Eyewitness statement, page 7 · 31 March 1945
CREW LIST
Sidney Lechansky lst Lt. 0-793133 Pilot
Left plane last near Cazine, Yugo. Broke right leg landing and
captured by Germians. Sent to German hospital in Zagreb, Yugo. Later
sent to hospital in Bari, Italy after the War was Over. Returned to
Halloran General, Long Island, New York.
Clifford B. Thomas L 1st Lt.
Co-Pilot
Bailed out of bomb bay and avoided capture along with bombardier.
Both returned together and arrived in Bari, Italy within three days.
The >dore Anema 1st Lt.
Mickey man
Bailed outof waist door and later met with tail gunner, left waist
gunner, engineer, and navigator. All five returned to Allied control
on the 12th of April.
Alvin Wilson 1st Lt. 0-678515 Bombardier
Bailed out of bomb bay and returned with Co-Pilot.
Charles G. Miles 1st Lt. 0-2065593 Navigator
Bailed out of nose hatch and met the four other crew members described
under Lt. Anema.
s/Sgt Edwin F. Gilmore Right waist gunner
Bailed from waist, captured and returned with pilot and radioman.
T/Sgt Harold R. Biddix 34776513 Engineer
Bailed from bomb bay, met and roturned with Mi Ickey man, navigator,
and tail gunner.
s/Sgt Warren o. Scheel 16093405 Left waist gunner
Flack wound in left leg, bailed out of waist, met with other crew
members on ground. He was taken to a Partisan hospital and later flown
back to Bari in a Grasshopper.
T/Sgt Sumner W. Riback. 31293676 Radioman
Bailed out of bomb bay, captured and returned with pilot and right
waist gunner.
Sgt. Edward C. Doland 35236469 Tail gunner
Bailed out of waist, met four other crew members on ground and
returned with them.
Sidney Lechansky lst Lt. 0-793133 Pilot
Left plane last near Cazine, Yugo. Broke right leg landing and
captured by Germians. Sent to German hospital in Zagreb, Yugo. Later
sent to hospital in Bari, Italy after the War was Over. Returned to
Halloran General, Long Island, New York.
Clifford B. Thomas L 1st Lt.
Co-Pilot
Bailed out of bomb bay and avoided capture along with bombardier.
Both returned together and arrived in Bari, Italy within three days.
The >dore Anema 1st Lt.
Mickey man
Bailed outof waist door and later met with tail gunner, left waist
gunner, engineer, and navigator. All five returned to Allied control
on the 12th of April.
Alvin Wilson 1st Lt. 0-678515 Bombardier
Bailed out of bomb bay and returned with Co-Pilot.
Charles G. Miles 1st Lt. 0-2065593 Navigator
Bailed out of nose hatch and met the four other crew members described
under Lt. Anema.
s/Sgt Edwin F. Gilmore Right waist gunner
Bailed from waist, captured and returned with pilot and radioman.
T/Sgt Harold R. Biddix 34776513 Engineer
Bailed from bomb bay, met and roturned with Mi Ickey man, navigator,
and tail gunner.
s/Sgt Warren o. Scheel 16093405 Left waist gunner
Flack wound in left leg, bailed out of waist, met with other crew
members on ground. He was taken to a Partisan hospital and later flown
back to Bari in a Grasshopper.
T/Sgt Sumner W. Riback. 31293676 Radioman
Bailed out of bomb bay, captured and returned with pilot and right
waist gunner.
Sgt. Edward C. Doland 35236469 Tail gunner
Bailed out of waist, met four other crew members on ground and
returned with them.
National Archives, MACR 13472, page 7 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.