RAINMAKER

B-17F  42-11868

 

CREW  ROSTER

Medals                    
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 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 5
Velletri Roebuck, Juan Trujillo, Nicholas Donley, Thomas Hash, Jeffery Forsyth, Jerry Smithson, Dennis Frazen, Jeffery Echeverria, Phillip Bennett, Martin Thigpen, Matthew
Rome Roebuck Trujillo Donley Hash Forsyth Smithson Frazan Echeverria Bennett Thigpen
Wiener-Neu. Roebuck Trujillo Donley Hash Forsyth Smithson Frazan Echeverria KIA Bennett KIA Thigpen
Udine Roebuck Trujillo Donley Hash Forsyth Smithson Frazan Parsons, Jim Crawford, Ray Thigpen
Klagenfurt Roebuck Trujillo Donley Hash Forsyth Smithson Frazan Parsons Crawford Thigpen

Special Crew Abilities: None

MISSION RECORD

Mission

Target City

Target Type

Bomb Run

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

35

Velletri, Italy Ground Troops 20 - - - - - -
36 Rome, Italy Marshalling Yards 30 - - - - - -
37 Wiener-Neustadt, Austria Aircraft Factory Abort Z-3 0 0 1 0 - -
39 Udine, Itlay Airfield 50 - - 0 0 - -
40 Klagenfurt, Austria Airfield Did not Bomb - - - - - -

TOTALS

Avg: 33% 0 0 1 0 - -

MISSION NOTES

Mission

Notes

35

New crew replacements from the USA.  Returned without damage or casualties.

36

Returned without damage or casualties.

37

Aborted outbound zone-3 after losing radio and nose compartment heating system.  Returned alone, out of formation with radio, nose compartment heating system, tail turret, and 2 casualties. Claims: 1 ME-109 by SSgt. Forysth.  Replacements: Sgts. Parsons and Crawford.

39

Returned with light damage (31 Peckham points).

40

Failed to return from mission. Declared Missing-in-Action and is presumed lost over the Adriatic Sea with no survivors.

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