Casualty questionnaire, page 5: Bratlie, Jack R · 21 January 1945
AFPPA-12
11539.
CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
1. Your name Bratlie, Jack R.
Rank ist Lt. Serial No. 0-2068581
Barton
as
2. Organization 483 Bm Gp Commender PAul BartRank Col. Sqn COJack DouglRank Malor,
(full name)
(full name)
3. What year
1945
month Januery
day 21
did you go down?
4. that was the mission, Vienna on Refzarget,
Vienna
, target
ime, 1258
altitude, 27400
route scheduled,
, route flown
5. Where were you when you left formation? Kralova 48° 21' N. 17°18' E.
6. Did you bail out?
No.
7. Did other members of crew bail out? No.
8. Tell all you know about when, where, how each person in your aircraft for whom no
individual questionnaire is attached bailed out. A crew list is attached. Please
give facts. If you don't know, say: "No Knowledge". Our crew 10 men all
no one bailed out. All landed safely.
9. Where did our aRcreft strike the ground? Landed 11 kilo. southeast of
48 57 N. 19 46 E.
K-3kunmajsa Hungary.
10. What membex of your crew were in the airoraft when it struck the ground? (Should
cross check with 8 above and individual questionnaires)
All members of the crew were 12 the plane, and all crashed-landed
safely,
11. Where wore they in aircraft?They were in ditching positions.
12. What was their condition? No ons was injured,
13. When, where, and in what condition did you last see any members not already des-
cribed above? We were all taken safely to friendly peasants, turned
over to Russians, and then turned over to the American mission in
Bucharest, nunania. From there WO were fown to Bari, Italy. 15th
Air Force headquarters, and then interro. ten and frown back to our
base.
14. Please give any similar information on personnel of any other crow of which you
have knowledge. Indicate source of information. Lt. Alex Korshumk boabardier
Was killed when the crew with which he was flying tried to crash-land
someplace in Jugoslavia. There were II men on the plane and three of
the men got out sarely, the rest were killed. I don't know the names
OT the other men. The pilot, and 00-01200 were smong those sare and
the co-pilot told the story to ne.
(Any additional information may be written on the back)
6-3862, AF
11539.
CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
1. Your name Bratlie, Jack R.
Rank ist Lt. Serial No. 0-2068581
Barton
as
2. Organization 483 Bm Gp Commender PAul BartRank Col. Sqn COJack DouglRank Malor,
(full name)
(full name)
3. What year
1945
month Januery
day 21
did you go down?
4. that was the mission, Vienna on Refzarget,
Vienna
, target
ime, 1258
altitude, 27400
route scheduled,
, route flown
5. Where were you when you left formation? Kralova 48° 21' N. 17°18' E.
6. Did you bail out?
No.
7. Did other members of crew bail out? No.
8. Tell all you know about when, where, how each person in your aircraft for whom no
individual questionnaire is attached bailed out. A crew list is attached. Please
give facts. If you don't know, say: "No Knowledge". Our crew 10 men all
no one bailed out. All landed safely.
9. Where did our aRcreft strike the ground? Landed 11 kilo. southeast of
48 57 N. 19 46 E.
K-3kunmajsa Hungary.
10. What membex of your crew were in the airoraft when it struck the ground? (Should
cross check with 8 above and individual questionnaires)
All members of the crew were 12 the plane, and all crashed-landed
safely,
11. Where wore they in aircraft?They were in ditching positions.
12. What was their condition? No ons was injured,
13. When, where, and in what condition did you last see any members not already des-
cribed above? We were all taken safely to friendly peasants, turned
over to Russians, and then turned over to the American mission in
Bucharest, nunania. From there WO were fown to Bari, Italy. 15th
Air Force headquarters, and then interro. ten and frown back to our
base.
14. Please give any similar information on personnel of any other crow of which you
have knowledge. Indicate source of information. Lt. Alex Korshumk boabardier
Was killed when the crew with which he was flying tried to crash-land
someplace in Jugoslavia. There were II men on the plane and three of
the men got out sarely, the rest were killed. I don't know the names
OT the other men. The pilot, and 00-01200 were smong those sare and
the co-pilot told the story to ne.
(Any additional information may be written on the back)
6-3862, AF
National Archives, MACR 11539, page 5 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.