Recent Comments made by patootie63, 301-320
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extract from 534th BS diary :
23-29 oct 1943 : Ground school, test flights, and practice missions took up most of the time as adverse weather conditions hampered operations over…
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crewmen aboard 42-31744 on 11 april 44, mission to Rostock :
Ernest R. Blevins (waist gunner)
Delmer D. Everly (pilot)
John J. Hickey (command navigator)
Alvin W. Jaspers…
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crewmen on board on first mission (6 feb 1945, target : Chemnitz, aboard 43-39139 (568th BS) :
James J. Abrams (ball turret gunner)
Charles W. Bryant (waist gunner)
Thomas P.…
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crewmen :
Pilot : 1st Lt B.F. Carns
Copilot :1st Lt J. DiGianni
Navigator :1st Lt D.B. Ligon
Bombardier :1st Lt M.J. Wiegler
Radio Operator :S/Sgt F.J. Vescio
Engr / Top Turret…
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crewmen :
Pilot : CaptV.K. Cammack
Copilot : 1st Lt R.W.Harger
Navigator : 1st Lt C.A. Haskin
Bombardier :1st Lt W.C. White
Radio Operator :T/Sgt G.A. Timme
Engr / Top…
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Crewmen aboard 44-8571 on 31 march 45, mission to Zeitz :
Robert H. Buhrmaster (navigator)
Richard H. Commers (engineer)
Matthew D. Corrigan (radio)
Herbert J. Culp (waist…
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42-39852 "Shatzi II" aka "We Aim to Please"
(390th BG 568th BS)
390th BG lost one B-17 on Knaben on 16 nov 43 :
42-30455 "Schifliss Skunk" (Becker crew, ditched in North Sea, 10…
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extract from 91st BG 322nd BS dailies (91stbombgroup.com website) :
The following A/C B-17’s on this
squadron were dispatched to assist in a raid on submarine construction…
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9 dec 44 :
could be mid-air collision between 42-97170 "Julie Mae" (379th BG 527th BS FO-A 7 KIA : 2Lts Gordon,Kennewick,Werley, Sgts Benson,LaRose,Reynolds and Weiss) and…
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crew was flying with 95th BG
Lt Robert L. HUGHES (pilot)
Lt Donald S. DAVIS (copilot)
Lt Leonard A. WICKENS (navigator)
Lt Richard E. ELLIOTT (bombardier)
T/Sgt Gerald GULICH…
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Crew details :
1Lt Robert E. Fuller (pilot) POW
KIA :
S/Sgt William H. Cassidy (ball turret gunner) was born in 1921
S/Sgt Richard D. Proudfit (bombardier)
S/Sgt James D.…
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8 april 1945 (not 10 april)
last moments of Wee Willie and its crew
42-31333 (91st BG 322nd BS LG-W) 128 missions accomplished
lost during mission to Stendahl with Fuller'crew (8…
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on 10 april 1945, 91st BG suffered no losses among its aircrafts and crews, maybe an error in the date of this event...
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5 nov 43 : 94th BG lost one aircraft
42–30166 « Black Jack III » aka « You Cawn’t Miss It » (94th BG 332nd BS XM-L) pilot : Kilian
ditched in North Sea (off Belgium)
8…
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Lt (later Colonel) Walter Bzibiak - Pilot (born on may 13th, 1920 - passed away on sept 2nd, 2012)
Lt Frederick J. Bohan - Bombardier
Lt William F. Barrrett - Co-Pilot
Lt Charles…
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looks like 305th BG 613th BS aircraft (IN-M)
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could be 42-97222 "Dueces Wild" ??
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17 feb 45 :
9 kia
1Lt Leon F. Porter (pilot)
F/O Joseph M. Gallagher (copilot)
2Lt Robert A. Wells (navigator)
S/Sgt Russell E. Shepherd (engineer)
S/Sgt Joseph T. Wilt…
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"Pay Off" crew' fate :
1 KIA : S/Sgt Frank E. Timberlake
9 POW
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