SNAKE EYES
B-17F 42-13611
CREW ROSTER
SNAKE EYES
B-17F 42-13611
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 | 6 (7) | 6 (7) | 6 (7) | 6 (7) | 6 (7) | 4 (5) | 0 | 5 (6) | 6 (7) | 6 (7) | |
| Edmond, OK | Albany, NY | Findley, OH | Missoula, MT | Toledo, OH | Port Arthur, TX | Claremont, NH | Ely, MN | Grand Forks, ND | Burlington, VT | ||
| Piombino | Snakenburg, Harold | Icovelli, Ralph | McClain, David | Eastburn, Charles | Sikorsky, Ivan | Clellan, Alex | Erskine, Alan | Anderson, Carl | Zanders, Paul | Arledge, Phillip | |
| Milan | Snakenburg | Icovelli | McClain | Eastburn | Sikorsky | Clellan | Erskine FB=Recovers | Anderson | Zanders | Arledge | |
| Ploesti | Snakenburg | Icovelli | McClain | Eastburn | Sikorsky | Clellan | Erskine | Anderson | Zanders LW | Arledge | |
| Brasov | Snakenburg | Icovelli | McClain | Eastburn | Sikorsky | Clellan SW=17 days | Erskine | Anderson | Zanders | Arledge | |
| Bucharest | Snakenburg LW | Icovelli | McClain LW | Eastburn | Sikorsky | Bishop, Art SW=Home | Erskine | Anderson LWx2=6 days | Zanders | Arledge | |
| Wiener-Neustadt | Snakenburg | Icovelli | McClain | Eastburn | Sikorsky | Hayden, Paul | Erskine FB=Home |
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O'Dell, Francis | Zanders | Arledge |
| ? | Snakenburg | Icovelli | McClain | Eastburn | Sikorsky | Hayden | Hamilton, Ira | Anderson | Zanders | Arledge | |
SPECIAL CREW ABILITIES:
2nd Lt. McClain has the pilot school wash out skill. He may make an emergency landing with a landing modifier of -6.
CREW HISTORY:
TSgt. Bishop flew on Ploesti mission with Johnson, F. crew on Lucky Nickel.
TSgt. Hayden flew on Ploesti mission with Behrens crew on Case In Point.
Sgt. O'Dell flew on Ploesti mission with Behrens crew on Case In Point.
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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57 |
Piombino, Italy | Industry - Steel | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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59 |
Milan, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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60 |
Ploesti, Romania | Marshalling Yards | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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61 |
Brasov, Romania | Aircraft Factory | Abort zone-5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | - | - |
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62 |
Bucharest, Romania | Marshalling Yards | Abort zone-5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
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63 |
Wiener-Neustadt | Aircraft Factory | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | - |
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TOTALS |
Avg: 38.8% | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
MISSION NOTES
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Mission |
Notes |
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57 |
New crew replacements from the USA. Returned without damage or casualties. |
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59 |
Returned with autopilot inoperative, ball turret heat out, damage to the tail compartment oxygen system and to the starboard tail plane, superficial damage to the tail, radio room, and starboard wing, and 1 case of frostbite. Claims: 1 FW-190 by 2nd Lt. McClain. |
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60 |
Returned with Autopilot, port elevator, starboard aileron, nose gun & tail guns inoperable, control cables damaged, superficial damage to the tail, starboard wind, and pilot compartment and 1 casualty. Claims: 1 ME-109 & 1 ME-110 by Sgt. Erskine. |
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61 |
Aborted mission (zone-5) from loss of an engine. Jettison bombs and returned to base alone with the #4 engine knocked out, minor superficial damage to the starboard wing, to the nose, tail, and radio compartments, and 1 casualty. Claims: 2 ME-109s by 2nd Lt. McClain, 2 ME-109s by SSgt Sikorsky, and 1 ME-109 by Arledge. Temporary Replacement: TSgt. Bishop. |
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62 |
Mission aborted (zone 5) due to loss of compartment heat and casualties. Returned alone and landed safely at Sterparone Field with radio destroyed, bombardier and navigator compartments heat inoperable, superficial damage to port wing, port tail plane, bomb bay, waist compartment, radio compartment, nose, and control cables (82 points), and 4 casualties. Temporary Replacement: TSgt. Hayden & Sgt. O'Dell.. |
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63 |
Returned with ball turret heating system inoperable, superficial damage to both wings, (12 points total) and 1 case of serious frostbite. Claims: 1 Me-109 shared by Sgts. Sikorsky & Arledge. Replacement: Sgt. Hamilton. |
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64 |
Sgt. Anderson rejoins crew. |
