Casualty questionnaire, page 10 · 11 December 1944
CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
Vincent Nelson
1. Your name
Rank S/Sgt Serial No. 374777 4
2. Organization AC Gp CommanderBarton Rank 001 Sun CO 817
Ren* Major
(full name)
(full namy Kilpatrick
3. What year 1944
month Dec.
day 11
did you go down?
4. Whet yan the mission, Vienna
, target, Edge of Vienna
, target
t ime, 12.30 P. M. ,altitude, 21.000
route scheduled, South of
Vienna
,
route flown Bailed out back of Russian lines
5.
Where were you when you lert formation?
Just off target
6. Did you bail out? Yes
7. Did other members of crew bail out? Yes
8. Tell all you know about when, where, how each person in your aircraft for whon no
individual questionnaire is attached bailed out. A orew list is attached. Please
give facts. If you don't know, say: "No l'nowledge".
We all balled out together but no one was hurt.
9.
Where did your aircraft strike the ground?
Close to Lako Valentine
10. What members of your crew were in the airc: raft when it struck the ground? (Should
cross check with a abc e and individual quistionnaires)
None, see 8
11. Where were they in aircraft?
12.
What was their condition? They struck the ground 0. K.
13. When, where, and in what condition did you last see any members not already des-
the
cribed above? We were all together, kept together t the Russians sent
us all back to Bucharest and the Americans sent us back to Italy.
14. Please give any similar information on personnel of any other crew of which you
have knowledge. Indicate source of information.
So far as I know, all the crew members reached home earely. It. Bowen
Griffith arrived in U. 8. before I did, which was May 15,
1945.
(Any additional information may be written on the back)
6-3862, AF
Vincent Nelson
1. Your name
Rank S/Sgt Serial No. 374777 4
2. Organization AC Gp CommanderBarton Rank 001 Sun CO 817
Ren* Major
(full name)
(full namy Kilpatrick
3. What year 1944
month Dec.
day 11
did you go down?
4. Whet yan the mission, Vienna
, target, Edge of Vienna
, target
t ime, 12.30 P. M. ,altitude, 21.000
route scheduled, South of
Vienna
,
route flown Bailed out back of Russian lines
5.
Where were you when you lert formation?
Just off target
6. Did you bail out? Yes
7. Did other members of crew bail out? Yes
8. Tell all you know about when, where, how each person in your aircraft for whon no
individual questionnaire is attached bailed out. A orew list is attached. Please
give facts. If you don't know, say: "No l'nowledge".
We all balled out together but no one was hurt.
9.
Where did your aircraft strike the ground?
Close to Lako Valentine
10. What members of your crew were in the airc: raft when it struck the ground? (Should
cross check with a abc e and individual quistionnaires)
None, see 8
11. Where were they in aircraft?
12.
What was their condition? They struck the ground 0. K.
13. When, where, and in what condition did you last see any members not already des-
the
cribed above? We were all together, kept together t the Russians sent
us all back to Bucharest and the Americans sent us back to Italy.
14. Please give any similar information on personnel of any other crew of which you
have knowledge. Indicate source of information.
So far as I know, all the crew members reached home earely. It. Bowen
Griffith arrived in U. 8. before I did, which was May 15,
1945.
(Any additional information may be written on the back)
6-3862, AF
National Archives, MACR 10129, page 10 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.