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| '''Günter''' <br/>9/30/2006 12:08:18 PM 
| Hi,<br/> does anyone know where the following 401st BG planes crashed<br/> on 28. May 1944?<br/> #42-31034, &quot;Bonnie Donnie&quot;, pilot G.E. West,<br/> #42-31557, pilot W.B. Keith,<br/> #42-102580, pilotW.F. Protz, <br/> #42-102581, &quot;Lonesome Polecat&quot;, pilot P.F. Scharff,<br/> #42-102647, pilot F.H. Windham,<br/> #42-97073, pilot J.E. Ferdyn.<br/> Thank you in advance.<br/> Günter<br/> <br/>  
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| '''Scott McElvain''' <br/>9/30/2006 7:49:12 PM 
| 42-31034:  Leipzig, Germany<br/> 42-31557:  Belzig, Germany<br/> 42-102580: Aken, Germany<br/> 42-102581: Dessau, Germany<br/> 42-102647: Niemeck, ?<br/> 42-97073:  Steinburg, Germany<br/> <br/> This information is from the Project Bits and Pieces book on the 1st Air Division.<br/>  
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| '''Günter''' <br/>10/2/2006 2:06:58 PM 
| Thank you Scott.<br/> Günter<br/>  
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| '''John A H e y    ''' <br/>10/7/2006 11:12:29 AM 
| Based upon messages in the respective MACRsto which I have added the results of my own research on the spots, the crash sites are as follows:<br/> a/c 1/Lt G.E.WEST 800 m south of Krensitz, 15 km NNE of Leipzig. 3 KIA - 7 POW.<br/> a/c 1/Lt V.J. KAMINSKI  woods of Steinberg near Mühro, 20 km N of target Dessau. 8 KIA - 2 POW<br/> a/c 1/Lt W.F. PROTZ near an Inn 6 km east of Aken/Elbe, 5 km west of Dessau.5 KIA - 5 POW<br/> a/c 1/Lt P.F. SCHARFF at Glienecke, 36 km east of Burg, which is due north of Magdeburg. 4 KIA - 6 POW.<br/> a/c 2/Lt F.H. WINDHAM at Niemegk, 12 km west of Treuenbrietzen. 5 KIA - 5 POW.<br/> a/c 1/Lt W.B. KEITH Jr. 8 km south of Wiessenburg, 28 km NNE of Dessau. 4 KIA - 6 POW.<br/> All these locations are in the (north-)eastern part of Germany.<br/> The remains of 16 of these airmen were repatriated to the U.S.A. for permanent burial after WWII, whilst 13 still rest in U.S. National Cemeteries in France and Holland.<br/> John<br/>  
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