Casualty questionnaire, page 31: Charles Sandman Jr · 23 October 1944
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CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
1. Your name Charles Sandman Jr.
Rank F/O
Serial No. 1-127622
483 Bmb
Svo Syn.
2.
Organization AC Gp Commander BARTON Rank Col. Sqn Co SPERRY Rank LT. COL.
(full name)
(full name)
3. What year 1944
mont h OCT
day
23 did you go down?
4. What was the mission, PILSEN
, target, SKODA WORKS , target
time, ABOUT 1315
,altitude, AGOUT 28000 '
route scheduled, ALMOST STR.
FROM SEVERO - TARGET, route flown SAME TO TARGET, BUT WHEN WE COULDN'T MAKE
(ITACY)
MTS WE FOLLOWED THE VALLEYS w TO SWITZ.
5. Where were you when you left formation? 10 MIN. OFF TARGET
6. Did you bail out? YES
7. Did other members of crew bail out? ALL BAILED OUT
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 Knowlodge". WAIST 6 - 1st out of waist,
NAV (MYSELF) 10 OUT OF NOSE FROM THEN ON GOOD BAILOUT PROCEDURE
WAS USED, EACH MAN LEAVING WHEN HIS TERN CAME.
WHERE BAILED OUT, IT RAN INTO A MT.
9. Where did your aircraft strike the ground? No KNSWLERGE - / THINK VERY CLOSETO
10. What members of your crew were in the aircraft when it struck the ground? (Should
cross check with 8 above and individual questionnaires) NONE
11. Where were they in aircraft?
-
12. What was their condition?
13.
When, where, and in what condition did you last see any members not already des-
cribed above? WAS AT SAME CAMPS (SAGAN + NURENBURG) WITH PILOT.
AVE
LAST SAW REST OF CREN AT WETZLAR, GERMANY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
co -PILOT. - & TWO OF BUNNERS (ONE GLENN LILLIE / SAW AT NURENBURG
APR. 4,1945, + SGT EDISON RETURNED ON SAME BeAT To U.S. AS 1 - MAY19,1940
ALL WERE IN GOOD CONDITION.
14. Please give any similar information on personnel of any other crew of which you
have knowledge. Indicate source of information. / SAW ONLY ONE OTHER GREW
FROM OUR GP. IN GERMANY. THEY WENT DOWN ABOUT APR 20 / DON'T
REMEMBER THEIR NAMES ONLY SAW THE OFFICERS OF THE CREW AT
CREW, THEY HAD ENGINE FAILURE Y CRASH LANDED - KILLED 3ENUSTED MEN
LE HARVE / THINK THE PILOT WAS ORIGINALLY A -PILOT IN LT. HASKINS
AS NEAR AS / CAN REMEMBER. ALSO SAW Co. PILOT JOHN RIORDAN , His
BIMBARDIER * MICKEY MAN AT NURNENBURG APR. 4, 1945. - ALL IN 6000 CONATION
(Any additional information may be written on the back)
6-3862,AF
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CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
1. Your name Charles Sandman Jr.
Rank F/O
Serial No. 1-127622
483 Bmb
Svo Syn.
2.
Organization AC Gp Commander BARTON Rank Col. Sqn Co SPERRY Rank LT. COL.
(full name)
(full name)
3. What year 1944
mont h OCT
day
23 did you go down?
4. What was the mission, PILSEN
, target, SKODA WORKS , target
time, ABOUT 1315
,altitude, AGOUT 28000 '
route scheduled, ALMOST STR.
FROM SEVERO - TARGET, route flown SAME TO TARGET, BUT WHEN WE COULDN'T MAKE
(ITACY)
MTS WE FOLLOWED THE VALLEYS w TO SWITZ.
5. Where were you when you left formation? 10 MIN. OFF TARGET
6. Did you bail out? YES
7. Did other members of crew bail out? ALL BAILED OUT
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 Knowlodge". WAIST 6 - 1st out of waist,
NAV (MYSELF) 10 OUT OF NOSE FROM THEN ON GOOD BAILOUT PROCEDURE
WAS USED, EACH MAN LEAVING WHEN HIS TERN CAME.
WHERE BAILED OUT, IT RAN INTO A MT.
9. Where did your aircraft strike the ground? No KNSWLERGE - / THINK VERY CLOSETO
10. What members of your crew were in the aircraft when it struck the ground? (Should
cross check with 8 above and individual questionnaires) NONE
11. Where were they in aircraft?
-
12. What was their condition?
13.
When, where, and in what condition did you last see any members not already des-
cribed above? WAS AT SAME CAMPS (SAGAN + NURENBURG) WITH PILOT.
AVE
LAST SAW REST OF CREN AT WETZLAR, GERMANY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
co -PILOT. - & TWO OF BUNNERS (ONE GLENN LILLIE / SAW AT NURENBURG
APR. 4,1945, + SGT EDISON RETURNED ON SAME BeAT To U.S. AS 1 - MAY19,1940
ALL WERE IN GOOD CONDITION.
14. Please give any similar information on personnel of any other crew of which you
have knowledge. Indicate source of information. / SAW ONLY ONE OTHER GREW
FROM OUR GP. IN GERMANY. THEY WENT DOWN ABOUT APR 20 / DON'T
REMEMBER THEIR NAMES ONLY SAW THE OFFICERS OF THE CREW AT
CREW, THEY HAD ENGINE FAILURE Y CRASH LANDED - KILLED 3ENUSTED MEN
LE HARVE / THINK THE PILOT WAS ORIGINALLY A -PILOT IN LT. HASKINS
AS NEAR AS / CAN REMEMBER. ALSO SAW Co. PILOT JOHN RIORDAN , His
BIMBARDIER * MICKEY MAN AT NURNENBURG APR. 4, 1945. - ALL IN 6000 CONATION
(Any additional information may be written on the back)
6-3862,AF
National Archives, MACR 9319, page 31 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.