Radio Op. S/Sgt. Murray Kaplan MIA/KIA
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Squadron: 578th BS 392th Bomb Group
Service #32703477
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart.
Pilot 2nd/Lt. Elwin E. Clapper MIA/KIA
Target: Kiel
MISSING AIRCREW REPORT: #07496
Date Lost: 6-Jul-44
Serial Number: #42-95041
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter: "D-Bar" 15th Mission
Aircraft Name:(NO NICKNAME)
Location: over the North Sea
Cause: flak over the target Crew of 9 MIA/KIA
INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS OF CREWMEN FATES: Nothing of record exists about any of these crew members and their fates.
Eye-witness account on the loss of this aircrew is sketchy. A summary report was given by Lt. Stroble, crew Pilot, 578th, Lead Squadron, on whose right wing Lt. Clapper's ship was flying and Lt. Caldwell, another crew Pilot, 576th, flying in the Low Squadron. The reports indicated that Clapper's plane had evidently been hit by flak over the target and that Clapper had called Stroble on VHF radio at 1030 hours saying that two gasoline tanks had been shot out and he was going to ditch the ship in the North Sea. The crippled aircraft was reported again at 1130 hours by Lt. Caldwell as still being in formation, but dropped out (of formation) at this time. The Deputy Lead of the (Lead) formation was then told to fly at 10,000 feet (probably to find and fly with the Clapper plane over the North Sea return route home). The Deputy Lead did drop down to accompany the crippled aircraft as instructed, but could not find it thereafter. Nothing further was ever determined about this missing aircrew and aircraft. Lt. Green body was never recovered.
BURIAL RECORDS: U.S. National (overseas) Cemetery records reflect that all (9) names of the crew are inscribed on the Wall Of The Missing at the CAMBRIDGE Cemetery (Madingley), England. All members are noted to have been awarded the Air Medal, and the Purple Heart.
The #42-95041 Crew
2nd/Lt. Elwin E. Clapper Pilot MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Carson A. Green Co Pilot MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Roy W. Losse Navigator MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. John P Murray, Jr Bombardier MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Fredric N. Bowman Engineer MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Murray Kaplan Radio Op. MIA/KIA
Sgt. Robert C. Fought Gunner MIA/KIA
Sgt. Robert C. Fought Gunner MIA/KIA
Sgt. Kenneth L. Beutler Gunner MIA/KIA
Sgt. Joseph J. Sabaca Gunner MIA/KIA
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Squadron: 578th BS 392th Bomb Group
Service #32703477
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart.
Pilot 2nd/Lt. Elwin E. Clapper MIA/KIA
Target: Kiel
MISSING AIRCREW REPORT: #07496
Date Lost: 6-Jul-44
Serial Number: #42-95041
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter: "D-Bar" 15th Mission
Aircraft Name:(NO NICKNAME)
Location: over the North Sea
Cause: flak over the target Crew of 9 MIA/KIA
INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS OF CREWMEN FATES: Nothing of record exists about any of these crew members and their fates.
Eye-witness account on the loss of this aircrew is sketchy. A summary report was given by Lt. Stroble, crew Pilot, 578th, Lead Squadron, on whose right wing Lt. Clapper's ship was flying and Lt. Caldwell, another crew Pilot, 576th, flying in the Low Squadron. The reports indicated that Clapper's plane had evidently been hit by flak over the target and that Clapper had called Stroble on VHF radio at 1030 hours saying that two gasoline tanks had been shot out and he was going to ditch the ship in the North Sea. The crippled aircraft was reported again at 1130 hours by Lt. Caldwell as still being in formation, but dropped out (of formation) at this time. The Deputy Lead of the (Lead) formation was then told to fly at 10,000 feet (probably to find and fly with the Clapper plane over the North Sea return route home). The Deputy Lead did drop down to accompany the crippled aircraft as instructed, but could not find it thereafter. Nothing further was ever determined about this missing aircrew and aircraft. Lt. Green body was never recovered.
BURIAL RECORDS: U.S. National (overseas) Cemetery records reflect that all (9) names of the crew are inscribed on the Wall Of The Missing at the CAMBRIDGE Cemetery (Madingley), England. All members are noted to have been awarded the Air Medal, and the Purple Heart.
The #42-95041 Crew
2nd/Lt. Elwin E. Clapper Pilot MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Carson A. Green Co Pilot MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Roy W. Losse Navigator MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. John P Murray, Jr Bombardier MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Fredric N. Bowman Engineer MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Murray Kaplan Radio Op. MIA/KIA
Sgt. Robert C. Fought Gunner MIA/KIA
Sgt. Robert C. Fought Gunner MIA/KIA
Sgt. Kenneth L. Beutler Gunner MIA/KIA
Sgt. Joseph J. Sabaca Gunner MIA/KIA
Radio Op. S/Sgt. Murray Kaplan MIA/KIA
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Squadron: 578th BS 392th Bomb Group
Service #32703477
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart.
Pilot 2nd/Lt. Elwin E. Clapper MIA/KIA
Target: Kiel
MISSING AIRCREW REPORT: #07496
Date Lost: 6-Jul-44
Serial Number: #42-95041
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter: "D-Bar" 15th Mission
Aircraft Name:(NO NICKNAME)
Location: over the North Sea
Cause: flak over the target Crew of 9 MIA/KIA
INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS OF CREWMEN FATES: Nothing of record exists about any of these crew members and their fates.
Eye-witness account on the loss of this aircrew is sketchy. A summary report was given by Lt. Stroble, crew Pilot, 578th, Lead Squadron, on whose right wing Lt. Clapper's ship was flying and Lt. Caldwell, another crew Pilot, 576th, flying in the Low Squadron. The reports indicated that Clapper's plane had evidently been hit by flak over the target and that Clapper had called Stroble on VHF radio at 1030 hours saying that two gasoline tanks had been shot out and he was going to ditch the ship in the North Sea. The crippled aircraft was reported again at 1130 hours by Lt. Caldwell as still being in formation, but dropped out (of formation) at this time. The Deputy Lead of the (Lead) formation was then told to fly at 10,000 feet (probably to find and fly with the Clapper plane over the North Sea return route home). The Deputy Lead did drop down to accompany the crippled aircraft as instructed, but could not find it thereafter. Nothing further was ever determined about this missing aircrew and aircraft. Lt. Green body was never recovered.
BURIAL RECORDS: U.S. National (overseas) Cemetery records reflect that all (9) names of the crew are inscribed on the Wall Of The Missing at the CAMBRIDGE Cemetery (Madingley), England. All members are noted to have been awarded the Air Medal, and the Purple Heart.
The #42-95041 Crew
2nd/Lt. Elwin E. Clapper Pilot MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Carson A. Green Co Pilot MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Roy W. Losse Navigator MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. John P Murray, Jr Bombardier MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Fredric N. Bowman Engineer MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Murray Kaplan Radio Op. MIA/KIA
Sgt. Robert C. Fought Gunner MIA/KIA
Sgt. Robert C. Fought Gunner MIA/KIA
Sgt. Kenneth L. Beutler Gunner MIA/KIA
Sgt. Joseph J. Sabaca Gunner MIA/KIA
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Squadron: 578th BS 392th Bomb Group
Service #32703477
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart.
Pilot 2nd/Lt. Elwin E. Clapper MIA/KIA
Target: Kiel
MISSING AIRCREW REPORT: #07496
Date Lost: 6-Jul-44
Serial Number: #42-95041
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter: "D-Bar" 15th Mission
Aircraft Name:(NO NICKNAME)
Location: over the North Sea
Cause: flak over the target Crew of 9 MIA/KIA
INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS OF CREWMEN FATES: Nothing of record exists about any of these crew members and their fates.
Eye-witness account on the loss of this aircrew is sketchy. A summary report was given by Lt. Stroble, crew Pilot, 578th, Lead Squadron, on whose right wing Lt. Clapper's ship was flying and Lt. Caldwell, another crew Pilot, 576th, flying in the Low Squadron. The reports indicated that Clapper's plane had evidently been hit by flak over the target and that Clapper had called Stroble on VHF radio at 1030 hours saying that two gasoline tanks had been shot out and he was going to ditch the ship in the North Sea. The crippled aircraft was reported again at 1130 hours by Lt. Caldwell as still being in formation, but dropped out (of formation) at this time. The Deputy Lead of the (Lead) formation was then told to fly at 10,000 feet (probably to find and fly with the Clapper plane over the North Sea return route home). The Deputy Lead did drop down to accompany the crippled aircraft as instructed, but could not find it thereafter. Nothing further was ever determined about this missing aircrew and aircraft. Lt. Green body was never recovered.
BURIAL RECORDS: U.S. National (overseas) Cemetery records reflect that all (9) names of the crew are inscribed on the Wall Of The Missing at the CAMBRIDGE Cemetery (Madingley), England. All members are noted to have been awarded the Air Medal, and the Purple Heart.
The #42-95041 Crew
2nd/Lt. Elwin E. Clapper Pilot MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Carson A. Green Co Pilot MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Roy W. Losse Navigator MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. John P Murray, Jr Bombardier MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Fredric N. Bowman Engineer MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Murray Kaplan Radio Op. MIA/KIA
Sgt. Robert C. Fought Gunner MIA/KIA
Sgt. Robert C. Fought Gunner MIA/KIA
Sgt. Kenneth L. Beutler Gunner MIA/KIA
Sgt. Joseph J. Sabaca Gunner MIA/KIA
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from New York.
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