| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-50-DL: 44-6251 to 44-6500 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 487th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 839th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | R5-T |
| MACR | 9421 |
| KSU/ME/KU: | 3049 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (28 September 1944) |
History of
B-17 44-6463
Delivered Kearney 11/8/44; Grenier 22/8/44; Assigned 839BS/487BG [R5-T] Lavenham 5/10/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 28/9/44 with Clarry Lamason, Co-pilot: Kelvin Pierce, Navigator: Ray Kathary, Bombardier: Howard McIntyre, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clyde Adams, Ball turret gunner: Gordon Sorrell, Waist gunner: Bill Lordi, Waist gunner: Bill Bauchens,Tail gunner: Dick Gruwell (9 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Bob Breiling (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Naherstille, SE of Eisenach, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9421.
B-17 44-6463 Details
Eyewitness statement from MACR 9421
Aircraft was hit over target by flak, which bore a large hole in A/C behind #3 engine, and crew blew out waist windows. A/C continued under control, but three chutes came out, two opening, and the third beeing caught on the ball turret, and a man dangling from it. Plane was last seen at 5045N-1120E and traveling straight and level under complete control.
B-17 44-6463 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Clarence M. Lamason, Jr. | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Kelvin H. Pierce | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Howard W. McIntyre | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Raymond D. Kathary | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | S/SGT | Clyde D. Adams, | POW | - |
| RO | S/SGT | Robert C. Breiling | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Gordon M. Sorrell | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | William J. Bauchens | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | William P. Lordi | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Richard R. Gruwell | POW | - |
This page was last updated on 20 March 2020
11. June 2018 access_time 18:25
Clarence Marshall Lamason was the pilot ( he was my father)
I have more details available
11. June 2018 access_time 20:19
Can you sent me more details? May I can publishing it?
Please us the contact form:
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20. February 2024 access_time 0:37
Hello my grandpa was Robert C Breiling. We are going to visit Lavenham in May and also the Lurraine American Cemetery in France where he is buried. I would appreciate any information you might have. Thanks Gary
20. February 2024 access_time 18:09
Gary, email me & I will send you some more info
23. February 2024 access_time 13:07
Hello John, I didn’t see a way to email you directly. We have been looking through all of the info that we have which is a lot. I would appreciate any information you have,
I am not sure of the best method to do that. Here is an email address you could send to glbreil@frontier .com
Thanks Gary
23. February 2024 access_time 13:09
Sorry I meant to say the information we have is not a lot.
21. February 2024 access_time 2:22
Pilot Clarence Marshall Lamason “Clarry” & Crew of B-17G #44-6462 Radio Call letter R5-T
Shot down, Missing in Action Merseburg Sept 28 1944
Last Flight: with a mission to bomb an oil refinery on September 28, 1944 over Merseburg, Naherstille Germany.
The plane took enemy flak and the crew bailed out with the help of some very heroic actions on the part of Sgt. Bauchens.
According to “The B-17 Flying Fortress Story” Shot down 28-Sep-44, Hit by flak, abandoned by crew and crashed near Naherstille. flak, crashed Neustadt, Germany. MACR report # 9421
Marshall Lamason was 6’3″ Sgt Bauchens begged Marshal NOT to be the last to bail out,
he feared Marshall would have trouble fitting & passing through hatch with parachute and not make it out in time
Sgt Bauches was last man to bail out.
Lamason Captured as a prisoner sent to Stalag Luft #1 Barth Germany
Stalag Luft I – North Compound 2, Barracks 4, (block 4?) Room 5 till the end of WWII
Eyewitness statement from MACR 9421
Aircraft was hit over target by flak, which bore a large hole in behind #3 engine, crew blew out waist windows.
Aircraft continued under control, three chutes seen two opening, and the third being caught on the ball turret, and a man dangling from it. Plane was last seen at 5045N-1120E and traveling straight and level under complete control.
Stalag Luft 1 (situated at Barth, Germany) was opened in Oct. 1942 as a British camp…
when the Red Cross visited the camp in Feb. 1943, two American non-commissioned officers had already arrived.
By January 1944, 507 American Air Force officers of B-17’s & B-24’s mostly were detained there…