U.S. Total Army Personnel Command/U.S. Army Human Resources Command - Individual crew casualty files

[Richard T Eger]

From 12 O'clock High!:

Bart
B-17 lost over Cologne 10 Jan 45
Mon Aug 7 21:34:53 2000

Is there anyway I can confirm the loss of B-17 42-37936 "The All American Girl" over or near Cologne on 10 Jan 1945 by Luftwaffe fighters. A friend's brother was on the aircraft and all 10 crew members were KIA. No remains or wreckage were found. Is there a data base that shows individual engagements during the war? Thanks
for the help. Bart

[Richard T Eger]

From TOH!:




Rabe Anton
Re: B-17 s/n 42-37936
Tue Aug 8 04:16:06 2000


Bart,

The B-17 s/n 42-37936 belonged to 351st BS, 100th BG.
Her squadron code letters were E P • M. Pilot was Lt. John J. Dodrill. She crashed near Gladbach, Germany, the loss being attributed to AAA and fighters. Nine x
KIA Missing Air Crew Report No. 11744 applies.

You may obtain the MACR from the National Archives and
Records Administration at College Park, Maryland. Further
details about the casualty status of the crew must come
from the individual casualty files, which can be obtained
from the Total Army Personnel Command in Alexandria,
Virginia.

RA

[Richard T Eger]

I have a notation that the U.S. Total Army Personnel Command has individual crew casualty files, but can't seem to confirm it. The Command became part of the U.S. Army Human Resources Command in October 2003.

Supposedly, per my notes, the casualty files are at the Command's location in Alexandria, VA. The HRC is headquartered in Alexandria, with an additional facility in St. Louis, MO. There is also an Enlisted Records and Evaluation Center in Indianapolis, IN.

The website for the HRC is at:

https://www.hrc.army.mil/indexflash.asp

or

https://www.hrc.army.mil/indexNonFlash.asp

Using the latter and clicking on "HRC Alexandria", one finally comes to something functional. Utilizing "SiteSearch" failed to give any guidance on any individual crew casualty files. However, clicking on "Contact Us" did give a number of phone numbers for direct contact, as well as an ability to ask questions by e-mail.

Moving around from page to page one encounters repeated security screens, yet there was no problem in moving about this secure site.

Regards,
Richard