 0-749690 USAAF KIA Tobacco Valley Cemetery Montana, USA
CP 1LT James R. Wicker O-815613 USAAF POW Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia
NAV 1LT Harold F. Raab 0-814401 USAAF KIA Long Island National Cemetery New York, USA
BOMB 1LT William J. Martin O-752881 USAAF KIA American War Cemetery Margraten Holland
ENG/TT T/SGT Harlan B. Scholl 17077609 USAAF KIA American War Cemetery Margraten Holland
RO T/SGT Marion D. Wolfe 15017626 USAAF KIA American War Cemetery Margraten Holland
BT S/SGT John E. DiTrapani 19101854 USAAF KIA American War Cemetery Margraten Holland
WG S/SGT Clayton M. Croft 37470694 USAAF KIA Rose Hill Cemetery Iowa, USA
WG S/SGT Clyde O. Matlock 33306486 USAAF POW Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Austria
TG S/SGT Harry F. Sherman 11105827 USAAF KIA American War Cemetery Margraten Holland
James R. Wicker
1Lt Harold F Raab Geboorte 11 Okt 1921 New York County, New York, USA.
Overlijden 7 Jul 1944 (22 oud) Hoorn Municipality, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Begrafenis Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York, VS
Harold F Raab, was served with the USAAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, B17G 42-107070 "North Star" 390th Bomber Group crashed in pieces at hamlet Keern at Farm 'De Gare Goeds bogert' Keern Hoorn Nord Holland..
At 0604 hours at 5238 N-0455 E, aircraft n° 42-107070 was rammed by aircraft n° 42-97983, as a result of the first aircraft dropping back when caught in prop wash.
The plane lost the propellors and n° 2 engine, fire starting in the left wing spreading aircraft n° 42-107070 which was meshed together.
The planes parted the formation at 10.000 feet spinning and disintegrating, both exploding before hitting the ground.
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William John Martin Geboren 16-08-1920 Overleden 07-07-1944 Leeftijd 23
Begraafplaats: Amerikaanse Militaire Begraafplaats, Amerikaanse Begraafplaats 1, Margraten
Graf id-nummer: 787349
Begraafplaatsnr.: 1020
(Plaats)aanduiding: vak j rij 16 graf 05
Omschrijving: 1 LT 517 BOMB SQ 390 BOMB GP (h)
Service ID: O-752881
From: Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Birth Date: 1 October 1920
Casualty Date: 7 July 1944
Service Branch: Army Air Forces
Rank: First Lieutenant
Specialty: Bombardier
Unit/Group: 390th Bomber Group, Heavy, 571st Bomber Squadron
Casualty Type: KIA - Killed in Action
Location: Hoorn, Netherlands
Notable Awards: ? Air Medal ? Purple Heart
Harlan B. Scholl Geboren 11-11-1915 St.Louis, Missouri Overleden 07-07-1944 Leeftijd 28
Begraafplaats: Amerikaanse Militaire Begraafplaats, Amerikaanse Begraafplaats 1, Margraten
Graf id-nummer: 783018
Begraafplaatsnr.: 1020
(Plaats)aanduiding: vak a rij 14 graf 07
Omschrijving: T SGT 571 BOMB SQ 390 BOMB GP (h)
T/Sgt Harlan B. Scholl attended college and was a mechanic.
He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, on 24 September 1942.
At 0604 hours at 5238 N-0455 E, aircraft #42-107070 was rammed by aircraft #42-97983, as a result of the first aircraft dropping back when caught in prop wash.
The plane lost the propellors and #2 engine, fire starting in the left wing and spreading to aircraft #42-107070, which were meshed together.
The planes parted the formation at 10,000 feet, spinning and disintegrating, both exploding before hitting the ground.
Marion D. Wolfe Geboren 18-11-1914, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio Overleden 07-07-1944 Leeftijd 30
Begraafplaats: Amerikaanse Militaire Begraafplaats, Amerikaanse Begraafplaats 1, Margraten
Graf id-nummer: 782214
Begraafplaatsnr.: 1020
(Plaats)aanduiding: vak a rij 08 graf 23
Omschrijving: T SGT 571 BOMB SQ 390 BOMB GP (H)
Seneca County, Ohio
T/Sgt Marion D. Wolfe was employed at American Radiator Standard Sanitary Corporation.
He joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army at Fort Hayes, Ohio on 15 February 1941.
At 0604 hours at 5238 N-0455 E, aircraft #42-107070 was rammed by aircraft #42-97983, as a result of the first aircraft dropping back when caught in prop wash.
The plane lost the propellors and #2 engine, fire starting in the left wing and spreading to aircraft #42-107070, which were meshed together.
The planes parted the formation at 10,000 feet, spinning and disintegrating, both exploding before hitting the ground.
John E. DiTrapini Geboren 30 Dec 1920, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA.
Overlijden 7 Jul 1944 (23 oud), Hoorn Municipality, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
Begraafplaats: Amerikaanse Militaire Begraafplaats, Amerikaanse Begraafplaats 1, Margraten
Graf id-nummer: 790146
Begraafplaatsnr.: 1020
(Plaats)aanduiding: vak o rij 03 graf 11
Omschrijving: S SGT 571 BOMB SQ 390 BOMB GP (h)
Staff Sergeant Emil John "Jack" Di Trapani, born 30 Dec 1920, was the son of Mario and Amelia (Zito) Di Trapani of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California. His father was born in Trapani, Sicily, Italy and emigrated in 1909. Trapani is on the extreme western tip of Sicily 57 miles west of Palermo.
In the 1930 census 9-year-old Jack is living with his parents and siblings Eleanor 13, and Bobby 5, at 1157 E 20th Street in Long Beach.
In the 1940 census 19-year-old Jack is living with his parents and siblings Eleanor 23, and Bob 15, still at 1157 E 20th Street in Long Beach. His father is the manager of a retail grocery and liquor store.
In the 1943 Long Beach city directory 22-year-old Jack is listed as a clerk residing at 1157 E 20th Street but was probably already in the Army Air Force. He was assigned to the 571st Bomb Squadron of the 390th Bomb Group flying B-127s out of Framlingham Airfield 89 miles northeast of London.
John was ball turret gunner on B-17 42-107070 "North Star" piloted by 1st Lt Lawrence Gregor. The NARA WWII casualty listings by state and county for California show Di Trapani, John E, S/Sgt from Los Angeles County as killed in action 7 Jul 1944. Jack's plane collided in mid-air with another B-17 over Hoorn, Holland. Only the Co-Pilot, Lt James Wicker, and Right Waist Gunner, Sgt Clyde Matlock, survived and were taken prisoner. Hoorn is 23 mi NNE of Amsterdam.
MACR 7368: At 0804 hours at 5238N-0455E, A/C 070 was rammed by A/C 983, as a result A/C 070 dropping back when caught in prop wash. A/C 983 lost props and #2 engine, fire starting in left wing spreading to A/C 070 which was meshed together with A/C 983. A/C parted at 10,000 feet spinning and disentegrating, both exploding before hitting the ground. 7 chutes were reported and one crew reported three additional chutes, burning as they left the airplane. It is impossible to determine the number of chutes origination from each aircraft. A memorial for the downed air crews was placed at Hoorn, Holland.
Clayton M. Croft Geboren 11 Okt 1922, Shenandoah, Page County, Iowa, USA
Overlijden 7 Jul 1944 (21 oud), Hoorn Municipality, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Begrafenis Rose Hill Cemetery, Shenandoah, Page County, Iowa, VS.
Sgt. Clayton Croft, 21, Son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Croft, was killed over Holland July 7, his parents have been informed.
WW II - Army, entered Service 01-27-1943 in Shenandoah, Iowa. Age 22, Burial on 04-17-1949 in Rose Hill Cemetery, Shenandoah, Iowa. Son of Paul C. and Irene Croft, brother of Harley.
B17G 42-107070 "North Star" 390th Bomber Group crashed in pieces at hamlet Keern at Farm 'De Gare Goeds bogert' Keern Hoorn Nord Holland.
At 0604 hours at 5238 N-0455 E, aircraft n° 42-107070 was rammed by aircraft n° 42-97983, as a result of the first aircraft dropping back when caught in prop wash.
The plane lost the propellors and n° 2 engine, fire starting in the left wing spreading aircraft n° 42-107070 which was meshed together.
The planes parted the formation at 10.000 feet spinning and disintegrating, both exploding before hitting the ground.
Clyde O. Matlock When Clyde Oscar Matlock was born on 26 April 1918, in Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Raymond Oscar Matlock Sr., was 26 and his mother, Ella America Mounts, was 27. He married Mary Edna Plymire on 21 July 1945, in Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States. He lived in North Franklin Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920.
He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 8 April 1970, in Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States.
Harry F. Sherman Geboren 23-01-1923 Overleden 07-07-1944 Leeftijd 21
Begraafplaats: Amerikaanse Militaire Begraafplaats, Amerikaanse Begraafplaats 1, Margraten
Graf id-nummer: 782204
Begraafplaatsnr.: 1020
(Plaats)aanduiding: vak a rij 08 graf 31
Omschrijving: S SGT 571 BOMB SQ 390 BOMB GP (H)
SSgt Harry Francis Sherman, Geboorte 23 Jan 1923, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Overlijden 7 Jul 1944 (21 oud), Hoorn, Hoorn Municipality, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
Harry Francis Sherman, named for his grandfather, was a bright young man who was an average American of the period between the World Wars. Raised, in a large part, by his Irish-American Catholic step-grandmother, Harry would serve as an altar boy at St. Brigid's church in Amherst, Massachusetts.
He showed talent in art and his family still has drawings he produced during his school years, including one from the late 1930s which reflects his growing concern with world politics and strife. Depicting a grieving man holding a wounded child, it has the words "Stop War" across the top.
Harry enlisted with friends in October of 1942 and after training became a member of the 571st Bomb Squadron of the 390th Bomb Group stationed at Framlingham, England, serving as a tailgunner in a B-17.
Sherman was killed, at age 21, in the crash resulting from the collision of two of the B-17s just off the coast of Hoorn, Holland.
B17G 42-107070 "North Star" 390th Bomber Group crashed in pieces at hamlet Keern at Farm 'De Gare Goeds bogert' Keern Hoorn Nord Holland.
At 0604 hours at 5238 N-0455 E, aircraft n° 42-107070 was rammed by aircraft n° 42-97983, as a result of the first aircraft dropping back when caught in prop wash.
The plane lost the propellors and n° 2 engine, fire starting in the left wing spreading aircraft n° 42-107070 which was meshed together.
The planes parted the formation at 10.000 feet spinning and disintegrating, both exploding before hitting the ground.
Voor meer informatie: https://www.zzairwar.nl/dossiers/159.html
Begraafplaats: Amerikaanse Militaire Begraafplaats, Amerikaanse Begraafplaats 1, Margraten
Graf id-nummer: 787349
Begraafplaatsnr.: 1020
(Plaats)aanduiding: vak j rij 16 graf 05
Omschrijving: 1 LT 517 BOMB SQ 390 BOMB GP (h)
Service ID: O-752881
From: Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Birth Date: 1 October 1920
Casualty Date: 7 July 1944
Service Branch: Army Air Forces
Rank: First Lieutenant
Specialty: Bombardier
Unit/Group: 390th Bomber Group, Heavy, 571st Bomber Squadron
Casualty Type: KIA - Killed in Action
Location: Hoorn, Netherlands
Notable Awards: ? Air Medal ? Purple Heart
Harlan B. Scholl Geboren 11-11-1915 St.Louis, Missouri Overleden 07-07-1944 Leeftijd 28
Begraafplaats: Amerikaanse Militaire Begraafplaats, Amerikaanse Begraafplaats 1, Margraten
Graf id-nummer: 783018
Begraafplaatsnr.: 1020
(Plaats)aanduiding: vak a rij 14 graf 07
Omschrijving: T SGT 571 BOMB SQ 390 BOMB GP (h)
T/Sgt Harlan B. Scholl attended college and was a mechanic.
He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, on 24 September 1942.
At 0604 hours at 5238 N-0455 E, aircraft #42-107070 was rammed by aircraft #42-97983, as a result of the first aircraft dropping back when caught in prop wash.
The plane lost the propellors and #2 engine, fire starting in the left wing and spreading to aircraft #42-107070, which were meshed together.
The planes parted the formation at 10,000 feet, spinning and disintegrating, both exploding before hitting the ground.
Marion D. Wolfe Geboren 18-11-1914, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio Overleden 07-07-1944 Leeftijd 30
Begraafplaats: Amerikaanse Militaire Begraafplaats, Amerikaanse Begraafplaats 1, Margraten
Graf id-nummer: 782214
Begraafplaatsnr.: 1020
(Plaats)aanduiding: vak a rij 08 graf 23
Omschrijving: T SGT 571 BOMB SQ 390 BOMB GP (H)
Seneca County, Ohio
T/Sgt Marion D. Wolfe was employed at American Radiator Standard Sanitary Corporation.
He joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army at Fort Hayes, Ohio on 15 February 1941.
At 0604 hours at 5238 N-0455 E, aircraft #42-107070 was rammed by aircraft #42-97983, as a result of the first aircraft dropping back when caught in prop wash.
The plane lost the propellors and #2 engine, fire starting in the left wing and spreading to aircraft #42-107070, which were meshed together.
The planes parted the formation at 10,000 feet, spinning and disintegrating, both exploding before hitting the ground.
John E. DiTrapini Geboren 30 Dec 1920, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA.
Overlijden 7 Jul 1944 (23 oud), Hoorn Municipality, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
Begraafplaats: Amerikaanse Militaire Begraafplaats, Amerikaanse Begraafplaats 1, Margraten
Graf id-nummer: 790146
Begraafplaatsnr.: 1020
(Plaats)aanduiding: vak o rij 03 graf 11
Omschrijving: S SGT 571 BOMB SQ 390 BOMB GP (h)
Staff Sergeant Emil John "Jack" Di Trapani, born 30 Dec 1920, was the son of Mario and Amelia (Zito) Di Trapani of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California. His father was born in Trapani, Sicily, Italy and emigrated in 1909. Trapani is on the extreme western tip of Sicily 57 miles west of Palermo.
In the 1930 census 9-year-old Jack is living with his parents and siblings Eleanor 13, and Bobby 5, at 1157 E 20th Street in Long Beach.
In the 1940 census 19-year-old Jack is living with his parents and siblings Eleanor 23, and Bob 15, still at 1157 E 20th Street in Long Beach. His father is the manager of a retail grocery and liquor store.
In the 1943 Long Beach city directory 22-year-old Jack is listed as a clerk residing at 1157 E 20th Street but was probably already in the Army Air Force. He was assigned to the 571st Bomb Squadron of the 390th Bomb Group flying B-127s out of Framlingham Airfield 89 miles northeast of London.
John was ball turret gunner on B-17 42-107070 "North Star" piloted by 1st Lt Lawrence Gregor. The NARA WWII casualty listings by state and county for California show Di Trapani, John E, S/Sgt from Los Angeles County as killed in action 7 Jul 1944. Jack's plane collided in mid-air with another B-17 over Hoorn, Holland. Only the Co-Pilot, Lt James Wicker, and Right Waist Gunner, Sgt Clyde Matlock, survived and were taken prisoner. Hoorn is 23 mi NNE of Amsterdam.
MACR 7368: At 0804 hours at 5238N-0455E, A/C 070 was rammed by A/C 983, as a result A/C 070 dropping back when caught in prop wash. A/C 983 lost props and #2 engine, fire starting in left wing spreading to A/C 070 which was meshed together with A/C 983. A/C parted at 10,000 feet spinning and disentegrating, both exploding before hitting the ground. 7 chutes were reported and one crew reported three additional chutes, burning as they left the airplane. It is impossible to determine the number of chutes origination from each aircraft. A memorial for the downed air crews was placed at Hoorn, Holland.
Clayton M. Croft Geboren 11 Okt 1922, Shenandoah, Page County, Iowa, USA
Overlijden 7 Jul 1944 (21 oud), Hoorn Municipality, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Begrafenis Rose Hill Cemetery, Shenandoah, Page County, Iowa, VS.
Sgt. Clayton Croft, 21, Son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Croft, was killed over Holland July 7, his parents have been informed.
WW II - Army, entered Service 01-27-1943 in Shenandoah, Iowa. Age 22, Burial on 04-17-1949 in Rose Hill Cemetery, Shenandoah, Iowa. Son of Paul C. and Irene Croft, brother of Harley.
B17G 42-107070 "North Star" 390th Bomber Group crashed in pieces at hamlet Keern at Farm 'De Gare Goeds bogert' Keern Hoorn Nord Holland.
At 0604 hours at 5238 N-0455 E, aircraft n° 42-107070 was rammed by aircraft n° 42-97983, as a result of the first aircraft dropping back when caught in prop wash.
The plane lost the propellors and n° 2 engine, fire starting in the left wing spreading aircraft n° 42-107070 which was meshed together.
The planes parted the formation at 10.000 feet spinning and disintegrating, both exploding before hitting the ground.
Clyde O. Matlock When Clyde Oscar Matlock was born on 26 April 1918, in Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Raymond Oscar Matlock Sr., was 26 and his mother, Ella America Mounts, was 27. He married Mary Edna Plymire on 21 July 1945, in Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States. He lived in North Franklin Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920.
He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 8 April 1970, in Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States.
Harry F. Sherman Geboren 23-01-1923 Overleden 07-07-1944 Leeftijd 21
Begraafplaats: Amerikaanse Militaire Begraafplaats, Amerikaanse Begraafplaats 1, Margraten
Graf id-nummer: 782204
Begraafplaatsnr.: 1020
(Plaats)aanduiding: vak a rij 08 graf 31
Omschrijving: S SGT 571 BOMB SQ 390 BOMB GP (H)
SSgt Harry Francis Sherman, Geboorte 23 Jan 1923, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Overlijden 7 Jul 1944 (21 oud), Hoorn, Hoorn Municipality, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
Harry Francis Sherman, named for his grandfather, was a bright young man who was an average American of the period between the World Wars. Raised, in a large part, by his Irish-American Catholic step-grandmother, Harry would serve as an altar boy at St. Brigid's church in Amherst, Massachusetts.
He showed talent in art and his family still has drawings he produced during his school years, including one from the late 1930s which reflects his growing concern with world politics and strife. Depicting a grieving man holding a wounded child, it has the words "Stop War" across the top.
Harry enlisted with friends in October of 1942 and after training became a member of the 571st Bomb Squadron of the 390th Bomb Group stationed at Framlingham, England, serving as a tailgunner in a B-17.
Sherman was killed, at age 21, in the crash resulting from the collision of two of the B-17s just off the coast of Hoorn, Holland.
B17G 42-107070 "North Star" 390th Bomber Group crashed in pieces at hamlet Keern at Farm 'De Gare Goeds bogert' Keern Hoorn Nord Holland.
At 0604 hours at 5238 N-0455 E, aircraft n° 42-107070 was rammed by aircraft n° 42-97983, as a result of the first aircraft dropping back when caught in prop wash.
The plane lost the propellors and n° 2 engine, fire starting in the left wing spreading aircraft n° 42-107070 which was meshed together.
The planes parted the formation at 10.000 feet spinning and disintegrating, both exploding before hitting the ground.
Voor meer informatie: https://www.zzairwar.nl/dossiers/159.html
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