B-17G-10-DL Fortress - c/n 8537- # 42-37751 - XK-P lost at Noordoostpolder (5 km NO Urk, kavel H-32) on 08-10-1943 (SGLO ref: T2935)

At the date of 08-10-1943, time: 1512, the aircraft type B-17 has been lost. The location of the plane was found at: Noordoostpolder (5 km NO Urk, kavel H-32). The unit of crew and plane is: 305BG/365BS. First flyer rank: 2nd Lieutenant, name: W.E. Emmert. The plane belonged to the Allied forces.

305th BG - 40 CBW - Triangle 'G' - 365th BS - XK - 1st Div - 8th Air Force
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Crew: Boeing B-17G-10-DL Fortress - c/n 8537- # 42-37751 - XK-P - Friday 8 Oct 1943 - MACR #871
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19076093 - O-737384 - 2nd Lt. - Pilot - Wallace E. Emmert - Madera, Madera County, CA - POW - Oflag 9A/H

11041765 - O-681371 - 2nd Lt. - Co-Pilot - Robert William Fortnam - Wollaston, MA - POW- #2818 - Stalag 3 - Stalag 7A

17026590 - O-747144 - 2nd Lt. - Navigator - Ernest F. Shelander - Northome, Itasca County, MN - POW- #2881 - Stalag 7A

18069336 - S/Sgt. - Nose Turret Gunner - Walter Junior Fox - POW - Stalag Luft 3

36359646 - T/Sgt. - Flt. Engineer / Top Turret Gunner - Joseph V. Weiss - Chicago, Cook County, IL - POW - #100186 - Stalag Luft 17B

11056499 - T/Sgt. - Radio Operator - Henry Edmund Bessette - Chittenden County, VT - POW - #100148 - Stalag Luft 17B

39456016 - S/Sgt. - Ball Turret Gunner - James F.( also P.) Strange - Nez Perce County, ID - POW - #100333 - Stalag Luft 17B

36152220 - Sgt. - Right Waist Gunner - Theodore J. Sysol - MI - POW - #100334 - Stalag Luft 17B

38229125 - S/Sgt. - Left Waist Gunner - Elton "Red" Fred Kevil - Ballinger, Runnels County, TX - EVD

17090660 - S/Sgt. - Tail Gunner - Howard L. Newton - Denver, CO - POW - #99294 - Stalag Luft 3

Wallace E. Emmert

Robert William Fortnam

Ernest F. Shelander

Walter Junior Fox

Joseph V. Weiss

Henry Edmund Bessette

James F.( also P.) Strange

Elton "Red" Fred Kevil

Howard L. Newton

Thanks to PATS (see source link for more info)