OLD YARD DOG
B-17G 42-14209
CREW ROSTER
OLD YARD DOG
B-17G 42-14209
CREW ROSTER
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| Mission | Pilot | Co-Pilot | Bombardier | Navigator | Flight Eng. | Radioman | Ball Gunner | Port Waist | Star. Waist | Tail Gunner | ||
| Captain | 1st Lt. | 1st Lt. | Captain | MSgt. | Tech Sgt. 3rd | SSgt. | SSgt. | SSgt. | SSgt. | |||
| Phoenix, AZ | Minneapolis, MN | Sacramento, CA | Wichita Falls, TX | Valdosta, GA | Scott, AR | Newport, RI | Ringgold, GA | Beaumont, TX | Lincoln, NE | |||
| Miss. Flown | 37 | 31 | 27 | 37 | 41 | 40 | 30 | 32 | 36 | 36 | ||
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Chase, Michael |
Armstrong, Jack | Wiggins, Jim | Bonner, Steve | Post, Norman | Turpin, Ted | Palmer, Ray | Riddell, Phillip | Harris, Tom | Beasley, Ted | |||
| Klagenfurt |
Chase |
Armstrong | Wiggins | Davenport | Post | Vincent, Roy | Palmer | Riddell | Schultz, Del SW=Home |
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Stark, Tony | |
| Verona |
Chase |
Armstrong | Wiggins | Davenport | Post | Turpin | Palmer | Meir, Carl | Murphy, Lance | Stark | ||
| Linz |
Chase |
Armstrong LW | Wiggins SW=10 Days | Bonner | Post | Turpin | Palmer | Riddell | Harris | Beasley | ||
| Sofia |
Chase |
Armstrong | Forrest, C | Bonner | Post | Turpin | Palmer | Riddell | Harris | Beasley | ||
| Steyr |
Chase |
Armstrong | Forrest, C | Bonner | Post | Turpin | Thomas, L | Riddell | Harris | Beasley | ||
| Bucharest |
Chase |
Roberts, K. | Forrest, C | Bonner | Post | Turpin | Thomas, L | Riddell LW | Harris | Beasley |
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| Nis |
Chase |
Roberts, K. | Forrest, C | Bonner | Post | Turpin | Thomas, L | Riddell | Harris | Beasley | ||
| Treviso |
Chase |
Roberts, K. | Forrest, C | Bonner | Post | Turpin | Thomas, L | Riddell | Harris | Beasley | ||
| Gyor |
Chase |
Armstrong | Forrest, C | Bonner | Post | Turpin | Palmer | Riddell | Harris | Beasley | ||
| Belgrade |
Chase |
Armstrong | Forrest, C. FB=1 day | Bonner LW | Post | Turpin | Palmer | Riddell | Harris | Beasley | ||
| Wiener-Neustadt |
Chase |
Armstrong | Wiggins | Bonner | Post | Turpin | Palmer | Riddell | Harris | Beasley | ||
| Brasov |
Tanner |
Armstrong | Wiggins LW=5 days | Bonner | Post | Turpin | Palmer | Riddell LW=2 days | Harris | Beasley | ||
| Piombino | Armstrong | Roberts, K | Jackson, M | Bonner | Post | Turpin | Palmer | Riddell | Harris | Beasley | ||
| Rimini | Armstrong | Roberts, K | Jackson | Bonner | Post | Turpin | Palmer | Riddell | Harris | Beasley | ||
| Avezzano | Armstrong | Roberts, K | Jackson | Bonner | Post | Turpin | Palmer | Riddell | Harris | Beasley | ||
| Wiener-Neustadt | Armstrong | Roberts, K | Wiggins | Bonner | Post | Turpin | Palmer | Riddell | Harris | Beasley | ||
Special Crew Abilities:
Flight Engineer Post: His landing modifier (LD) is -8.
Radioman Turpin: applies a +1 modifier to a ditching attempt provided the radio is operational.
Personal Lucky Charms remaining:
Chase (2 - 1 used on mission 43), Armstrong (2 - 1 used on mission 43), Wiggins (2 - 1 used on mission 43), Bonner (2 - used on missions 53 & 61), Post (2), Turpin(2), Palmer (2 - 1 used on mission 61), Riddell (2), Harris (1) & Beasley (2)
Lucky Charm earned after Verona mission: Chase (#3) & Post (#3)
Lucky Charm earned after Linz mission: Turpin (#3)
Lucky Charm earned after Bucharest mission: Bonner (#3 - used mission 61)
Lucky Charm earned after Nis mission: Riddell (#3), Harris (#3) and Beasley (#3).
Crew History notes:
Lt. Davenport flew on Guidonia, Florence, Verona & M. Cassino missions with McConnell crew on Satin Doll; flew Villaorba & Rome missions with Chase crew on Old Yard Dog.
Sgt. Schultz flew 2 missions with Coleridge crew on Rock 'em & Sock 'em; on Frascati & Vrattsa missions with Tanner crew on Full House II; on Verona, Villaorba & Klagenfurt missions with Chase crew on Old Yard Dog; on Padua mission with McConnell crew on Satin Doll.
Sgt. Stark flew on Verona & Monte Cssino missions with McConnell crew on Satin Doll
Lt. Forrest flew on 6 missions with McConnell crew on Satin Doll. B. Runs: 30, 30, 50, 20, 30 & 20.
Sgt. Thomas flew 1 previous mission w/15th; flew on Athens, Rimini, Pola, Padua, Piraeus & Brod missions with 316th; flew M. Cassino & Campoleone missions with Griffin crew on Lucky Penny.
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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40 |
Klagenfurt, Austria | Airfield | 30 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | - |
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41 |
Verona, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 0 | - | - | 0 | 2 | - | - |
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43 |
Linz, Austria | Aircraft Factory | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| 44 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Marshalling Yards | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 45 | Steyr, Austria | Ball Bearings | 20 | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 47 | Bucharest, Rumania | Marshalling Yards | 30 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 48 | Nis, Yugoslavia | Marshalling Yards | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| 49 | Treviso, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - |
| 51 | Gyor, Hungary | Aircraft Factory | Aborted zone 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| 53 | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | Industry - Munitions | 40 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| 61 | Brasov, Romania | Aircraft Factory | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 64 | Piombino, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 65 | Cesena, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 67 | Rimini, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 68 | Avezzano, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 69 | Wiener-Neustadt, Austria | Aircraft Factory | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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TOTALS |
Avg: 23.2% | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | ||
MISSION NOTES
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Mission |
Notes |
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40 |
New aircraft assignment. Crew had flown between 21-to-28 missions in Old Yard Dog. Temporary replacements: TSgt. Vincent, Sgts. Schultz & Stark. Returned with rafts destroyed, damage to the control cables, cockpit windows, port wing root, 4 superficial holes in the fuselage, and 1 casualty. |
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41 |
TSgt. Turpin rejoins crew. Temporary replacements: Sgts. Meir & Murphy. Returned without damage or casualties. |
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43 |
Capt. Bonner, SSgts. Beasley, Harris & Riddell rejoins crew. Returned with top turret guns out, severe damage to the rudder, wing root damage to both wings, superficial damage to the #1 engine, superficial damage in numerous other places, 2 casualties. Claims: 1 Fw-190 by Capt. Bonner. Replacement: 2nd Lt. Forrest. |
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44 |
Returned with radio inoperable, damage to the ball turret oxygen system, superficial damage to the port wing, nose compartment, and no casualties. Claims: 1 Me-109 by SSgt. Riddell. Temporary replacement: Sgt. Thomas |
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45 |
Returned with a leaking inboard fuel tank on the port wing, dropped bomb bay doors, rudder controls and starboard ailerons inoperable, damage to the oxygen system in the tail compartment, superficial damage to both wings, the fuselage, bomb bay compartment and no casualties. Claims: 1 Fw-190 apiece by 2nd Lt. Forrest, Sgt. Thomas, Sgt. Riddell. Temporary replacement: 2nd Lt. Roberts. |
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47 |
Returned with #2 engine and intercom system inoperable, damage to both ailerons and the port wing root, and 1 casualty. Claims: 1 Me-109 apiece by SSgt. Post & Sgt. Beasley (Sgt. Beasley's claim later confirmed by S-2). |
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48 |
Returned with superficial damage to the port wing and no casualties. |
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49 |
Returned with radio inoperable, a damaged windscreen, damage to both wing roots and the rudder, and no casualties. Claims: 1 Me-109 by MSgt. Post. |
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51 |
1st Lt. Armstrong & SSgt. Palmer rejoins crew. Aborted mission over Yugoslavia (zone-3) due to loss of bomb control, intercom, compartment heat to the nose section, cockpit windscreen damaged, and superficial damage to the port wing, and no casualties. Returned alone out-of-formation without incident. |
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53 |
Returned with navigator's heating system and port flaps inoperable, damage to the port ailerons, superficial damage to the nose compartment, port wing and fuselage, 1 casualty and 1 case of frostbite. Claims: 1 Fw-190 by SSgt. Post and 1 Me-109 by Sgt. Beasley. Temporary replacement: 2nd Lt. Snyder. |
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61 |
1st Lt. Wiggins rejoins crew. Fell-out-of-formation after bomb run and returned alone with oxygen system, top turret guns, starboard wing ailerons, port waist gunner's heating system inoperable, superficial damage to the both wings, to the #4 engine, to the bomb bay doors, to the fuselage (5), to the nose, bomb bay (2) and waist compartments, and 2 light casualties. Claims: 1 Me-109 by Capt. Bonner. |
| 64 | Returned without damage or casualties. |
| 67 | Returned without damage or casualties. |
| 68 | Returned without damage or casualties. |
