VENGEFUL HARLOT

B-17G  43-8870

Ground Crew Chief: MSgt. Martin Fenn (Pappy)

CREW  ROSTER

Medals      
Mission Pilot Co-Pilot Bombardier Navigator Flight Eng. Radioman Ball Gunner Port Waist Star. Waist Tail Gunner
2nd Lt. 2nd  Lt. 2nd Lt. 2nd Lt. SSgt. Tech Sgt. Sgt. Sgt. Sgt. Sgt.
Miss. Flown 13 (18) 9 (12) 6 (8) 6 (8) 13 (18) 6 (8) 13 (18) 0 0 9 (12)
  National City, CA Lynd, MN Damascus, AR Hidalgo, TX Peachtree City, GA Flagler Beach, FL Corning, MO Austin, TX Ruth, NC Glasgow, PA
Wiener-Neustadt Tines, Gary Zurn, Loren Newill, Cesae      LW Torbett, Dominic LW=1 day Ohm, Randolph Zimmerman, Preston SW=Home Piano, Damon Yasuda, Archie LW=3 days Inocencio, Gerardo Moad, Pete
Ploesti Tines LW Zurn LW Newill FB=Home Snyder, D. E. FB=recovers Ohm Cormack, Andrew Piano FB=Recovers Meier, Carl Inocencio Moad
Piombino Tines Zurn Ashurst, Nelson Torbett Ohm Cormack Piano Yasuda Inocencio Moad
Milan Tines Zurn  SW=10 days Ashurst SW=Home Torbett Ohm LW Cormack Piano Yasuda KIA Inocencio Moad KIA
Ploesti Tines Vandergrift, Pedro Fimbres, Corey Torbertt Ohm Cormack Piano Overman, Corey Inocencio LW=2 days Burmeister, Corey
Brasov Tines LW Vandergrift Fimbres SW=Home Torbertt Ohm Cormack Piano Snider, Fred Meier, Carl LW Burmeister
Bucharest Tines Vandergrift LW Hampton, Walter DOW Torbertt DOW Ohm Cormack SW=Home Piano Snider Franklin, G.T. KIA Burmeister
Wiener-Neustadt Tines Vandergrift DOW Flynn, Conrad Hogue, Dillin Ohm Witczak, Kevin LW Piano FB=Recovers Snider Inocencio Burmeister LW
Piombino Tines Zurn Flynn Hogue Ohm Witczak Piano Snider Inocencio Burmeister
Cesena Tines Zurn Flynn Hogue Ohm Witczak Piano Snider Inocencio Burmeister
Rimini Tines Zurn Flynn Hogue Ohm Witczak Piano Snider Inocencio Burmeister
Avezzano Tines Zurn Flynn Hogue Ohm Witczak Piano Snider Inocencio Burmeister
Wiener-Neustadt Tines Zurn Flynn Hogue Ohm Witczak Piano Snider FB & LW=Home Inocencio DOW Burmeister
? Tines Zurn Flynn Hogue Ohm Witczak Piano Syed, Kurt Lyke, Randy Burmeister

 

SPECIAL CREW ABILITIES:

Lucky Charms earned after Cesena mission: Tines, Ohm & Piano

 

CREW HISTORY:

Sgt. Meier flew on Florence mission with Harrigan crew; on Verona, Villaorba & Klagenfurt missions with Chase crew on Old Yard Dog and on Rome mission with with Griffin crew on Lucky Nickel.

Sgt. Franklin flew on Florence mission with Metzger crew; on M. Cassino & Campoleone missions with Folse crew; on Velltri, Rome & W-Neustadt missions with Griffin crew on Lucky Nickel; on Ploesti & Belgrade missions with Calder crew on Northern Dream.

MISSION RECORD

Mission

Target City

 Target Type

Bomb Run

 Fw-190 Claimed/Dam Me-109 Claimed/Dam Me-110 Claimed/Dam

55

 Wiener, Neustadt, Austria Aircraft Factory 60 2 1 2 3 0 0

56

 Ploesti, Romania Marshalling Yards 40 4 7 0 2 1 0
57 Piombino, Italy Industry - Steel 0 - - - - - -
59 Milan, Italy Marshalling Yards 20 0 0 0 0 1 0
60 Ploesti, Romania Marshalling Yards Abort z-2 0 0 0 0 - -
61 Brasov, Romania Aircraft Factory Jettison Bomb Load 3 5 3 6 1 0
62 Bucharest, Romania Marshalling Yards 0 2 1 2 7 2 2

63

 Wiener, Neustadt, Austria Aircraft Factory 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

64

 Piombino, Italy Marshalling Yards 30 - - - - - -
65 Cesena, Italy Marshalling Yards 30 - - - - - -
67 Rimini, Italy Marshalling Yards 75 - - - - - -
68 Avezzano, Italy Marshalling Yards 20 - - - - - -
69 Wiener, Neustadt, Austria Aircraft Factory 0 1 6 1 2 0 0

TOTALS

 Avg: 25.0% 12 20 8 21 5 2

MISSION NOTES

Mission

Notes

55

 New replacement crew from the USA. Returned with ball turret hatch blown off and jammed turret, rafts destroyed, starboard wing flap shot out, damaged to the starboard wing root (20%), eight large holes of no critical effect (103 damage pts per Peckham's damage chart), and 4 casualties.  Claims: 2 Fw-190s by Sgt. Piano, 1 Me-109 apiece by SSgt. Ohm & Sgt. Inocencio.  Replacement: TSgt. Cormack. Temporary replacements: 2nd Lt. Snyder & Sgt. Meier

56

 Returned with control cables severed, ball turret & nose compartments' heating systems inoperable, tail & port waist guns inoperable, 20% damage to the port wing root, 30% damage to the rudder, nine large holes of no critical effect (174 damage pts per Peckham's damage chart), 3 casualties and 3 cases of frostbite. Claims: 1 FW-190 & 1 ME-110 by Sgt. Piano, 1 FW-109 apiece by Lt. Cesae & SSgt. Ohm and 1 shared FW-190 by 1st Lt. Newill & SSgt. Ohm.  Replacement: 2nd Lt. Ashurst

57

 2nd Lt. Torbert & Sgt. Yasuda rejoins crew. Returned without damage or casualties.

59

Returned with port cheek gun, rudder instruments & radio destroyed, intercom inoperable, damage to the ball gunners oxygen system, seven guns jammed and eight large holes of no critical effect and 5 casualties. (148 Damage points per Peckham's damage chart).  Claims: 1 ME-110 by Sgt. Piano.  Replacements: 2nd Lt. Fimbres, Sgts. Overman & Burmeister. Temporary replacement: 2nd Lt. Vandergrift

60

 Did not bomb. Aborted mission (zone-2) due to battle damage.  Returned alone with #1 engine inoperable, rafts destroy ed, damage to the #3 engine, and waist compartment shot up (67 Peckham damage pts) and 2 casualties. Temporary replacement: Sgt. Meier.

61

 Did not bomb target, jettison bomb load early.  Returned with group with the #4 engine shut down from an oil leak, radio destroyed, both wings with 20% root damage, tail oxygen system damaged, and multiple superficial holes of various caliber sizes. (201 Damage points per Peckham's damage chart).  Claims: 2 Me-109s by SSgt. Ohm, 1 Fw-190 by 2nd Lt. Tolbert, 1 Fw-190 shared by SSgt. Ohm & TSgt. Cormack, 1 Fw-190 shared by Sgts. Burmeister & Meier, 1 Me-109 shared by Sgts. Piano & Snyder, 1 Me-110 shared by Sgts. Piano & Burmeister.  Replacement: 2nd Lt. Hampton. Temporary replacement: Sgt. Franklin.

62

Returned with auto-pilot destroyed, top turret guns a total loss, Norden bomb sight shattered, damage to the rudder (60%), to the port wing root (20%), and multiple superficial holes of various sizes throughout aircraft (230 Damage points per Peckham's damage chart) and 5 casualties.  Claims: 1 FW-190 & 1 ME-109 by SSgt. Ohm, 1 ME-109 by 2nd Lt. Hampton, 1 FW-190 shared by 2nd Lts. Hampton and Torbett, 1 ME-110 by Sgt. Piano, and 1 ME-110 shared by Sgt. Piano and Burmeister.  Replacements: 2ns Lts. Flynn & Hogue, and TSgt. Witczak.

63

 Sgt. Incencio rejoins crew. Returned with ball turret heating system inoperable, fire damage to the tail compartment oxygen system, flight deck window shattered, damage to the co-pilot's oxygen system, superficial damage holes to twelve parts of the aircraft, and 3 casualties and 1 case of frostbite. (114 Damage points per Peckhams damage chart).

64

 Lt. Zurn rejoins crew.  Returned without damage or casualties.

65

 Returned without damage or casualties.

67

 Returned without damage or casualties.

68

 Returned without damage or casualties.

69

 Bombed target, 0%.  Returned with autopilot and the port waist heat inoperable, both elevators roots damaged (30%) roots, superficial damage holes to the waist compartment plus five other hits of a superficial nature, and 2 casualties (127 Damage points per Peckham's damage chart).  Claims: 1 FW-190 shared by SSgt. Ohm and Sgt. Piano and 1 ME-109 by Lt. Flynn.  Replacements: Sgts. Syed & Lyke.

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