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Lost 29 May 44, GER -
MACR 5226 Pg1 / Pg2
- Pilot Adolph Komer
Info Contributor - Tom
Brittan
Pilot 1st Lt. Adolph Komer headed for Sweden after being attacked by fighters on
the 29 May 44 mission to Tutow but belly-landed on the runway at Schleswig-land
airfield, Hohenlieth, 3 km SE of Eckernförde, Germany, on only #1 engine which
was overheating.
Info Contributor - Wally Forman
All 10 crewmen were POW:
| Pilot - Lt. Adolph Komer Co-Pilot - 2Lt. Charles F. Zavorka Navigator - FO Ralph B. Whitesell Bombardier - Lt. Charles C. Bethel Top Turret Gunner - T/Sgt. Major V. Mears |
Radio Operator - T/Sgt. Thomas J. Dykla Ball Turret Gunner - S/Sgt. Carl R. Criger L. Waist Gunner - S/Sgt. Christian R. Roediger R. Waist Gunner - S/Sgt. George W. Whitmer Tail Gunner - S/Sgt. Lambert P. Zaetsch |
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