MACR 5035

416th Bombardment Group (L)

Missing Air Crew Report 5035

May 27, 1944, Saturday

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Aircraft Serial Number (Type): 43-9983 (Douglas A-20G-35-DO Havoc)

9th AF; 416th Bomb Gp; 669th Bomb Sq

Mission # 58; Box: I; Flight: 3; Position: 3; A/C Fuselage Code: 2A-J

Reason: Enemy anti-aircraft

Damage: Presumed Crashed

Point Of Departure: AAF-170 Wethersfield RAF Station, England

Location: Amiens, France

*Personnel*
Duty	Name	Rank	S/N	Status
Pilot	Hewes, Harry Earl Jr.	2Lt	O-669722	MIA, POW, SWA, EUS
Airplane Mechanic - Gunner	Boyer, Harold Eugene	S/Sgt	20506057	MIA, RMC, RTD
Airplane Armorer - Gunner	Kasper, Joseph Francis	S/Sgt	06944924	MIA, POW, RMN, RTD

Notes:
A/C Last Sighted. Lost as a result of Enemy Anti-Aircraft. A-20 was seen to drop out of formation over target. Last seen flying west from Amiens slowly loosing altitude.

Description:
Lt Hewes was also hit over the target. He was last seen flying west from Amiens, slowly losing altitude. No chutes were seen and nothing further was reported on him. ... The four crews were: Lt Allen W. Gullion Jr., S/Sgt Grady F. Cope, and S/Sgt Gerald L. Coffey; Lt Lucien J. Siracusa, S/Sgt James M. Hume, and S/Sgt Floyd E. Brown; Lt Harry E. Hewes, S/Sgt Joseph F. Kasper, and S/Sgt Harold E. Boyer; Lt Tommie J. Simms, S/Sgt Julius C. Williamson, and S/Sgt Harry W. Larsen.
(416th BG History 1944)

See Mission # 58 for additional details