The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Loss record

MACR 7104: 41-24691

Aircraft
41-24691
Record
Missing Air Crew Report
Sources
National Archives Catalog, NAID 91025282 (3 pages)
Flags. date not read from OCR (None) only 1 crew names read from OCR; see page images

Crew, as read from the report

PositionNameRankSerialStatus
HENSON, Raymond M.Cpl.37388974

Names and serials are the machine's reading of the typed form; a linked name is the man's record.

Statements, questionnaires and capture reports

Casualty questionnaire, page 2: HENSON, Raymond M
AFPPA=11
INDIVIDUAL CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE File # 7104
Name of crew member: HENSON, Raymond M.
Rank:
Cpl.
Serial number:
37388974
Position: Crew (Bomber) Radio Operator Gunner
Did he bail out? YES
Where? IN THE SOUThERN UNSURVEYED SPOT OF THE
If not, why not? FIRST RIDGE OF THE HUMP
Last contact or conversation just prior to or at time of loss of plane:
Was he injured?
No
Where was he when last seen?
LOVE FIELD DALLAS TEXAS.
Any hearsay information: HAVENT HEARD EBOM
HIM SINCE OUR MILTING AT LOVE
LOVE FIELD
Source:
VONE
Any explanation of his fate based in part or wholly on supposition:
Total number of missions of above crew member: NOT SURE
Dates and destinations if possible:
NO RECO ILL
OVER
6-3861, AF

National Archives, MACR 7104, page 2 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.

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