Rottler

1st August 2018, 14:06

Hello vathra,

to your post #8:

MACR 3299 42-52272 „Entire crew KIA/DED“:

6 members of the 2nd Lt Peters crew were completely burned by the crash and buried in Kirchberg (today Cerkvenjak). 4 parachuted and were captured by the Rural Police Pettau in the middle of the stretch Pettau (today Ptuj) - Radkersburg.

MACR 3293 42-52225 „It could be near Novo Mestro, Slovenia“:

Novo Mestro was the crash place of the B-24 42-52314, MACR 3465, Abschußnummer/German casualty no. ME 930.

Regards

Leo

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Rottler

31st July 2018, 13:29

Hello Michel,

MACR 3299

B-24 H-10-FO 42-52272

Place of impact: 1415 hrs Vanetina near Kirchberg in den Bucheln (today Cerkvenjak) in the middle of the line Pettau (today Ptuj) – Radkersburg.

German Abschussnummer/casualty no. ME 923.

MACR 3467 (not 3466)

B-24 H-5-DT 41-28659

Crashplace: 1400 hrs Rann an der Save (today Brežice).

German Abschussnummer/casualty no. ME 929.

Regards

Leo

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MACR 3299:serial=42-52272"Rebel Revenge"…crash in Vanetina?Slovenia?.

I have info as Dravograd, Slovenia.

Entire crew KIA/DED.

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vathra

1st August 2018, 15:03

Hello vathra,

to your post #8:

MACR 3299 42-52272 „Entire crew KIA/DED“:

6 members of the 2nd Lt Peters crew were completely burned by the crash and buried in Kirchberg (today Cerkvenjak). 4 parachuted and were captured by the Rural Police Pettau in the middle of the stretch Pettau (today Ptuj) - Radkersburg.

You are correct, I missed to put POW, and place of crash is Cerkvenjak, close to Ptuj.

But according to my record from MACR only 3 were PoW, Roland, Inman and Squires. Who was 4th?

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Rottler

1st August 2018, 16:30

Hi vathra,

to 42-52272: the 4th POW was S/Sgt Lynn Mason Ripley, 15324743.

Regards

Leo

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