Missing Air Crew Reports (MACRs) are reports relating to Army Air Forces planes (and occupants) that were officially declared destroyed or missing in action during World War II. The basic document in each case file is usually the MACR form (AFPPA-14). For military personnel the information on the form covers their full names, grades, army service numbers organizations, and home stations. For the aircraft, it covers the date and hours the plane was lost and classified by the commanding officer as lost. Also contained on the MACR form is a statement that the emergency addressee of each occupant has been notified or that the home station commander has been requested to make such notification. Some reports include the name or names of persons with some last knowledge of the aircraft.
In addition to the MACR form, MACRs include one or more other kinds of documents. Often present is an “Individual Casualty Questionnaire” (AFPPA-11) completed by a witness to the loss of a single crew member. After listing the name, rank, serial number, and crew position of the casualty, and the number, date, and destination of the mission, the respondent, who was not a crew member himself, indicated when and where the casualty bailed out of the plane and where he was last seen. The questionnaire usually also includes the source of this information and any explanation the respondent might have had of the casualty’s fate. Another kind of document found in many case files is the “Casualty Questionnaire” (AFPPA-12), which, unlike the “Individual Casualty Questionnaire,” was completed by a member of the crew who had survived the crash or loss of the aircraft and who responded to questions concerning the flight itself and all the remaining members of the crew. Many files also contain at least one “statement,” a brief narrative account of the occurrence, signed by a member of the crew or an eyewitness to the crash.
Other kinds of records found in the case files include aerial photographs of the crash site and of the aircraft, annotated maps of the flight pattern and the location of the crash, and related correspondence. Files documenting losses of aircraft over German occupied Europe often include German documents, mostly Luftgaukommando reports captured at the close of World War II, or English translations of extracts from these documents. These records often indicate which, if any, crew members survived and the place of their incarceration. In addition, the burial location of dead airmen is sometimes given.
(Text National Archives Catalog, MACR’s 1942 – 1947)
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| MACR | Date | Pilot | B-17 | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACR 2917 | February 24th 1944 | Lt. Max Morrow | 42-38060 | Schweinfurt, Germany |
| MACR 2918 | February 25th 1944 | Lt. Archie F. Bower | 42-97457 | Augsburg, Germany |
| MACR 3003 | February 25th 1944 | Lt. James R. Chinn | 42-54463 | Augsburg, Germany |
| MACR 3004 | February 21st 1944 | Lt. Llewellyn G. Bredeson | 42-31596 | Gutersloh-Lippstadt, Germany |
| MACR 3197 | March 6th 1944 | Lt. Eugene H Whelan | 42-31595 | Berlin, Germany |
| MACR 3198 | March 6th 1944 | Lt. Roy E. Graves | 42-31627 | Berlin, Germany |
| April 9th 1944 | Lt. Amos W. Shepard | 42-97537 | Gydnia, Poland | |
| April 9th 1944 | Lt. Robert K. Walker | 42-97465 | Gydnia, Poland | |
| April 9th 1944 | Lt. David P. Parks | 42-31629 | Gydnia, Poland | |
| MACR 3827 | April 11th 1944 | Lt. Adrian W. Seabock | 42-97088 | Sorau, Germany |
| MACR 4058 | April 20th 1944 | Lt. Walter S. Milne | 42-97137 | Gorenflos, France |
| MACR 4306 | April 25th 1944 | Lt. Edward R. Bender | 42-97070 | Nancy, France |
| MACR 4800 | May 12th 1944 | Lt. John Akers, jr. | 42-31607 | Lutzkendorf, Germany |
| MACR 4941 | May 19th 1944 | Lt. Phillip H. Birong | 42-97481 | Berlin, Germany |
| MACR 5295 | May 27th 1944 | Lt. William E. Dee | 42-97460 | Ludwigshaven, Germany |
| MACR 5296 | May 28th 1944 | Lt. Emanuel Hauf | 42-97452 | Dessau, Germany |
| MACR 5297 | May 28th 1944 | Lt. Rudolph M. Stohl | 42-97067 | Dessau, Germany |
| MACR 5298 | May 27th 1944 | Lt. Roger W. Birkman | 42-38055 | Ludwigshaven, Germany |
| MACR 5299 | May 27th 1944 | Lt. Artie J. Whitlow | 42-31594 | Ludwigshaven, Germany |
| MACR 5300 | May 28th 1944 | Lt. Clyde B. Knipfer | 42-31520 | Dessau, Germany |
| MACR 5804 | June 14th 1944 | Lt. Roy W. Allen | 42-97579 | Le Bourget-Melun, France |
| MACR 5805 | June 14th 1944 | Lt. Charles R. Blackwell | 42-102464 | Le Bourget-Melun, France |
| MACR 5904 | June 14th 1944 | Lt. William F. Rogers | 42-31568 | Le Bourget-Melun, France |
| MACR 5905 | June 14th 1944 | Lt. James P. LaPaze | 42-31618 | Le Bourget-Melun, France |
| MACR 5906 | June 14th 1944 | Lt Malcolm E. Johnson | 42-97062 | Le Bourget-Melun, France |
| MACR 6003 | June 20th 1944 | Lt. William B. Bomar | 42-31615 | Hamburg, Germany |
| MACR 6004 | June 21st 1944 | Lt. Hershel L. Wilson | 42-31656 | Berlin, Germany |
| MACR 6005 | June 21st 1944 | Lt. Robert M. Krumm | 42-107015 | Berlin, Germany |
| MACR 6724 | June 29th 1944 | Lt. Albert Gumulauskas | 43-37562 | Leipzig, Germany |
| MACR 6925 | July 12th 1944 | Lt Edward Kozel | 44-6111 | Munich, Germany |
| MACR 6926 | July 12th 1944 | Lt. Gerald L. Kerr | 42-31552 | Munich, Germany |
| MACR 7254 | July 21st 1944 | Lt. Norris H. Gerber | 44-6103 | Schweinfurt, Germany |
| MACR 7548 | July 19th 1944 | Lt. Noel A. Cunefare | 42-97601 | Augsburg, Germany |
| MACR 7829 | July 31st 1944 | Lt. Byron S. Schiffman | 42-97087 | Munich, Germany |
| MACR 7889 | August 6th 1944 | Lt. Vincent L. Frost | 42-97131 | Genshagen, Germany |
| MACR 8195 | July 7th 1944 | Lt. Jack B. Owens | 42-30731 | Leipzig, Germany |
| MACR 8200 | August 24th 1944 | Lt. Teddy G. Shaw | 42-27558 | Weimar, Germany |
| MACR 8201 | August 24th 1944 | Lt. Winfred L. Pugh | 42-97571 | Weimar, Germany |
| MACR 9420 | September 26th 1944 | Lt. Carl H. Gooch | 42-32079 | Osnabruck, Germany |
| MACR 9527 | September 30th 1944 | Lt. William A. Millea | 43-38538 | Munster, Germany |
| MACR 9634 | October 17th 1944 | Lt. Norman M. Chapman | 43-37606 | Cologne, Germany |
| MACR 9766 | October 7th 1944 | Lt. Vernon M. Moland | 44-6469 | Politz, Poland |
| MACR 9767 | October 7th 1944 | Lt. Alfred W. Fischer | 44-8046 | Politz, Poland |
| MACR 9768 | September 28th 1944 | Lt. Harold D. Gay | 42-97456 | Gaggenau, Germany |
| MACR 9769 | September 28th 1944 | Lt. Fred J. Lockwald | 43-37834 | Magdeburg, Germany |
| MACR 9770 | September 28th 1944 | Lt. Charles J. Schultz | 43-38026 | Magdeburg, Germany |
| MACR 9771 | September 28th 1944 | Lt. Robert I. Ellsworth | 42-97470 | Magdeburg, Germany |
| MACR 9772 | September 28th 1944 | Lt. Albert L. Sikkenga | 43-38181 | Magdeburg, Germany |
| MACR 9773 | October 7th 1944 | Lt. William H. Flannery | 42-97638 | Politz, Poland |
| MACR 9774 | October 7th 1944 | Lt. Clarence R. Jennings | 42-102905 | Politz, Poland |
| MACR 9775 | September 28th 1944 | Lt. Keylon W. Clarke | 42-102948 | Magdeburg, Germany |
| MACR 10178 | October 25th 1944 | Lt. Francis J. Angier | 42-97899 | Hamburg, Germany |
| MACR 10207 | September 12th 1944 | Lt. Harry H. Selling | 43-31383 | Lauta, Germany |
| MACR 10208 | September 17th 1944 | Lt. Douglas Grantham | 42-97951 | Nijmegen, Holland |
| MACR 10314 | November 2nd 1944 | Lt. Samuel H. Schimel | 44-6155 | Merseberg, Germany |
| MACR 10315 | November 2nd 1944 | Lt. Gordon E. Gallagher | 42-31923 | Merseberg, Germany |
| MACR 10316 | November 2nd 1944 | Lt. James B. Corriher | 43-37532 | Merseberg, Germany |
| MACR 10317 | November 2nd 1944 | Lt. William A. Dawson | 43-37556 | Merseberg, Germany |
| MACR 10318 | November 2nd 1944 | Lt. Earl M. Morrow | 43-37766 | Merseberg, Germnay |
| MACR 10319 | November 2nd 1944 | Lt. William J. Murdock | 43-37782 | Merseberg, Germany |
| MACR 10320 | November 2nd 1944 | Lt. Kenneth E. Guptill | 43-38309 | Merseberg, Germany |
| MACR 10321 | November 2nd 1944 | Lt. Bruce F. Harrison | 43-38561 | Merseberg, Germany |
| MACR 10322 | November 2nd 1944 | Lt. Graeme L. Bow | 42-106998 | Merseberg, Germany |
| MACR 10343 | November 6th 1944 | Lt. Edward P. McGroarty | 43-38904 | Harburg, Germany |
| MACR 10344 | November 8th 1944 | Lt. Arnet L. Furr | 42-38064 | Merseberg, Germany |
| MACR 11150 | November 30th 1944 | Lt. John W. White | 42-107026 | Bohlen, Germany |
| MACR 11151 | November 30th 1944 | Lt Joseph C. Frechette | 42-31505 | Bohlen, Germany |
| MACR 11334 | December 12th 1944 | Lt. Montell C. Higgins | 43-37567 | Merseberg, Germany |
| MACR 11586 | January 13th 1945 | Lt. Irwin C. Popham | 43-38795 | Maximiliansau, Germany |
| MACR 11987 | January 28th 1945 | Lt. Wallace P. Boyes | 42-97164 | Cologne, Germany |
| MACR 12437 | February 16th 1945 | Lt. Roland H. Brazier | 44-6831 | Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
| MACR 12802 | February 28th 1945 | Lt. Roy E. Kirk | 44-8255 | Soest, Holland |
| MACR 13558 | March 18th 1945 | Lt. John W. Schwickert | 43-38203 | Berlin, Germany |
| MACR 13616 | March 24th 1945 | Lt. Sherril R. Williams | 43-38854 | Hopsten, Germany |
| MACR 13882 | April 10th 1945 | Capt. Melvin M. Fox | 44-8368 | Oranienburg, Germany |
| MACR 13912 | April 10th 1945 | Lt. Thomas P. Thompson | 43-38606 | Oranienburg, Germany |
| MACR 14183 | April 18th 1945 | Lt. William T. Thistle | 44-8557 | Freising, Germany |
| MACR 15270 | December 23rd 1944 | Lt. Clifford Hendrickson | 43-38812 | Great Rollright, England |
| MACR 15928 | September 10th 1944 | Lt. Homer M. Passmore | 42-97456 | Gaggenau, Germany |