SPECIAL DELIVERY
B-17F 42-11801
CREW ROSTER
SPECIAL DELIVERY
B-17F 42-11801
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. | ||||||
| Tobinsport, IN | New Iberia, LA | Poughkeepsie, NY | Cincinnati, OH | Spokane, WA | Carrizo Springs, TX | Oakland, CA | Charleston, SC | Clearwater, FL | Springfield, MA | ||||||
| Padua | Whitaker, Andrew P. | Boudreaux, Earl H. | Pappas, Jonathan V. | Jorgenson, Eric F. KIA |
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Powell, Maynard K. |
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Villani, Francis M. | Chavez, Dante S. | Kowalski, George W. | Cohen, Stephen D. | Ryan, James L. | |||
| Turin | Whitaker | Boudreaux | Pappas | Krumkie, Ralph | Powell | Villani | Chavez FB=Home |
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Kowalski | Cohen | Ryan | ||||
| Piraeus | Whitaker | Boudreaux | Kuporatz, Martin SW=Home |
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Krumkie | Powell |
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Villani | Thomas, Larry | Kowalski | Cohen | Ryan KIA |
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| Brod | Whitaker KIA | Boudreaux KIA | Pappas LW | Krumkie DOW |
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Powell SW=Home | Villani | Thomas | Kowalski KIA | Cohen | Burroughs, Sid | ||||
Special Crew Abilities: None.
Crew Notes: Sgt. Thomas had flown on 4 previous missions (Athens, Rimini, Pola & Padua) as part of the Kingsley crew on the Princess Lilikoi. 2nd Lt. Kuporatz flew on two previous missions with the 15th AF prior to the arrival of the 88th BG.
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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7 |
Padua, Italy |
Marshalling Yards | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
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8 |
Turin, Italy |
Ball Bearings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
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9 |
Piraeus, Greece |
Dock Yards | 20 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | - |
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10 |
Brod, Yugoslavia |
Marshalling Yards | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
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TOTALS |
Avg: 6% | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | - | - | ||
MISSION NOTES
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Mission |
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7 |
New crew assignment. Returned with superficial damage to the nose compartment, 1 engine, and 1 casualty. Claims: 1 Fw-190 by SSgt. Powell (Later officially confirmed by S-2). Replacement: 2nd Lt. Krumkie. |
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8 |
Returned with starboard wing root damaged (1 hit); inboard starboard fuel tank holed (self-sealed); ball turret heat out; and minor superficial damage and 1 casualty to frostbite. Claims: 1 Me-109 by SSgt. Powell. Permanent replacement: Sgt. Thomas. Temporary replacement: 2nd Lt. Kuporatz. |
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9 |
Returned with Tail Oxygen System damaged, (1 hit); Tail Turret inoperable; Rudder damaged (1 hit); starboard Tail-plane Root (2 hits); superficial damage to the fuselage, to the Nose, Waist, Pilot's Compartment areas & to starboard Wing, port wing, flap & #4 engine; (135 Peckham points). Two casualties. Claims: Two ME-109s by SSgt. Powell and 1 ME-109 shared by Sgt. Thomas and SSgt. Powell. Replacements: 2nd Lt. Pappas returns to crew and Sgt. Burroughs is assigned from replacement pool. One of SSgt. Powell's claims is later confirmed by S-2. |
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10 |
Returned with both pilots dead. Five able men bailed out over base. The Flight Engineer attempted to land plane with a seriously wounded navigator on board but he crashed the plane on landing, killing the navigator and seriously wounding the flight engineer. |
