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Missing Air Crew Report 3890
Military Record · United States Army Air Forces · 1944 · Missing Air Crew Reports
Sortie2BDB-24Missing in Action
42-100320.Over Frankfurt.
Mission 244 · 02 March 1944
Serial
42-100320
B-24J
Fuselage Code
GO
Squadron
328th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
1
men
The crew.
§ 1 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
2LtAndrew J. Logan
Navigator
Station 3
O-682200
Three Beaver Street, Clearfield, Pennsylvania
Prisoner of war
Returned
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In their own words.
§ 1 entry
Andrew J. LoganNavigator
2nd Lt. Andrew J. Logan, O-682200, served as Navigator aboard B-24 Liberator 42-100320 in the 328th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group. He was born 24 December 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On 2 March 1944, during the return course from a mission against Frankfurt, Lt. Logan bailed out at position 4955N 0530E during a heavy flak barrage. The specific reason for his action was not known to the remaining crew. Theater records confirmed his status as 'Captured' as of 2 March 1944. He was processed through Dulag-Luft (record no. 6-3224.AF(6), dated 26 April 1944) and reported held at Stalag VI G, Dulsdorf near Bonn. A German casualty report listed him as captured, with his place of crash listed as Luxembourg. His identification tag listed next of kin as Mrs. J. Dougherty, 549 E Carver Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His blood type was T42O.
The flight.
§ Ship’s Record
The Day
Took off fromHardwick (Sta. 104)
The Record
ResultMissing in Action
Record confidenceValidated against a source
Formation
Flew with328th Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo
The target.
§ As Briefed
Frankfurt
As the log wrote itFrankfurt
Notes.
§ From the Record
B-24 Liberator serial 42-100320, assigned to the 328th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group, based at Hardwick. The aircraft was not reported missing; only one crew member, the navigator, bailed out. On 2 March 1944, on the return course from a mission against Frankfurt, at position 4955N 0530E, 2nd Lt. Andrew J. Logan bailed out during a heavy flak barrage. The specific reason for his action was not known. The aircraft and remaining crew were not reported missing.
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§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1944
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