TALLEST CROW
B-17G 43-7218
CREW ROSTER
TALLEST CROW
B-17G 43-7218
CREW ROSTER
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| Mission | Pilot | Co-Pilot | Bombardier | Navigator | Flight Eng. | Radioman | Ball Gunner | Port Waist | Star. Waist | Tail Gunner | ||||||
| Capt. | 2nd Lt. | 2nd Lt. | 2nd Lt. | SSgt. | Tech Sgt. | Sgt. | Sgt. | Sgt. | Sgt. | |||||||
| Miss. Flown | 29 (40) | 12 (17) | 7 (9) | 1 | 17 (23) | 9 (13) | 17 (24) | 17 (24) | 7 (9) | 1 | ||||||
| Belgrade | Azagthoth, Trey | Robinson, Chris | Gorman, Steve | Cease, Jeff SW=11 days | Colt, Johnny | Harsch, Eddie | Ford, Marc | Pipien, Sven | Freed, Audley LW= 2 days |
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Robinson, Rich LW = 3 days | |||||
| Belgrade | Azagthoth | Robinson, C | Gorman | Keenan, J.T. | Colt | Harnsch KIA |
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Ford | Pipien | Ballard, Gene | Richards, Jeff | |||||
| Wiener-Neustadt | Azagthoth | Robinson, C | Gorman | Keenan | Colt | Page, James | Ford | Pipien | Freed | Robinson, R. | ||||||
| Ploesti | Azagthoth | Robinson, C SW=18 days | Gorman | Keenan |
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Colt | Page | Ford | Pipien | Freed | Robinson, R. | |||||
| Piombino | Azagthoth | Nobel, M. | Gorman | Cease | Colt | Page | Ford | Pipien | Freed | Robinson, R. | ||||||
| Toulon | Azagthoth | Nobel | Gorman | Cease | Colt | Page | Ford | Pipien | Freed | Robinson, R. | ||||||
| Milan | Azagthoth | Nobel | Gorman | Cease | Colt | Page | Ford | Pipien | Freed | Robinson, R. | ||||||
| Ploesti | Azagthoth | Nobel | Gorman | Cease | Colt | Page SW=16 days | Ford | Pipien | Freed | Robinson, R. | ||||||
| Brasov | Azagthoth | Nobel LW |
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Gorman LW |
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Cease | Colt | Dorsey, James LW=3 days |
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Ford | Pipien | Freed | Robinson, R. | |||
| Bucharest | Azagthoth | Robinson, C | Gorman KIA |
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Cease | Colt | Casey, Tom KIA |
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Ford | Pipien | Freed DOW |
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Robinson, R. | |||
| Wiener-Neustadt | Azagthoth | Robinson, C | Shirley, Kevin | Cease | Colt | King, Curtis | Ford | Pipien | Angelus, Pete | Robinson, R. | ||||||
| Piombino | Azagthoth | Robinson, C | Shirley | Cease | Colt | King | Ford | Pipien | Angelus | Robinson, R. | ||||||
| Cesena | Azagthoth | Robinson, C | Shirley | Cease | Colt | King | Ford | Pipien | Angelus | Robinson, R. | ||||||
| Ferrera | Azagthoth | Robinson, C | Shirley | Cease | Colt | King | Ford | Pipien | Angelus | Robinson, R. | ||||||
| Avezzano | Azagthoth | Robinson, C | Shirley | Cease | Colt | Page | Ford | Pipien | Angelus | Robinson, R. | ||||||
| Wiener-Neustadt | Azagthoth | Robinson, C | Shirley LW | Cease KIA |
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Colt | Page | Ford | Pipien | Angelus LW | Robinson, R. KIA |
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| St. Etiene | Azagthoth | Robinson, C | Shirley | Stacey, Paul | Colt | Page | Ford | Pipien | Angelus | Louris, Gary | ||||||
SPECIAL CREW ABILITIES:
1st Lt. Azagoth has +1 landing modifier for ground landings and -1 modifier for water landings.
Personal Lucky Charm earned on Ploesti mission: Azagthoth (#2)
Personal Lucky Charm earned on Bucharest mission: Colt, Ford & Pipien
Personal Lucky Charm earned on 2nd Wiener-Neustadt mission: R. Robinson
Personal Lucky Charm earned on 3rd Wiener-Neustadt mission: C. Robinson
CREW HISTORY:
1st Lt. Azagoth flew 12 mission as co-pilot of Morbid Angel.
2nd Lt. Keenan flew on on Campoleone mission with Forrest crew and on Bucharest mission with Sedgwick on Silver Spoon.
Sgt. Richards flew on Nis mission with Amoore crew on The Brazen Hussey.
Sgt. Ballard flew on Nis mission with Amoore crew on The Brazen Hussey.
2nd Lt. Nobel flew on Belgrade mission with Fiscus crew on Wolverine.
TSgt. Dorsey flew on Nis mission with Amoore crew on The Brazen Hussey.
MISSION RECORD - Aircraft flew 2 previous missions as Flak City.
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Mission |
Target City |
Target Type |
Bomb Run |
Fw-190 Claimed/Dam | Me-109 Claimed/Dam | Me-110 Claimed/Dam | |||
| 53 | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | Industry - Munitions | 20 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 54 | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | Marshalling Yards | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| 55 | Wiener-Neustadt, Austria | Aircraft Factory | 50 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 56 | Ploesti, Rumania | Marshalling Yards | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 57 | Piombino, Italy | Industry - Steel | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 58 | Toulon, France | Naval Base | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 59 | Milan, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| 60 | Ploesti, Rumania | Marshalling Yards | 30 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 61 | Brasov, Romania | Aircraft Factory | 30 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| 62 | Bucharest, Romania | Marshalling Yards | 5 | - | - | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 63 | Wiener-Neustadt, Austria | Aircraft Factory | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 64 | Piombino, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 65 | Cesena, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 66 | Ferrera, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 68 | Avezzano, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 92 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 69 | Wiener-Neustadt, Austria | Aircraft Factory | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 70 | St. Etienne, France | Marshalling Yards | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 72 | Wollersdorf, Austria | Airfield | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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TOTALS |
Avg: 29.5% | 7 | 14 | 10 | 27 | 4 | 7 | ||
MISSION NOTES
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Mission |
Notes |
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53 |
New replacement crew. Returned with #2 engine feathered, damage to the tail compartment's oxygen system, 1 .50 cal gun destroyed, and 3 casualties. Claims: 1 Fw-190 by Sgt. Ford. |
| 54 | Returned with starboard elevator inoperable, superficial damage to the radio room, and 1 casualty. Replacement: TSgt. Page. |
| 55 | Sgts. Freed and R. Robinson rejoins crew. Fell out-of-formation and returned alone with the #3 engine, cockpit oxygen system, starboard aileron, radio, tail turret inoperable, a holed fuel tank, and no casualties. Claims: 1 Fw-190 by 2nd Lt. Gorman and 1 Me-109 by Sgt. Pipien. |
| 56 |
Returned with the port wing flaps and radio inoperable, damage to the starboard wing root, superficial damage to various areas of the aircraft and 2 casualties. Claims: 1 ME-110 by 2nd Lt. Gorman. Replacement: 2nd Lt. Nobel. |
| 57 | 2nd Lt. Crease rejoins crew. Returned without damage or casualties. |
| 58 | Returned without damage or casualties. |
| 59 | Returned with minor superficial damage and casualties. |
| 60 |
Returned with the radio, intercom and port flaps inoperable, damage to the rudder, superficial damage to the radio compartment and 1 casualty. Claims: 2 ME-109s & 1 FW-190 by SSgt. Colt. Temporary replacement: TSgt. Dorsey. |
| 61 | Returned with port waist MG inoperable, damage to the starboard wing root, superficial damage to cockpit, nose and radio compartments, and 3 light casualties. Claims: 1 Fw-190 and 1 Me-109 by SSgt. Colt and 1 Me-109 by Sgt. R. Robinson. Temporary replacement: TSgt. Casey. |
| 62 | 2nd Lt. C. Robinson rejoins crew. Returned with damage to the starboard wing root, superficial damage to the fuselage, nose, radio and waist compartments and 3 casualties. Claims: 2 Me-109s by SSgt. Colt and 1 Me-109 by Sgt. Freed. Replacements: Lt. Shirley, TSgt. King & Sgt. Angelus. |
| 63 | Returned without damage or casualties. Claims: 1 Fw-190 by Sgt. R. Robinson & 1 Me-110 by Sgt. Ford. |
| 64 | Returned without damage or casualties. |
| 65 | Returned without damage or casualties. |
| 66 | Returned without damage or casualties. |
| 68 | Returned without damage or casualties. |
| 69 |
Dropped out of formation after rally point, returned alone and landed with auto-pilot, intercom, flight deck heating system, #3 engine inoperable, tail section oxygen system lines destroyed by fire, #2 engine damaged by fire, damage to the rudder, numerous superficial damage holes throughout the ship, and 4 casualties. Claims: 2 Me-109s by 2nd Lt. Shirley, 2 Me-109s by SSgt. Colt; 1 FW-190 & 1 Me-110 by Sgt. Ford, 1 Me-110 by Sgt. R. Robinson. Replacements: 2nd Lt. Stacey & Sgt. Louris. |
| 70 | Returned without damage or casualties. |
| 72 | ? |
