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303rd ESCAPEE
and
EVADEE CREWMEN

[Copyright ©1997 Harry D. Gobrecht]

E&E#	MACR	DATE MIA	B-17	CREWMAN	PILOT	SQ/Pos/MSNs	DATE of RETURN
6	?	12-12-42	41-24582	2Lt Robert L. Mays	Frost	358-Pilot(2)	27-01-43
8	?	12-12-42	41-24585	1Lt Gilbert T Schowalter	Flickenger	360-Navig(3)	26-01-43
9	?	12-12-42	41-24585	2Lt Jack E. Williams	Flickenger	360-CoPilot(3)	29-01-43
12	15571	23-01-43	41-24584	2Lt Mark L. McDermott	Robey	427-CoPilot(5)	07-02-43
13	15571	23-01 43	41-24584	S/Sgt Sebastian L. Vogel	Robey	427-Radio(5)	07-02-43
14	?	12-12-43	41-24585	Sgt Norman P. Therrieu	Flickenger	360-RWG(1)	07-02-43
16	?	23-01-43	41-24603	2Lt John W. Spence	Sanderson	359-Navig(7)	15-03-43
17	?	23-01-43	41-24603	T/Sgt Sidney Devers	Sanderson	359-Eng(7)	15-03-43
18	?	12-12-42	41-24582	T/Sgt Kenneth G. Hildebran	Frost	358-Eng(2)	15-03-43
19	?	12-12-42	41-24582	Sgt James R Toney	Frost	358-TG(2)	15-02-43
20	?	12-12-42	41-24585	T/Sgt Frederick B. Hartung	Flickenger	360-LWG(4)	15-03-43
21	15473	23-01-43	41-24580	2Lt Bruce W. Gordon	O'Connor, OT	358-Navig(5)	28-03-43
22	15473	23-01-43	41-24580	2Lt Eldon T. Ruppe	O'Connor, OT	358-CoPilot(5)	28-03-43
29	?	23-01-43	41-24603	T/Sgt Miles B.Jones	Sanderson	359-Radio(7)	25-04-43
31	?	12-12-42	41-24585	T/Sgt William A. Whitman	Flickenger	360-Eng(3)	25-05-43
32	?	12-12-42	41-24585	S/Sgt Iva Lee Fegette	Flickenger	360-Radio(3)	25-05-43
44	15727	01-05-43	42-5780	2Lt Harry E. Roach	Sterling	427-Navig(3)	29-06-43
51	?	23-01-43	41-24603	S/Sgt Frank W. Greene	Sanderson	359-BTG(5)	06-08-43
63	?	04-07-43	42-5792	T/Sgt Bernard H. Koenig	O'Connor,RS	358-Eng(25)	10-08-43
118	470	31-08-43	42-29635	2Lt William P. Maher	Monahan	358-Navig(12)	05-10-43
121	?	04-07-43	42-5792	Sgt Edward F. Chonskie	O'Connor,RS	358-LWG(1)	18-10-43
122	?	04-07-43	42-5792	S/Sgt John Zioance	O'Connor,RS	358-TG(17)	18-10-43
123	?	04-07-43	42-5792	S/Sgt Albert V.H. Carrol	O'Connor,RS	358-BTG(24)	19-10-43
134	470	31-08-43	42-29635	S/Sgt Frank Kimotek	Monahan	358-Radio(12)	25-10-43
231	1033	20-10-43	42-29571	2Lt William R. Hartigan	Hartigan	358-Pilot(7)	23-11-43
232	1033	20-10-43	42-29571	2Lt Lorin F. Douthett	Hartigan	358-Navig(7)	23-11-43
293	470	31-08-43	42-29635	2Lt Walter Hargrove	Monahan	358-Bomb(13)	27-12-43
377	470	31-08-43	42-29635	Sgt Barton V. Pryor	Monahan	359-Photo(2)	05-02-44
[5]	470	31-08-43	42-29635	S/Sgt Alfred R. Buinicky	Monahan	359-BTG(14)	[5]
633	2863	28-02-44	42-5306	S/Sgt Nick Asvestos	Shoup	359-LWG(12)	11-05-44
655	1674	30-12-43	42-39735	S/Sgt William E. Wolff	Osborn	360-LWG(6)	21-05-44
671	2260	29-01-44	42-39786	2Lt Bernard W. Rawlings	Fowler	427-CoPilot(7)	25-05-44
674	?	11-01-44	42-29524	2Lt Clayton C. David	Watson	358-CoPilot(3)	25-05-44
683	4463	29-04-44	42-31241	2Lt Robert C. Kerr	Bohle	427-CoPilot(2)	01-06-44
700	1325	01-12-43	42-39781	2Lt Frank Mitchell	Luke	360-CoPilot(3)	01-06-44
735	1674	31-12-43	42-39795	2Lt Nelson Campbell	Osborn	360-Bomb(7)	10-06-44
744	42733	22-04-44	42-39807	2Lt Walter A. Meldrich	Seddon	358-Navig(10)	15-06-44
752	2863	28-04-44	42-5306	1Lt Charles J. McLain	Shoup	359-Bomb(13)	15-06-44
1383	8440	15-08-44	43-37838	Capt Arnold C. Litman	Litman	358-Pilot(7)	03-09-44
1384	8440	15-08-44	43-37838	1Lt Lawrence J. Stein	Litman	358-CoPilot(19)	03-09-44
1385	8440	15-08-44	43-37838	1Lt Wayne E. Krouskup	Litman	358-Navig(24)	03-09-44
1386	8440	15-08-44	43-37838	T/Sgt Fred R. Meyer	Litman	358-Radio(18)	03-09-44
1387	8440	15-08-44	43-37838	T/Sgt Harry R. Card	Litman	358-Eng(18)	03-09-44
[4]	7503	13-07-44	42-97905	1Lt Paul H. Long	Long	360-Pilot(32)	?-10-44
[4]	7503	13-07-44	42-97905	1Lt Marvin E. Shaw	Long	360-Nav(31)	?-10-44
[4]	7503	13-07-44	42-97905	2Lt Charles E. Cassidy	Long	360-Bom(14)	?-10-44
[4]	7503	13-07-44	42-97905	S/Sgt Keith R. Olson	Long	360-Eng(32)	27-10-44
[4]	7503	13-07-44	42-97905	S/Sgt John Mours	Long	360-TG(32)	27-10-44
[4]	7503	13-07-44	42-97905	2Lt Harold L. Carlman	Long	360-CP(21)	27-10-44
[4]	7503	13-07-44	42-97905	S/Sgt Wesley C. Abbott	Long	360-WG(32)	?-10-44
1388	8440	15-08-44	43-37838	S/SGT Manley E. Grissom	Litman	358-WG(17)	03-09-44
1389	8440	15-08-44	43-37838	S/Sgt William P. Truesdell	Litman	358-BTG(18)	03-09-44
1484	4273	22-04-44	42-39807	2Lt John R Seddon	Seddon	358-Pilot(12)	05-09-44
1485	8439	15-08-44	42-97085	1Lt Lowell L. Rickey	Charnick	358-Bomb(21)	05-09-44
1486	8437	15-08-44	42-102680	Sgt LaMar H. Whittier	Cathey	358-Radio(7)	05-09-44
1597	6740	28-06-44	42-31200	S/Sgt Albert Willard	Wardowski	427-Radio(l)	06-09-44
1598	6740	28-06-44	42-31200	Sgt John I. Snede	Wardowski	1427-WG)(1)	06-09-44
1662	2260	29-01-44	42-39786	2Lt Joseph C. Thompson,Jr	Fowler	427-Bomb(3)	07-09-44
1684	8440	15-08-44	43-37838	S/Sgt Clarence J. Williams	Litman	358-TG(17)	07-09-44
1722	2260	29-01-44	42-39786	S/Sgt Loen E. Zimmer	Fowler	427-RWG(7)	08-09-44
1723	2260	29-01-44	42-39786	S/Sgt Richard Arrington	Fowler	427-BTG(8)	08-09-44
1884	3770	13-04-44	42-97617	Sgt William R Ferrell	Viets	358-TG(18)	10-09-44
1943	2645	22-02-44	42-31399	F/O Joseph DeLuca	Crook	360-Bomb(15)	11-09-44
2014	6541	22-06-44	42-31432	T/Sgt Robert H. Johnson	Fisher	360-Radio(9)	12-09-44
2060	2647	22-02-44	42-5788	Maj George R Weinbrenner	Morrin	8thAF-Obs	13-09-44
2119	2645	22-02-44	42-31399	Sgt Salvador Chavez	Crook	360-RWG(14)	15-09-44
2120	8437	15-08-44	42-102680	Sgt Bert C. Nelson	Cathey	358-BTG(7)	15-09-44
2225	3475	26-03-44	42-31929	T/Sgt Conrad J. Kersch	Mars	427-Eng(6)	19-09-44
2275	2645	22-02-44	42-31399	T/Sgt Robert J. Hannan	Crook	360-Radio(15)	24-09-44
2308	1645	22-02-44	42-31399	lstLt Charles D. Crook	Crook	360-Pilot(14)	28-09-44
2335	1033	20-10-43	42-29571	S/Sgt John W. Lowther	Hartigan	358-RWG(5)	29-09-44
2424	1033	20-10-43	42-29571	T/Sgt Robert L. Ward	Hartigan	358-Radio(7)	04-10-44
2734 [4]	4270	24-04-44	42-31669	2Lt Elmer P. Iraelson	Hofmann	358-Bomb(24)	02-12-44
2796	2645	22-02-44	42-31299	S/Sgt Roy A. Cheek	Crook	360-BTG(14)	06-01-45
?	14223	25-04-45	44-83447	lstLt Warren F. Mauger	Mauger	427-Pilot	06-05-45
?	6740	28-06-44	42-31200	2Lt N.E. Hainlin,Jr	Wardowski	427-CoPilot(6)	[1]
1504?	1674	30-12-43	42-39795	1Lt William C. Osborn	Osborn	360-Pilot(7)	[2]
1468?	1674	30-12-43	42-39795	2Lt Jack Jernigan,Jr.	Osborn	360-CoPilot(7)	[2]
1483?	1674	30-12-43	42-39795	Sgt Vincent J. Reese	Osborn	360-RWG(2)	[3]

[1] Escaped while POW
[2] Evaded capture for six months. Betrayed by French, captured and made a POW
[3] Evaded capture - Fought with French underground - Captured and executed on 22-04-44
[4] Escaped from Internment in Switzerland
[5] Believed to have evaded capture with help of the French Resistance. Later captured and made a POW