Eyewitness statement, page 6 · 22 November 1944
CONFIDENTIAL
CASUALTY INFORMATION
(Supplemental to Missing Air Crew Report)
PERSON MAKING STATEMENT: Rosenthal, Se ymour 1.
2nd Lt
0718145
(Name
(Rank)
(ASN)
817
483
22 Nov 44
5 Jan 45
(Squadron)
(Group)
(Date of Casualty) (Returned to Allied Lines)
(Information contained hereon obtairied from returned crew members for use as an
aid in determining status of missing U. S. personnel. When information given is
considered sufficiently conclusive it will be used as basis for corrected Battle
Casualty Report.)
Crew Position
Name
Rank
Status
Rad Opr
Raymond C. Klapp
T/Sgt
Unknown
Aer Eng
Carl F. Hush
T/Sgt
II
L W Gnr
Cletus Kramer
Sgt
"
B T Gnr
Robert E. Steele
Sgt
n
1 ail Gnr
Zack Johnson
Sgt
Il
Nose Gnr
Paul Bergschneider
s/Sgt
II
STATEMENT:
The crew bailed out after two consecutive dives cver Austria from
26000 to 19000. Then from 19000 to 12000, At that time #1 engine lost cowling and
they left. Co-ordinates were approximately 167 degrees 44' N, 13 degrees 10* W.
isi Seymour L. Rosenthal
A true copy:
the Calling
ELLIS L. BURNS, JR.
CWO, USA.
CONFIDENTIAL
CASUALTY INFORMATION
(Supplemental to Missing Air Crew Report)
PERSON MAKING STATEMENT: Rosenthal, Se ymour 1.
2nd Lt
0718145
(Name
(Rank)
(ASN)
817
483
22 Nov 44
5 Jan 45
(Squadron)
(Group)
(Date of Casualty) (Returned to Allied Lines)
(Information contained hereon obtairied from returned crew members for use as an
aid in determining status of missing U. S. personnel. When information given is
considered sufficiently conclusive it will be used as basis for corrected Battle
Casualty Report.)
Crew Position
Name
Rank
Status
Rad Opr
Raymond C. Klapp
T/Sgt
Unknown
Aer Eng
Carl F. Hush
T/Sgt
II
L W Gnr
Cletus Kramer
Sgt
"
B T Gnr
Robert E. Steele
Sgt
n
1 ail Gnr
Zack Johnson
Sgt
Il
Nose Gnr
Paul Bergschneider
s/Sgt
II
STATEMENT:
The crew bailed out after two consecutive dives cver Austria from
26000 to 19000. Then from 19000 to 12000, At that time #1 engine lost cowling and
they left. Co-ordinates were approximately 167 degrees 44' N, 13 degrees 10* W.
isi Seymour L. Rosenthal
A true copy:
the Calling
ELLIS L. BURNS, JR.
CWO, USA.
CONFIDENTIAL
National Archives, MACR 9950, page 6 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.