Mission: 12/16/1943
Pilot: F.A. Delbern
Aircraft: 42-30255 - Lonesome Polecat II

West of the target with number 3 engine feathered, aircraft left the formation under control. 3 crew members bailed out over Germany (POW); 5 crew members bailed out over Texel Island (4 POW and Eugene Darter MIA). Pilot (Delbern) and Co-Pilot (Neff) went down with the plane into the ocean about a mile off the northern coast of Texel Island.

Person	Status	Role
Frederick A. Delbern	KIA	Pilot
Donald P. Neff	KIA	Co-Pilot
Royal L. Jackson	POW/WIA	Navigator
Junius E. Woollen	POW	Bombardier
Eugene F. Darter	KIA	Radio Operator
Loren E. Dodson	POW	Top Turret/Engineer
Doral A. Hupp	POW	Ball Turret Gunner
Frank V. Lee	POW	Waist Gunner
Charles J. Schreiner	POW	Waist Gunner
Robert T. McKeegan	POW	Tail Gunner