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Apr 44

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April saw the continued destruction of German airdromes in occupied France and Holland as preparations were underway for the allied invasion of Europe.  A new threat is starting to make it's impact - the German V-1 pilotless bomb called the "Buzz Bomb" from the sound its ram jet motor made.  These pilotless bombs required a ramp to serve as a launching pad and were heavily defended with anti-aircraft guns.

MACR #
Date
Tail Number
Pilot
Cause
3600
01 Apr 44
42-109825
1st Lt Thomas J. Madden
Hit by flak; 9 POW, 1 EVD
3601
01 Apr 44
42-110029
2nd Lt William Lafferty
Shot down by fighters; 3 POW, 5 EVD, 2 MIA
3602
01 Apr 44
42-110046
1st Lt Joseph A. Gfelner
Hit by flak; 5 KIA, 5 POW
3943
09 Apr 44
42-7627
1st Lt Charles E. Rowland
Hit by flak, diverted to Sweden; 10 INT
3828
12 Apr 44
42-7601
1st Lt Joseph Pavelka
Shot down by fighters; 6 POW, 4 EVD
3829
12 Apr 44
41-29118
1st Lt Samuel G. Schleichkorn
Shot down by fighters; 2 KIA, 3 POW, 5 EVD
3831
12 Apr 44
42-100203
2nd Lt Benjamin L. Love
Hit by bombs; 9 KIA, 1 EVD
3833
12 Apr 44
42-109807
1st Lt John B. Anderson
Shot down by fighters; 1 KIA, 5 POW, 4 EVD
4057
12 Apr 44
42-110021
1st Lt Herbert W. Schultz
Shot down by fighters; 6 POW, 4 EVD
3830
13 Apr 44
41-29132
1st Lt Jack Farmer
Hit by flak; 1 KIA, 8 POW, 1 EVD
3832
13 Apr 44
42-110048
1st Lt John E. Frasch
Hit by flak; 10 KIA
4056
20 Apr 44
42-109921
1st Lt Layne Rogers Jr.
Hit by flak; 8 KIA, 1 POW
4172
22 Apr 44
41-29306
1st Lt Francis C. Sneed
Hit by flak; 2 KIA, 7 POW, 1 EVD
4173
22 Apr 44
42-50325
1st Lt Edward W. Sadlon
Hit by flak; 1 KIA, 9 POW
4293
24 Apr 44
42-110060
2nd Lt Franklin C. Kendziora
Shot down by fighters; 2 POW, 8 EVD
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