Mission: 02/03/1945
Pilot: R.P. Morris
Aircraft: 42-102951 -

Just after "bombs away" this aircraft was hit by flak. It had a runaway propeller as well as the wing being on fire, this B-17G left the formation under control; crashed Den Berg Texel, Holland – 9 KIA. Men were standing on partially submerged B-17 and Germans fired upon them. They were all shot or drowned.

Person	Status	Role
Richard P. Morris	KIA	Pilot
Dean M. Ratts	KIA	Co-Pilot
Kenneth C. Wood	KIA	Navigator
Leonard A. Pospisil	KIA	Bombardier
Kenneth L. Petersen	KIA	Radio Operator
Leroy H. Hansen	KIA	Top Turret/Engineer
Marion L. Bell	KIA	Ball Turret Gunner
Milton S. Onie	KIA	Waist Gunner
William T. Watt	KIA	Tail Gunner