NORTHERN DREAM
B-17F 42-12237
CREW ROSTER
NORTHERN DREAM
B-17F 42-12237
CREW ROSTER
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| Mission | Pilot | Co-Pilot | Bombardier | Navigator | Flight Eng. | Radioman | Ball Gunner | Port Waist | Star. Waist | Tail Gunner | ||||
| 1st Lt. | 2nd Lt. | 2nd Lt. | 2nd Lt. | SSgt. | Tech Sgt. | Sgt. | Sgt. | Sgt. | Sgt. | |||||
| Miss. Flown | 11 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | ||||
| Nis | Calder, Jim | Lofton, John | Sanderson, Phil | Gringosol, Tal | Ludwolf, Ken | Talbolt, Frank | Smith, Herbert | Peterson, Peter | Kuderrin, Jim | Peagood, Walter | ||||
| Treviso | Calder | Lofton | Sanderson | Gringosol | Ludwolf | Talbolt | Smith | Peterson | Kuderrin | Peagood | ||||
| Gyor | Calder | Lofton | Sanderson KIA |
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Gringosol | Ludwolf | Talbolt KIA |
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Smith |
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Peterson | Kuderrin 2 LW= 4 days | Peagood KIA |
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| Ploesti | Calder | Lofton | Riddman, Geoff | Gringosol | Ludwolf | Cleggson, Tom | Holden, Mike | Peterson | Franklin, Gartner T. | Miller, George R. | ||||
| Belgrade | Calder | Lofton | Riddman | Gringosol | Ludwolf | Cleggson | Holden | Peterson | Franklin | Miller | ||||
| Wiener-Neustadt | Calder | Lofton | Riddman | Gringosol | Ludwolf | Cleggson | Holden | Peterson SW=10 days | Kuderrin | Miller | ||||
| Ploesti | Calder | Lofton | Riddman | Gringosol | Ludwolf | Cleggson | Holden | Franklin, G.T. | Kuderrin | Miller | ||||
| Piombino | Calder | Lofton | Riddman | Gringosol | Ludwolf | Cleggson | Holden | Peterson | Kuderrin | Miller | ||||
| Cesena | Calder | Lofton | Riddman | Gringosol | Ludwolf | Cleggson | Holden | Peterson | Kuderrin | Miller | ||||
| Rimini | Calder | Lofton | Riddman | Gringosol | Ludwolf | Cleggson | Holden | Peterson | Kuderrin | Miller | ||||
| Avezzano | Calder | Lofton | Riddman | Gringosol | Ludwolf | Cleggson | Holden | Peterson | Kuderrin | Miller | ||||
| Wiener-Neustadt | Calder | Lofton | Riddman | Gringosol | Ludwolf | Cleggson | Holden | Peterson | Kuderrin | Miller | ||||
SPECIAL CREW ABILITIES: 1st Lt. Calder has medical skill.
Crew History:
Sgt. Franklin flew on Florence mission with Metzger crew; on M. Cassino & Campolone missions with Folse crew; on Velltri, Rome & Weiner-Neustadt missions with Griffin crew.
MISSION RECORD
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Mission |
Target City |
Target Type |
Bomb Run |
Fw-190 Claimed/Dam | Me-109 Claimed/Dam | Me-110 Claimed/Dam | |||
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48 |
Nis. Yugoslavia | Marshalling Yards | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - |
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49 |
Treviso, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 50 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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51 |
Gyor, Hungary | Aircraft Factory | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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52 |
Ploesti, Rumania | Marshalling Yards | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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53 |
Belgrade, Yugoslavia | Industry - Munitions | Aborted | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
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55 |
Wiener-Neustadt, Austria | Aircraft Factory | Aborted zone-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
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56 |
Ploesti, Rumania | Marshalling Yards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 64 | Piombino, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 65 | Cesena, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 67 | Rimini, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 69 | Wiener-Neustadt, Austria | Aircraft Factory | ? | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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TOTALS |
Avg: 21.3% | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
MISSION NOTES
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Mission |
Notes |
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48 |
New crew replacements from the USA. Returned with minor superficial damage and no casualties. |
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49 |
Returned with pilots' compartment instruments damaged, and superficial damage to the bomb bay compartment, and no casualties. Claims: 1 Me-109 apiece by Sgts. Smith & Peagood and 1 Me-109 apiece shared by SSgt. Ludwolf & Sgt. Peterson and by SSgt. Ludwolf and Sgt. Peagood. |
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51 |
Returned with tail & top turret guns inoperable, damage to the port tail plane (1 point), to the rudder (1 point), radio room oxygen system (1 point), superficial damage to the bomb bay (Bombs hit but did not detonate!), and 5 casualties. Claims: 1 Fw-190 by SSgt. Ludwolf. Replacements: 2nd Lt. Riddman, TSgt. Cleggson, Sgts. Holden & Miller. Temporary replacement: Sgt. Franklin. |
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52 |
Returned with starboard flaps inoperable, navigator's equipment destroyed, superficial damage to the fuselage, and no casualties. Claims: 1 Fw-190 by Sgt. Miller. |
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53 |
Aborted mission after losing Norden bombsight after enemy attack. Left formation and returned home alone. Landed with the navigation equipment destroyed, the bombsight and landing gear instruments inoperable and no casualties. |
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55 |
Sgt. Kuderrin rejoins crew. Aborted mission zone-4 outbound. Dropped from formation and returned alone. Landed with pilots' compartment heating system and port elevator inoperable, minor damage to the #3 engine, some superficial damage and 1 casualty. Temporary replacement: Sgt. Franklin. |
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56 |
Returned with structural damage to the starboard wing, superficial damage to the port aileron and fuselage and no casualties. Claims: 1 Me-110 by Sgt. Holden |
| 64 | Returned without damage or casualties. |
| 65 | Returned without damage or casualties. |
| 67 | Returned without damage or casualties. |
