Hi All,
 
It is late and I am running into a wall here and need some help - after checking the MACR DB and getting a close match to the MACR number I need I have run into a dead end.
 
Here is the info I have
 
BG = 100th
BS = 349th SQ
Date of Loss 11-05-1943
Pilot Lt. Flesh
A\C 230088 "SQUAWKIN HAWK"
MACR # ????
 
I thought there was a way to also search NARA but for the life of me I can not seem to find it... any help finding this MACR would be greatly appreciated.
 
Regards,
 
John

Hello John
 
After a few unsuccessful tries...I finally accessed the 100th Bomb Group Casualty Report Database...typed in only the letter 'F' for pilot's last name, then clicked on 'Submit Query'...scan down the page to the 3rd MACR #99908, which refers to Pilot William Flesh. Yet ironically the small red print states that if MACR number is 99900-99999, then the casualty report did not have an associated MACR.
 
http://www.mcadams.org/fpdb/100thcasualty.asp
 
For further info...go back up to top of page and click on 'A/C Name'...type in 'Squawkin Hawk'...and the history of this bomber will appear.

D. Mason {myerlee50@yahoo.com}
niece of Leroy E. Myers, 1918-1956
8th AF, 95th BG, 412th squadron
http://leroymyers.co.nr

Hello again...more on Pilot Wm. Flesh...is he friend/family or someone on the crew? It's sometimes not easy to retire the computer 'mouse' when on a roll with research...it can be contagious!
 
here's a link to photo & more info that I found interesting...thought you may also.
 
http://www.100thbg.com/mainpages/crews/crews1/flesh1.htm

D. Mason {myerlee50@yahoo.com}
niece of Leroy E. Myers, 1918-1956
8th AF, 95th BG, 412th squadron
http://leroymyers.co.nr

John,
According to the book "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story" written by Roger Freeman & David Osborne, 42-30088 'Squakin Hawk II' was not downed during the war.  The entry in this book states:
 
42-30088 Del Cheyenne 8/4/43; Kearney 16/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Hill 12/5/43; Wendover 18/5/43; Kearney 22/5/43; Dow Fd 27/5/43; ass 349BS/100BG [XR-E] Thorpes Abbotts 9/6/43; retUS 17/5/44; Hendricks 8/6/44; RFC Walnut Ridge 13/12/45.  First a/c in group to 50 missions. SQUAKIN HAWK II.
 
Gary

Mystery solved - I think.  MACR's weren't ordinarily done if a.) the aircraft returned to base, or b.) seen to ditch or crash outside enemy territory.
 
In this case Squawkin Hawk returned, with just the pilots Flesh and Gossage, after the crew bailed out near Gelsenkirchen.
 
Regards,
 
Bill

Hi,

From Heavy Bombers of the Mighty Eighth by Andrews and Adams

230088 100 BG 349 BS "XR-E" "Squawkin Hawk II"
05 11 43 RAF Tangmere - 2 EVD, 1 KIA, 5 POW, 2 RTD.

As there was a crew member killed in Action I would have thought there would have been a MACR for this aircraft for this date.

From "The Mighty Eighth Combat Chronology Supplement"
100 BG losses for 5th November 1943.
237748   Macr 1156 8 KIA 2 EVD. all crew named.

Also listed fro the 100 BG for this date is
T/Sgt. Joseph F. Boyle  KIA,  from PA.He was from the 351st BS.

While for "Squawkin Hawk" "XR-E" 230088 from the 349th BS.
P. 1Lt William R. Flesh RTD
CP. 1Lt. John G. Gossage RTD
N. Capt. Omar Gonzales POW 
B. 1Lt. James J. Lux POW
E. T/Sgt Harold L. Pope EVD
RO. T/Sgt. Conner D. Brewster KIA
BTG. S/Sgt Francis G. Dolsen POW
WG. S/Sgt. George P. Gineikis EVD
WG. S/Sgt. Leon E. MacDonald POW
TG S.Sgt. James Marasco POW

Brewster's Chute did not open. He is at rest in the US but initially was laid to rest at a POW Cemetery at St. Trond a/f Belgium.
Details of this crew from "Losses of the US 8th & 9th Air Forceces ETO Area June 1942 - December 1943" by Bishop & Hey.

Perhaps she became "II" after repairs following this mission ?

Alex

Hi,

Details of Brewster from the NARA site


ARMY SERIAL NUMBER
34201968

NAME
BREWSTER#CONNER#D####### 

RESIDENCE: STATE
47
SOUTH CAROLINA

RESIDENCE: COUNTY
069
MARLBORO

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT
4213
CP BLANDING FLORIDA

DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY
09 

DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH
04 

DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR
42 

GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION
PVT# 


GRADE: CODE
8


BRANCH: ALPHA DESIGNATION
BI#
Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA

BRANCH: CODE
00
Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA

FIELD USE AS DESIRED
#
#

TERM OF ENLISTMENT
5
Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law

LONGEVITY
### 

SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL
0
Civil Life

NATIVITY
54
WEST VIRGINIA

YEAR OF BIRTH
07

RACE AND CITIZENSHIP
1
White, citizen

EDUCATION
6
2 years of college

CIVILIAN OCCUPATION
309
TELEPHONE OPERATOR

MARITAL STATUS
8
Divorced, without dependents

COMPONENT OF THE ARMY
7
Selectees (Enlisted Men)

CARD NUMBER
#

BOX NUMBER
0767 

FILM REEL NUMBER
1.284

You guys are SUPER!!!! Thanks for all the replies!!
 
I guess I was correct when I said it was LATE - I already knew that the plane made it back but most of the crew hit the silk.... I was on a mission for the MACR and wanted it so much I did not allow myself to make the mental connection with the return of the plane and the bailout of the crew.
 
Thanks again for all the help and the additional information posted.
 
 
This quote says it all!

when on a roll with research...it can be contagious!

I'm surprised there wasn't a MACR for the men who bailed out.  They are Missing Air Crew Reports, not missing aircraft reports.  There are other instances where part of a crew bailed out over enemy terratory but some of the crew stayed with the plane and made it back to base, and a MACR was generated.
 
Marty

Hi Everyone,
Glad to see our website and database is being put to such good use.  As stated above when an aircraft returned to base NO MACR was generated.  Only a casualty report would have been generated for Lt Flesh/Lt Gossage Crew who did not return.  Lt Flesh was quite the character.   He missed the Regensburg Mission and his Crew was shot down with a fill in Pilot (Lt Biddick) and on this mission he bails out all of Lt Sumner Reeder's enlisted men and  Group Navigator Lt Omar Gonzales.

Michael P. Faley
100th Bomb Group Historian
100th Bomb Group Photo Archives
13th Combat Wing Historian

Conner D Brewster was my father's 1st cousin.

He body was brought back to the States after the war and he is buried beside his parents in Orlando, Floridia.

Hi ,
 
T/Sgt Brewster Connor D was buried by the Germans at the allied cemetery on the airfield of Sint-Truiden ( St-Trond in french ) Belgium , at that time used by the II Gruppe Nagjagdgeschwader I , in grave nr 345. i have a book in wich the fate of Connor Brewster is mentioned , if i can help someone with info , please let me know.
 
Greetings from Sint-Truiden
Belgium
 

This is a pretty old thread but I'm going to put my 2 cents worth in anyway.  Several posts in this thread state that MACRs were not issued when the aircraft was not lost.  Another member correctly points out that MACR stands for Missing Air Crew Report.  Under the old MACR database on this site it was not uncommon to see the remark 'aircraft not lost'.  Personally I have obtained several MACRs from Maxwell where the a/c returned to base minus one or more crewmen.  In the current thread a service like Footnote comes in handy because you can search by name.  Attached is page 1 of the MACR covering T/Sgt Conner Brewster.
 
Hal

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