B-24 42-51112 was hit by a German Me262 jet soon after bombs away over Brunswick, Germany on 31-Mar-45. With one engine out, the Liberator had to leave formation over New Brunswick and lost altitude. With his Navigator badly wounded, the pilot asked if the crew wanted to bail out, but nobody did and all were in the ship when it crash-landed in a field between Tündern and Hamelin, 45km SW of Hannover, Germany. Navigator Murray D. Robinson and Top Turret Gunner Saul Katz were killed in the crash. 8 other crew members were made Prisoners of War (POWs) : Pilot Richard C. Bussell; Co-Pilot John C. Hubbard; Radio Operator Thomas D. Sherman; Nose Turret Gunner Dean P. Kern; Right Waist Gunner Ernest A. Flores; Left Waist Gunner Richard G. Burger; Tail Gunner Stephen L. Silvestro and Observer Robert M. Self. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 13735.