Missing Air Crew Reports (MACR)

Whenever a crew was lost on a mission, a Missing Air Crew Report was created.   These MACR's contained a report number, date, aircraft type, aircraft serial number, group if known, and squadron if known.   

MACR Example for the loss of Aircraft #42-30255 on 12/16/1943.   This aircraft was from the 95th BG, 412th BS (Lonesome Polecat II) piloted by Fred Delbern.

MACR 1558:  West of the target, with number 3 engine feathered, aircraft left the formation under control  -  3 KIA, 7 POW.

The MACR Reports for the 95th BG, sorted in ascending Aircraft Number sequence:

2102427  - ????   Landed on the Continent and was salvaged             
2102450  - 12889  At 1024 aircraft was involved in a midair collision with 297376, B=17 297376 lost its position and fell behind 2102450, causing this aircraft to stall in propeller wash, then 2102450's tail section struck 297376ös right wing causing 2l02450ös tail to sep             
2102450  - ????   Aircraft badly damaged and made landing on the continent             
2102560  - 10840  At 1320 and as a result of a flak burst in the bombay area, aircraft left the formation on fire and seperated at the radio compartment             
2102678  - 10309  At 1320, and with number 2 and 3 engines feathered, aircraft left the formation under control and was under escort from a P=51             
2102700  - 7701   At 1754 with the left wing on fire, aircraft left the formation and exploded             
2102951  - 12048  Just after leaving the target with a runaway propeller as well as the wing on fire, aircraft left the formation under control             
2106993  - ????   Landed on the continent             
2107047  - ????   Landed on the continent             
2107050  - 9561   Before the target area aircraft was under fighter attack, aircraft jettisoned its bombs and left the formation in an uncontrolled dive, the tail section shortly afterward separated             
2107204  - ????   Aircraft landed on the continent and was salvaged             
229675  - ????   Aircraft last seen west of the target, 4th mission for crew.             
229680  - 2751   Over the target with Group, last seen after turn off target.             
229685  - ????   Alconbury Blast - Accident             
229689  - 4895   On leaving continent Aircraft was struck in right wing by out of control German fighter, forcing B-17 into steep bank, with a 5 foot section of right wing missing and no 4 engine running away, and control cables damaged. Aircraft headed back toward conti             
229693  - 2807   On return over the North Sea, while under fighter attack Aircraft left formation under control, then exploded and crashed into the sea.             
229702  - 4896   Aircraft last seen west of target.  3rd mission for crew.             
229704  - ????   Crashed on landing at Horham             
229737  - ????   Mission Aborted - engine vibrations             
229737  - 4898   At 1009 and under fighter attack, Aircraft left formation under control.  5th mission for crew.             
229763  - ????   Just west of target Aircraft became involved with a mid-air collision with 229675 or 230118.             
229827  - 4901   Aircraft last seen west of target.  4th mission for crew.             
229919  - ????   Crashed on landing on return.             
229943  - 2890   Near Oldenburg, and on fire aircraft left the formation under control and exploded             
230045  - 744   At 1220, with number 4 engine feathered aircraft made a ditching about 5 miles off the French coast near the Seine             
230105  - 4902   On return from target and under fighter attack Aircraft left formation under control.             
230114  - ????   This aircraft was badly damaged in combat and had to make a ditch landing in the channel on return, crew was rescued and returned to home base             
230118  - 4738   Last seen west of the target, this B-17F crashed in the North Sea - 10 KIA.             
230135  - 855   Shortly after leaving the target area, and with number 3 engine feathered, aircraft left the formation under control with the landing gear extended             
230150  - 214   Near Latham, and under fighter attack, aircraft exploded             
230161  - 547   At 1020, With number 1 engine feathered and smoking badly, aircraft left the formation under control and was heading for Switzerland             
230164  - 8960   After bombing target with no. 4 engine smoking Aircraft was attacked by 3 German fighters and left formation under control banking sharply to the right.  8 parachutes were observed.  6th mission for crew.             
230173  - 2544   Near Lingen, aircraft left the formation on fire             
230176  - 401   At 1030, 60 miles north east of Antwerp, aircraft came under fighter attack             
230181  - 2258   After concentrated fighter attack and with the tail section on fire, aircraft left the formation in a dive; the tail section seperated             
230182  - 1562   Last seen near the coast with number 4 engine on fire, 6 parachutes were observed             
230185  - ????   Aircraft crashed on return             
230192  - 217   At about 0807, about 10 miles inland over Holland, and with Oxygen lines damaged, as well as 3 engines feathered because of flak damage, part of the crew bailed out over the continent, before it was decided to try for home, about 6 miles off Dover aircra             
230194  - ????   After the target and with a windmilling propeller, aircraft left the formation under control             
230211  - 4903   Over the target, with the nose and tail sections damaged by 4 fighters, Aircraft left the formation under control.  1st mission for crew.             
230218  - 1561   About 5 miles before reaching the target area, aircraft began lagging behind the formation             
230219  - ????   Crashed at Framingham             
230226  - 2256   At 1030, with number 1 engine feathered, aircraft left the formation under control             
230233  - 3765   At 1459, shortly after leaving the target with number 1 engine on fire, aircraft left the formation under control and was heading towards Switzerland             
230244  - 1689   At 1205, aircraft last seen heading for the French coast             
230255  - 1558   West of the target with number 3 engine feathered, aircraft left the formation under control             
230271  - 545   At Soissons, unable to keep up with the formation, aircraft jettisoned the bombs and came under fighter attack, last seen flying into a cloud bank             
230272  - 1118   Just after the target and on fire aircraft left the formation under control             
230273  - 942   Aircraft last seen in formation near the target             
230274  - 402   Prior to the target, aircraft left the formation under control and exploded             
230276  - 615   Shortly after the target and with number 3 engine on fire, aircraft left the formation under control, until the wing seperated from the fusulage             
230283  - 403   Near Frankfurt and with number 2 engine feathered, aircraft left the formation under control             
230284  - ????   Aircraft badly damaged by flak and fighters.  Aircraft ditched a few miles off the English coast.  Crew was rescued.             
230286  - ????   Aircraft was badly damaged on mission and was ditched in the channel.  Crew was rescued and Returned to duty.             
230288  - ????   Aircraft was so badly damaged, a crash landing was made at Rackheath, resulting in total loss of the aircraft             
230300  - 546   At 1220, damaged by several ME=109s and with number 1 and 3 engines feathered aircraft with its right wing on fire banked sharply left, leaving formation under control and headed for Switzerland, the bailout order was given after fire spread to bomb bay,             
230304  - 196   Aircraft was last seen in formation over the target             
230377  - 854   At 1600, and with number 2 engine on fire, aircraft "Exploded" broke up and fell into the water             
230418  - 254   Aircraft disapeared between Antwerp and AsChen; Crashed about eight miles northeast of Malmedy             
230609  - 2542   After the target with 3 and 4 engines on fire, aircraft broke up and went down wings end over end             
230634  - 2423   At 1543, and with number 2 engine on fire, aircraft left the formation under control             
230674  - 2024   Just before the target, aircraft last seen flying into a cloud bank             
230817  - 1044   Near the RP with one engine feathered, and the landing gear extended, aircraft left the formation under control             
231054  - 2545   After the target and on fire aircraft left the formation under control             
231123  - ????   Shortly after take off, aircraft stalled, crashed at Green Farm, Redlingfield             
23115  - 4908   At 1220, over the Island of Zuit, Beveland and under fighter attack, Aircraft spun out of formation, crashed on the island of Noard, Beveland.             
231205  - 3228   Last seen over the target area             
231258  - 3648   At 0920, near Chateau Thierry, and with the right wing on fire, aircraft had an explosion in the wing, went into a shallow spin, and after a second explosion disintergrated             
231299  - 2999   On return from the target and with the wing on fire from fighter attacks, aircraft stayed with the formatin as long as possible before informing the group leader that they were going to bail out             
231305  - 1557   Details of this loss are unknown             
231320  - 4469   Aircraft was hit by flak near Dummer Lake and with number 2 engine feathered, aircraft "peeled away" though the engine was restarted, aircraft continued to lag behind the formation             
231329  - 3229   Just prior to bomb run with the bomb bay area on fire, aircraft dropped out of formation and jettisoned the bombload             
231376  - ????   After being damaged over the target the crew elected to make a try for a friendly airfield in Russia, which they did and the crew was returned but the aircraft was salvaged             
231462  - 12320  Just before the target area number 3 and 4 engines damaged by flak, aircraft continued with the bomb run, and at 1202 was forced to leave the formation. Shortly after this a third engine failed and the bail out order was given, but before the crew could              
231514  - 8178   At 1134 over the target, and with number 2 engine feathered, and number 1 engine smoking, aircraft pulled out of the formation under control and went into a dive to extinguish the fire, unable to regain position in the formation, aircraft attempted to re             
231561  - 2644   With number 1 engine hit, and half of the horizontal stabalizer ôshot awayö aircraft left the formation under control and was heading for the Danish coast. Last seen flying into a cloud bank under attack from a yellow nose Fw=109             
231565  - 2795   Immediately after bombing the target aircraft turned slowly to the left and went into a steep controlled dive             
231589  - 8177   At 1134, as a result of a flak burst aircraft was thrown over on its back, went into a dive leveled off only to dive again, crashed at 1143             
231600  - 11195  At 1140 and with two engines feathered, aircraft left the formation under control, eventually jettisoning the BT Radio contact maintained until 1254 and received fighter escort until 1320             
231632  - 4264   Shortly after the IP and with engine trouble from the very beginning of the mission, aircraft dropped behind the formation, bombing the target as planned, Interned at Dubendorf, Switzerland             
231658  - 2546   After the target aircraft was "knocked out" of formation and was last seen spinning earthward             
231675  - ????   Landed on the continent and was salvaged             
231681  - 5794   On the return with 1 engine on fire, aircraft, left the formation under control and at 0610, crashed into the water about five miles off of Fleixtowe             
231734  - 2796   Shortly after leaving the target aircraft left the formation under control             
231785  - 2797   After bombing the target with number 1 engine featherd, aircraft could not keep up with the formation             
231798  - 3801   At 1223, over the target, and after 2 Fw=190s attacked from 11 oöclock high, aircraft was still in formation but was not seen after a second attack from Fw=190s             
231835  - 3808   Immediately after leaving the target, and on fire, aircraft left the lorination under control             
231887  - 12378  At 1142 with number 2 engine feathered the aircraft lagged behind the formation, and was last reported heading in a northwest direction             
231910  - 2798   At 1245, over the target aircraft lost altitude rapidly and left the formation under control             
231924  - 5343   Aircraft was damaged by German Fighters, then left formation under control             
23194  - 400   On returning from the mission, and damaged by flak, aircraft left the formation and exploded             
231989  - ????   After flak damage, and number 1 engine smoking, left the formation under control and headed for Switzerland             
231993  - 4269   After leaving the target area and with number 1 engine feathered while number 2 engine was smoking, aircraft left the formation under control. Interned at Dubendorf, Switzerland             
231999  - ????   Aircraft made forced landing in Russian territory aircraft salvaged, crew returned             
232002  - 2982   At 1210 north of Osnabruk with number 3 and 4 engines feathered and number 2 engine on fire aircraft went into a dive and then leveled off while the crew bailed out             
232019  - 3803   Just prior to the target, with number 1 engine feathered, number 2 engine on fire, and a damaged right trailing wing edge, aircraft jettisoned the bombs and was under fighter attack when the crew began to bail out             
23202  - ????   Crash landing on return             
23206  - 4404   Over target with 3 engines feathered and the tail section damaged by flak, Aircraft left formation under control.             
23264  - ????   Just before the target with number 1 and number 2 engines damaged by flak, aircraft left the formation under control             
23266  - ????   Upon return from the mission and within 20 miles of the English coast aircraft left the formation under control             
23267  - ????   On return from mission, Aircraft was so badly damaged that the crew had to ditch in the channel.  The crew was rescued and returned to duty.             
23273  - ????   Aircraft landed on the continent and was salvaged             
23277  - 194   At 1650 shortly after bombs away and with number 3 engine damaged by flak, aircraft pulled out of formation, rolled over into a tight spin and exploded.             
23282  - 118   Around 1000, near Hoenhausen aircraft left the formation under control             
23283  - ????   At 1030 with number 4 propeller govenor inoperative and number 3 engine on fire, pilot crash landed at Earls Colne             
23286  - 2453   Aircraft last seen west of target.              
23298  - 195   Just before the bomb run with number 3 and 4 engines on fire, aircraft fell behind the formation             
23317  - 1559   Fifteen minutes before the target area, aircraft left the formation under control             
23321  - ????   Aircraft was severely damaged during this mission by flak, and German fighter aircraft, Aircraft made it back to the channel but ran out of power and altitude and made a ditching in the water, crew was rescued and returned to base             
23462  - 2424   Last seen over the target             
23497  - 943   Immediately after leaving the target area, aircraft underwent a severe concentrated fighter attack, 9 Parachutes were observed before aircraft exploded             
23529  - 2979   At 1335, near Brunswick, and on fire aircraft left the formation under control             
23545  - 2257   At 1225, near Hulste, with the right wing on fire, aircraft left the formation under control             
237734  - 4886   Aircraft last seen at 1215, after the bomb run             
237756  - 2259   Over the target with one engine feathered and the bomb doors open, aircraft left the formation under control             
237766  - 1702   Just before the target aircraft left the formation under control             
237876  - 3804   At 1218, and damaged by rockets, aircraft winged over to the left and climbed slightly before the crew bailed out             
237879  - 8176   Involved in a mid air collision with 297797, when hit by flak, 297797 hit the stabalizer of 237897, on fire this aircraft went into a dive             
237882  - ????   Landed on the continent             
237882  - ????   Landed on the continent and was salvaged             
237889  - 6741   Shortly after leaving the target, aircraft, with number 1 engine on fire and number 4 engine feathered, "peeled away" from the formation, Last seen at 1123 over the Zuider Zee with friendly fighter escort             
237894  - ????   Crashed and was salvaged             
237929  - 2983   At 1402 with the landing gear extended aircraft left the formation under control             
237935  - 3805   MACR 3807. Aircraft with smoke coming out between number 3 engine and the fuselage as well as number 2 engine on fire, peeled away from the formation under control             
237971  - 2526   After the target with number 1 engine on fire, aircraft left the formation under control             
237988  - 4470   On the return from the mission aircraft left the formation under control             
238024  - 2984   Over the target area with number 3 engine on fire, aircraft went into a steep dive             
238123  - 5915   After the bomb run the aircraft went into a spin             
238151  - 3230   Details are unknown             
238178  - 7409   Near the IP and with number 2 prop feathered, aircraft ñpeeled away" from the formation, pilot reported a P=38 escort             
239793  - 2985   With number 2 engine feathered the aircraft left the formation in a steep dive             
239869  - 3806   Just before the target and with the right wing damaged by fighters, aircraft winged over to the left and back in a slicing dive, gas spraying out and enveloping the aircraft in flames             
239884  - 4854   At 1230 South of Frankfurt, aircraft left the formation and exploded shortly after the bail out signal was given             
239897  - 2199   At 1122, near Villacoublay, and with number 3 and 4 engines on fire, aircraft left the formation under control and exploded with the right wing and tail sections seperating sending the rest of the fusulage into a spin             
239924  - 5160   At 1158, with number 1 propeller windmilling, aircraft began lagging behind the formation and was last seen heading into a cloud bank being pursued by 3 Me=109s             
239989  - 3231   At 1306, and with number 2 engine feathered as well as number 2 engine smoking, aircraft left the formation under control and was last seen with the left wing burned off, nine Parachutes were sighted, before the aircraft crashed and exploded near Schinei             
239989  - 4903   At 1306, and with number 2 engine feathered as well as number 2 engine smoking, aircraft left the formation under control and was last seen with the left wing burned off, nine Parachutes were sighted, before the aircraft crashed and exploded near Schinei             
25791  - ????   Transporting crewmen who had completed their tour B-17 crashed into a mountain at Bwlch             
25858  - 4894   At 1623, with no. 3 engine and nose damaged by flak, Aircraft ;went into steep dive, pulled up, collided with 229709, and went into another steep dive.             
25882  - 216   Last seen under fighter attack.             
25893  - 197   Last seen damaged by flak and fighters             
25918  - 2010   At 1215 aircrat left the formation under control and was attacked by two Me=l09s and Ju=88s             
25986  - 1560   Aircraft last seen about 5 minutes before the target area, under attack by fighter aircraft             
26039  - 1560   Shortly after leaving target area, aircraft left formation under control             
26098  - ????   Aircraft was badly damaged during mission and had to ditch on the way home, Crew was rescued             
297068  - 5954   Details of this loss is not known at the present             
297120  - 7410   At 1040, with one engine feathered, aircraft left the formation under control and jettisoned the bombs             
297168  - ????   Aircraft made a forced landing on the continent and was classed as salvage             
297194  - ????   This aircraft made forced landing on the continent             
297215  - 11368  Shortly after leaving the target and with nunber 3 engine on fire, aircraft left the formation under control             
297223  - 3807   At 1215 hours, with the right wing tip knocked off by a 37mm shell from a Messerschmidt 410 as well as engine number 1 feathered and engine number 4 smoking, the aircraft left formation under control.  Ten chutes seen.             
297257  - ????   Landed on the continent and was salvaged             
297264  - 9560   At 1211 with an engine on fire aircraft left the formation under control             
297290  - 4928   Interned at Akesholm, Sweden             
297334  - 8892   At 1220, and the right wing on fire aircraift swung to the right, then swung off to the left under the group, and left the formation under control             
297376  - ????   This aircraft developed engine trouble and landed on the continent             
297383  - 10839  At 1321, just before the target, and number 1 engine smoking, aircraft jettisoned the bombs and left the formation under control             
297383  - ????   Aircraft 297599 DETACHED to other BG, Salvaged on the continent             
297383  - ????   Aircraft landed on the continent             
297447  - 2547   After leaving the target under fighter attack, aircraft was reported to turn over and spin down             
297495  - 2986   Aircraft received damage between 1 and 2 engines, aircraft left the fonnation under control and went into a long glide pattern             
297797  - 8175   At 1330, over the target and suffering from a direct flak hit to the right wing causing number 3 engine to knock out most of the right wing aircraft slipped out of formation, struck 237897 in the stabilizer, and disintegrated             
297844  - 7500   At 1045 with an engine on fire the aircraft left the formation under control             
297858  - 11743  At 1222 with number 2 engine smoking aircraft left the formation in a steep dive, under control, and with the landing gear extended             
297961  - ????   Landed on continent and was classed salvage             
297989  - ????   Aircraft made forced landing in Russia and was salvaged             
337898  - 9372   At 1306 while over the target and after a direct flak burst to the right wing, aircraft left the formation under control             
338106  - ????   This aircraft sustained heavy battle damage and made a forced landing on the continent             
338199  - ????   Landed on the continent and was salvaged             
338283  - ????   Details not clear; crew returned to duty             
338288  - ????   Landed on the continent and was salvaged             
338288  - ????   Crash landed at the Horham airfield             
338460  - ????   Aircraft made forced landing on the continent and was classed Salvage             
338660  - 11755  Shortly after leaving the target area aircraft last observed in formation as the group flew through some cirrus clouds             
338760  - ????   Salvaged, landed on the continent             
338776  - ????   Landed on the continent             
338814  - 13848  Over the target with number 1 and 3 engines feathered aircraft left the formation; INT Bulltofta, Sweden             
338814  - ????   Landed on the continent battle damaged             
338899  - 12156  Just after leaving the target the number 2 engine hit by flak and a fire in the radio compartment, aircraft left the formation, went into a steep dive and exploded             
338922  - ????   Landed on the continent and was salvaged             
339010  - ????   Forced to land in France and salvaged             
339055  - ????   Landed on the continent and salvaged             
46085  - 8279   At 1304, over the target, and with number and 4 engines feathered, aircraft began lagging behind the formation and at 1331 aircraft exploded             
46098  - 7700   At 1340, shortly after the bomb run and with number 3 engine on fire as result of flak damage aircraft left the formation and exploded             
46482  - 9559   Aircraft hit by flak and on fire aircraft went into a controlled steep dive, last seen at 1206             
46528  - 11369  Shortly after leaving the target and with the right wing on fire as a result of fighter attacks, aircraft went into a controlled steep dive and at 1157 was still under control             
46583  - ????   Landed on the continent and was salvaged             
48151  - ????   Crash landed RAF Leiston and salvaged             
48179  - ????   Landed on the continent             
48305  - ????   Salvaged on the continent             
48331  - ????   Landed on the continent and was salvaged             
48438  - ????   Landed on the continent and salvaged             
48604  - ????   On return aircraft was involved in a midair collision when aircraft struck the underside of 48754 near the pilotös compartment shearing off the vertical stabilizer pilot W N Dunwoody ordered crew of 48604 to bail out aircraft CR at Campsea Ash             
48640  - ????   This aircraft came under anti-aircraft fire on the approach to the food drop zone, One engine was feathered due to flak damage and on the way back over the channel the aircraft was ditched