| 389th BG Missing Air Crew Report Details | ||||
| USAAF MACR#: | 2246 | |||
| Date Lost: | 29-Jan-44 | |||
| Serial Number: | 42-40795 | |||
| Aircraft Model | B-24D-100-CO | |||
| Aircraft Letter: | X | |||
| Aircraft Name: | THE GOLDEN SANDSTORM | |||
| Squadron: | 565th BS | |||
| Location: | Crashed near Frankfurt | |||
| Cause: | German fighters | |||
| Notes: | ||||
| Position | Rank | Name | Fate | Hometown |
| Pilot | Capt | Podolak, Stanislaw J. | POW | E. Hampton, MA |
| Co-Pilot | 1/Lt | Case, James W. Jr. | POW | Newport, AR |
| Navigator | 2/Lt | Spillars, Julian E. | POW | Hope, AR |
| Bombardier | 1/Lt | Brackendorf, Melvin | POW | S. Enola, PA |
| Engineer | T/Sgt | Jacot, Paul F. | POW | Tampa, FL |
| Radio Op. | T/Sgt | Cantrelle, Paul A. | POW | Raceland, LA |
| Ball/Tunnel | S/Sgt | Dickinson, Frederick | POW | Binghampton, NY |
| Waist | T/Sgt | Putnam, Leonard A. | POW | Waukesha, WI |
| Waist | S/Sgt | Crippen, Richard M. | POW | Atkinson, ME |
| Tail | S/Sgt | Townsend, Herman E. | POW | Columbus, OH |
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