B-24D-1-CO 'Hot Freight', 41-23666

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Lost on March 18, 1943

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Nose Art B-24 Liberator Serial #41-23666 "Hot Freight"
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MACR * Content
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93 BG Battle narrative on March 18, 1943		MACR Missing Air Crew Report
Form 104		German Examination Report of Airforce District Command XI (Copy made to complete the file of the MACR in post-war years)
List remains found in the depending region of Airforce District Command XI		German News paper
* Early 8th AF losses like this were not assigned Missing Air Crew Reports until the end of the war

serial number	plane type / name	squadron	code	date lost	reason	mission lost on	pilot / crew
41-23666	B-24D-1-CO "Hot Freight"	93 BG 330 BS	AG B	March 18, 1943	Fighter and flak 15.37	Submarine yards at Vegesack Crash Location : near Moslesfehn (7kms s.s.w. Oldenburg)	Pilot Lt. Howard E. Kleinstuber KIA CP 2Lt. Raplh L. Hanson N 2Lt. Robert B. Ward KIA B Lt. Neil E. Stevens KIA TT S/Sgt.Phillip T. Servin KIA RO T/Sgt.Louis A. Webb POW BT Sgt.John D. Skall KIA LW S/Sgt.S/Sgt.James A. Deshotel KIA RW S/Sgt.Raymond E. Bell KIA TG S/Sgt.Edwin T. Robinson KIA

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Source : HeavyBombers Message Forums <forums@heavybombers.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 9:41 PM
Subject: 18 MARCH 1943

The B-24 lost on 3/18/43 was B-24 #41-23666 "Hot Freight" assigned to the 93rd Bomb Group, 330th Bomb Squadron. Pilot was Lt Howard E. Kleinstuber, 7 KIA 1 POW ...MACR number unknown.
Early 8th AF losses like this were not assigned Missing Air Crew Reports until the end of the war, this accounts for such high MACR numbers when they are listed prior to mid-1943. The MACR system as we know it was not put into place until the summer of 1943.
Contact the 93rd Bomb Group Association for additional details on this loss :
http://www.heavybombers.com/93rdbg.html
Best of luck with your research,
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