LOST AIR CREWS
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2 AUGUST 2019
PRELIMINARY BURIAL SITE SPREADSHEET |
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BG Burial Sites PDF |
497th BG Burial Sites Excel 2010 |
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497th MISSING SPREADSHEETS
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BG Missing PDF |
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Updates 2 August 2019 10 June 2018 12 April 2015 Format revised with additional information since last revision 15 April 2014 My Thanks to 2 Feb 2014 8 Nov 2012
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Information
about these Crews is in
Group Burials
| Merrill Crew | A Square 22 42-24774 | 3 July 1945 |
| Abar Crew | A Square 24 42-24604 | 14 April 1945 |
| Anderson Crew | A Square 51 42-65231 | 18 April 1945 |
| McDonell Crew | A Square 22 42-24616 | 27 Jan 1945 |
| Hahn Crew | A Square 28 42-63423 | 27 Jan 1945 |
| McSpadden Crew | A Square 56 44-69899 | 5 May 1945 |
Abbreviations
from MACR
| DED: Declared Dead (Public Law 490) | RTD: Returned to Duty | DNB: Died Non Battle |
| KIA: Killed in Action | RMC: Returned to Military Control | KNB: Killed Non Battle |
| EUS: Evacuated to United States | POW/KIA: Killed while a POW | DOI: Died of Injuries |
869th 870th 871st
Fate and Moore Crews
Updated 15 April 2014
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Young Crew A
Square 5
Memorial Markers 1 West Park Cemetery, Hereford TX 2 Mt Olivet Cemetery, Falconer NY |
Baird
Crew KIA Buried
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Buried
Golden Gate National Cemetery Buried
in Private Cemeteries
1 Fairlawn Cemetery, Kentland IN 2 Melrose Cemetery, Brockton MA 3
New York
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Cox Crew A
Square 2 Aircraft
ditched
EUS 1st Lt. Jack R. Ehrenberg RTD SSgt
George E. Wright |
McGregor Crew A
Square 6 Rescued
by Naval Patrol 1st
Lt. Jack K. McGregor Memorial
Marker
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Dietzel Crew A
Square 5 ABMC
- Honolulu
1 Elmwood Memorial Gardens Columbia SC 2 Greenwood Cemetry Lagrange IN 3 Coverstone Cemetery Shenandoah VA 4 Elmwood Cemetery Caton NY |
Bussell Crew A
Square 8 Aircraft ditched ABMC
- Honolulu
KIA Rescued 1
Buried in New Jersey |
Crowe Crew A
Square 16 POW
KIA KIA
1
Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans LA
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W.C. Campbell Crew A
Square 11 Aircraft caught fire about 40 miles north of Saipan and ditched KIA Rescued
by US Navy 1st
Lt. William C. Campbell Possible
Burial Site |
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Wagner Crew A
Square 26
Memorial Marker 1 Giddings City Cemetery, Giddings TX |
David
C Campbell Crew ABMC
- Honolulu
Memorial Markers 1 Maple Grove Cemetery 1 Haverstock Cemetery 2 Ebenezer Cemetery 3 Fairview Cemetery
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Ewing
Crew
A Square 29 42-24628 18 December 1944 Weather Strike Mission Aircraft ditched ABMC - Honolulu KIA - RNR  2nd Lt. Robert
R. Tuttle PFC Frank W.
RomeroRMC 2nd Lt. Leland W. Emmett 1st Lt. Richard A. Ewing Sgt. Coke G. Hawkins Cpl. Odis Howell, Jr 1st Lt. Jack Jackness Sgt. Richard F. Lang Cpl. Robert G. Lovell SSgt Kenneth L. Masterson 2nd Lt. Fred R. Spies Note 1st Lt. Richard A. Ewing KIA 14 Apr 45 with Abar Crew |
Hamilton Crew A
Square 31 Aircraft ditched ABMC
- Honolulu |
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Dauth Crew A
Square 23 ABMC
- Honolulu
Memorial Markers 1
Mound Cemetery, Charleston IL 3
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery,
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Buckheit
Crew Ditched
on WSM ABMC
- Honolulu Rescued
by USN Destroyer *
KNB 6 Oct 45 Memorial
Marker
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Westervelt Crew A
Square 25 Aircraft ditched ABMC
- Honolulu
*
KIA- RNR 26 May 45 Memorial
Marker |
Swenson Crew A
Square 38
ABMC
- Honolulu RTD 1st
Lt Robert A. Calliridge Memorial Marker 1
Scandinavian Lutheran Church Cemetery |
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Schramm Crew A
Square 26 ABMC
- Honolulu
Memorial Markers 1
Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, St Louis MO
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Cripps Crew the
second A 37 DNB Buried Manila American Cemetery
1st Lt John M. Cripps, Jr. Buried in Private Cemeteries 2nd
Lt. Saul Kolodner 1
1
Beth Israel Cemetry 4
Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Memorial
Marker RMC Cpl Norman H Martien, Jr
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Walling Crew A
Square 45 ABMC
- Honolulu
Memorial Markers 1 Fort Logan National Cemetery 2
Arlington National Cemetery
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Lawson Crew A
Square 42 ABMC
- Honolulu
Memorial Marker 1
Evergreen Burial Park Possible Memorial Marker 2
Acacia Memorial Park and Funeral Home |
Clifford Crew A
Square 50 ABMC
- Honolulu DNB
RTD Rescued
by USS Grayson Memorial Markers 1
Memorial Park Cemetery 2
Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery 3
Farnam Cemetery
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Crowell Crew A
Square 46
Memorial Markers 1
Brick Church Cemetery 2
Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens |
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Peterson Crew A
Square 46 ABMC
- Honolulu
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Austin Crew A
Square 41 ABMC
- Honolulu Rescued
by US Navy 2nd
Lt. Arthur E. Austin Possible Memorial Marker 1
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery |
Keith Crew A
Square 44 ABMC
- Honolulu
Memorial Markers 2
West Union Street Cemetery Possible Marker 1 Long Island National Cemetery |
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Barnes Crew A
Square 45 ABMC
- Honolulu
Memorial Markers 1
Frost Cemetery, Frost TX |
Rodge Crew A
Square 52 Ditched
after takeoff KIA DOI 1
Union Cemetery 2
Holy Cross Cemetery 3
Oak Hill Cemetery Memorial Marker 4 Peace Lutheran Cemetery |
Shaffrath Crew A
Square 52 KIA
1
Mount Pleasant Cemetery 2
East Avenue Cemetery 3
Marks Cemetery 4 National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific 5
Washington Cemetery 6 Pine Forest
Cemetery 7 New Jersey 8
Oak Hill Burial Park 9
Oakdale Cemetery
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October 1945-April 1946 Narrative History updated
24 June 2012 |
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Fate
Crew DNB Capt. Richard E. Fate 1 Burial Locations 4 St Adelberts Cemetery 5 National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific 6 Evergreen Cemetery | Moore Crew DNB 1st Lt. Reuben C.K. Johnston 1 Passenger Cpl. Richard W. Lones 2 MISSING Notes 1 Entry in California Death Index
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Passengers 1st Lt. Ernest T. Rogers 7 Burial Locations 7 National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific 8 Arlington National Cemetery 9 McClure Cemetery 10 Queen of the Holy Rosary
Cemetery 11 National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific 12 Forest Park Cemetery 13 National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific 14 Beth Israel Cemetry 15 St John Cemetery
Survivors | Passengers
SSgt. Raymond E. Lang
Survivors Unaccounted Capt. James A. Bohannon, Jr. |
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Updated 12 April 2015 from MACR
14530
and files from Ancestry.com
Depart APO #241 |
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KNB - RNR TSgt Glenn Jones 2 Passenger Maj. Louis J. Hartman EUS 1st Lt. John F. Neville SSgt Glenn F. Gregory 1 Macon Memorial Park 2 Memory Grove Memorial
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