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US, Missing Air Crew Reports (MACRs), WWII, 1942-1947 record example

US, Missing Air Crew Reports (MACRs), WWII, 1942-1947

Records: 819,382Complete: 99%

In May 1943, the Army Air Forces recommended the adoption of a special form, the Missing Air Crew Report (MACR), devised to record relevant facts of the last known circumstances regarding missing air crews, providing a means of integrating current data with information obtained later from other sources in an effort to conclusively determine the fate of the missing personnel. MACRs are arranged by year and aircraft serial number, which is also known as the tail number.

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Example Records

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Sample
Elroy Joseph Prud'Homme's describes his plane being shot down
Elroy Joseph Prud'Homme's describes his plane being shot down
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Sample
Report of a Plane Shot Down over Germany
Report of a Plane Shot Down over Germany

Source Information

Fold3, US, Missing Air Crew Reports (MACRs), WWII, 1942-1947 ( : accessed September 30, 2023), database and images,

Publication Title
US, Missing Air Crew Reports (MACRs), WWII, 1942-1947
Total Records
819,382Complete: 99%
Content Source
The National Archives logoThe National Archives
Publication Number
M1380
Record Group
92
Published on Fold3
28 Nov 2007
Last Updated
06 May 2011
Description
NARA M1380. Over 16,000 case files of Missing Air Crew Reports (MACRs) and related records of the US Army Air Forces, 1942-1947.