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win-win
3/11/2008 6:13:01 PM | MACR 9757, 10-7-44 about the loss of the 1st.Lt. A.J. Nelson Crew and 'IN-C' on the Politz Mission, has abbreviations after each Crewmen's name listed, in the 'status' column.
- - the 'KIA' designation is obvious; but
- - the 'DED' abbreviation is not - anyone know what that designation is?
(FYI, 6-Crewmen were listed 'KIA' and 3-Crewmen listed 'DED', and in some copies, the 'status' is handwritten and in others typewriten).
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Paul Bellamy
3/11/2008 6:24:48 PM | DED: Declared Dead (Public Law 490)
The list of MACR Abbreviations is roughly:
ALW - Alive and Well
ASN - Army Serial Number
DED - Declared Dead (Public Law 490)
DL - Dead List
DOW - Died Of Wounds
DOWRIA - Died Of Wounds Received in Action
DNB - Died Non-Battle
EUS - Evacuated to the United States
FOD - Finding of Death
KIA - Killed In Action
LWA - Lightly Wounded in Action
MIA - Missing In Action
NOK - Next Of Kin
POW - Prisoner Of War
RMC - Returned to Military Control
RTD - Returned To Duty
SWA - Seriously Wounded in Action
WIA - Wounded In Action
Hope that's of use,
Paul
Paul Bellamy
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Phoenix
3/12/2008 1:16:37 PM | Paul,
Great stuff but what is MACR? I know plenty of RAF designations using this acronim but non of them appropriate to it's use here?
Cheers
Dale
improvise, adapt, overcome
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swinny
3/12/2008 1:27:36 PM | MACR means Missing Air Crew Report.
MACRs were created when an aircraft failed to return from a combat mission. They document all of the
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Phoenix
3/12/2008 2:39:38 PM | Thanks Andy,
I would never have worked that out and as I don't have much free time to dig at the moment it's easier to pick brains on the Forum
All the best
Dale
improvise, adapt, overcome
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win-win
3/13/2008 2:54:58 PM | Phoenix: If you E-mail me at win-z@comcast.net, I can send a lo-res scan of a MACR facesheet (top sheet / form). As 'Swinny' notes, there may be any number of pages included in a complete report, depending upon circumstances, but the facesheet gives you the general 'picture'.
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swinny
4/25/2008 6:04:05 AM | Hey Paul.
I was looking at the MACR abbreviations and I found a new one.
But I don't know what it means, could you help me ?
NR ( vets alive ) means .......
Andy
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donaldbyers
4/25/2008 8:46:11 PM | I'm not Paul but I couldn't find anything on that one "NR" Not Recorded? Just don't know.
Don
Sgt. Donald C. Byers, 613th Bomb Squadron, Togglier, 42-97344 Carrie B II, KIA 08/24/1944.
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swinny
4/26/2008 2:24:03 AM | Hey Don , thanks 😂
It could be , not recorded, I really don't know.
I have seen a lot of MACR's by now , but this is the first time I see NR ( vets alive ).
Andy
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swinny
4/27/2008 11:01:48 AM | Thanks again Don , your wright, it means NOT RECORDED.
Andy
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EdS
4/14/2011 5:18:44 PM | "swinny":
MACR means Missing Air Crew Report.
MACRs were created when an aircraft failed to return from a combat mission. They document all of the
I believe it is Military Aircraft Crash Report...
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donaldbyers
4/14/2011 7:33:03 PM | MACR is for Missing Air Crew Report's which were in Europe and the Pacific. This was a well known use of the report to identify those crews lost.
Don
Sgt. Donald C. Byers, 613th Bomb Squadron, Togglier, 42-97344 Carrie B II, KIA 08/24/1944.
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