Missing Air Crew Reports, WWII
Records: 819,382 · Complete: 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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Report of a Plane Shot Down over Germany
Elroy Joseph Prud'Homme's describes his plane being shot down
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Source Information
"Missing Air Crew Reports (MACRs) of the U.S. Army Air Forces, 1942-1947" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com//title/95/missing-air-crew-reports-wwii: accessed April 13, 2021)
- Publication Title
- Missing Air Crew Reports, WWII
- Total Records
- 819,382 · Complete: 99%
- Content Source
The 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.