Posted ByEdouard on October 20, 19104 at 11:36:09:
In Reply to: Planes downed near Usingen May 12, 1944 posted byLaura Edge on October 20, 19104 at 06:44:30:
Hello Laura,
MACR 4779 = 42-97864 - 728th Squadron - ("Why Worry") Pilot Capt. Robert C. PATRICK, POW. Downed by enemy a/c, crashed near Merzhausen, Germany. 10 POW.
MACR 4778 = 42-97235 - 729th Squadron - Pilot : Walter V. NAYLOR, KIA.
Downed by enemy a/c, crashed near Merzhausen, Germany. 5 KIA, 5 POW.
MACR 4823 = 42-97786 ("The HARD WAY II") - 729th Squadron - Pilot : Joseph C. THOMAS, KIA.
Enemy a/c, cr near Koblenz, Germany. 4 KIA, 6 POW.
This makes twenty-one POWs for the three ships you listed.
Note : In all, there were sixteen 452nd BG aircraft lost that day and the NARA POW database lists at least 71 POWs from the Group for that day. This is all I can tell you for the time being.
Best regards from Brussels, Belgium.
Ed Reniere