BEWITCHED
B-17F 42-11817
CREW ROSTER
BEWITCHED
B-17F 42-11817
CREW ROSTER
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| Pilot | Co-Pilot | Bombardier | Navigator | Flight Eng. | Radioman | Ball Gunner | Port Waist | Star. Waist | Tail Gunner | |||||||
| Captain | 2nd Lt. | 2nd Lt. | 2nd Lt. | SSgt. | Tech Sgt. | Sgt. | Sgt. | Sgt. | Sgt. | |||||||
| Boston, MA | NYC, NYY | Ontario, CA | Houston, TX | Olympia, WA | Ames, IA | Colquet, MN | Detroit, MI, MI | |||||||||
| Miss. Flown | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 5 | ||||||
| Reggio Emilia | Montague, Shamus, A. | Butler, Robert LW | Spratt, Jack LW | Pratt, Paul | Simons, John | Weisman, Bud KIA |
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Miller, Arthur | Fettzing, Lars DOW |
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Mueller, Fritz DOW |
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Gimp, Lawrence LW |
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| Sofia | Montague | Butler | Spratt LW | Pratt | Simons |
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Marconi, Reginald | Miller | Purse, Robert | Watson, Gareth | Gimp | |||||
| Athens | Montague | Butler | Spratt | Pratt | Simons | Marconi | Miller | Purse | Watson | Gimp KIA |
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| Rimini | Montague | Butler | Spratt | Pratt | Simons | Marconi | Miller | Purse | Watson | Harris, Xander | ||||||
| Pola | Montague | Butler | Spratt | Pratt | Simons | Marconi | Miller | Purse | Watson | Harris | ||||||
| Ferrara | Montague | Butler | Spratt | Pratt | Simons | Marconi | Miller | Purse | Watson | Harris LW = 2 days |
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| Fiume | Montague | Butler | Spratt | Pratt | Simons | Marconi | Miller | Purse LW | Watson LW | Harris |
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| Guidonia | Montague | Butler | Spratt | Pratt | Simons | Marconi | Miller | Purse | Watson | Harris | ||||||
| Florence | Montague | Butler | Spratt | Pratt | Simons | Marconi | Miller | Purse LW=2 days | Watson SW=12 Days | Harris | ||||||
| Prato | Montague | Butler | Spratt | Pratt | Simons | Marconi | Miller | Brown, Edgar | Richards, Don | Harris SW=Home |
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| Klagenfurt | Montague | Butler LW=2 days | Spratt | Pratt | Simons |
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Marconi | Miller |
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Brown | Richards | Levine, Edward | ||||
| Florence | Montague | Lawson, Jeff | Spratt | Pratt | Simons | Marconi | Miller | Purse | Richards | Levine | ||||||
| Centocelle | Montague | Lawson | Spratt | Pratt | Simons | Marconi | Miller | Purse | Richards | Levine | ||||||
| Milan | Montague | Butler | Spratt | Pratt | Simons | Marconi | Miller | Purse | Watson | Levine | ||||||
| Verona | Montague LW | Butler KIA | Spratt | Pratt | Simons LW | Marconi | Miller LW | Purse KIA | Watson SW=Home | Levine | ||||||
Special Crew Abilities:
Flight Engineer Simons: His landing modifier (LD) is -9.
Radioman Marconi: Applies a +1 modifier to a ditching attempt provided the radio is operational.
Crew Notes:
Personal Lucky Charms earned after Prato Mission: Montague, Butler, Spratt, Pratt, Simons & Miller.
Personal Lucky Charms earned after Klagenfurt Mission: Marconi.
Personal Lucky Charms earned after Centocelle Mission: Purse
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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Reggio Emilia, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 30 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - |
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Sofia, Bulgaria | Marshalling Yards | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Athens, Greece | Airfield | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Rimini, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
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Pola, Italy | Dock Yards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
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Ferrara, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - |
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Padua, Italy | Marshalling Yards | Aborted | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Fiume, Italy | Oil Refinery | 60 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
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Guidonia, Italy | Airfield | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Florence, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
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Prato, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 40 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | - | - |
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Klagenfurt, Austria | Aircraft Factory | 20 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Florence, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| 18 | Centocelle, Itlay | Airfield | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 29 | Milan, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| 30 | Verona, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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TOTALS |
Avg.: 24% | 8 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
MISSION NOTES
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Mission |
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1 |
Took BIP in radio room. Fell-out-of formation and managed to return with 3 KIA and 1 LW. Aircraft declared as category E. One FW-190 claimed by 2nd Lt. Spratt, one ME-190 by Sgt. Mueller, one ME-109 by Sgt. Miller, and one FW-190 & ME-109 apiece by Sgt. Gimp. |
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Assigned replacement aircraft 42-11817. Returned with damage to the radio, tail wheel, port flaps, port inboard tank holed, rudder and starboard wing root. One casualty. One ME-109 claimed by SSgt. Simons (Later confirmed by S-2). |
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Returned with almost no damage and 1 casualty. Replacement: Sgt. Harris |
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Returned without damage or casualties. Was not attacked by any fighters. |
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Returned without damage or casualties. Was not attacked by any fighters. |
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Returned with #3 Engine out, tail guns, starboard ailerons & port elevator inoperable; 1 casualty. Claims: 1 ME-109 apiece by SSgt. Simons & Sgt. Harris. (Harris' claim later confirmed by S-2). |
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Sgt. Harris returns to crew. Fell out-of-formation after bomb run and returned alone. Landed with tail guns & tail heat inoperable, tail oxygen system damaged, fuel tank holed but self-sealed. Two casualties. Claims: 1 FW-190 apiece by SSgt. Simons & Sgt. Harris (Sgt. Harris' FW-190 later confirmed by S-2). |
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Returned without damage or casualties. |
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14 |
Returned with #4 Engine, tail guns, both ailerons, starboard flaps inoperable and damaged to the starboard wing root. 2 Casualties. Claims: 1 ME-109 by SSgt. Simons. Temporary replacements: Sgts. Brown and Richards. |
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Returned with #2 Engine out, ball turret guns inoperable, tail oxygen system damaged by fire, and damage to the rudder, starboard tail plane and the starboard wing root. 1 casualty. Claims: 1 ME-109 apiece by SSgt. Simons and Sgt. Richards. Replacement: Sgt.Levine. |
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Fell out-of-formation after bomb run. Returned alone with the radio shot up, Engineer & Pilot Oxygen systems out, the navigator's, radio room & pilots' compartment heating systems out, the port elevator inoperable, and the starboard inboard tank leaking. 1 Casualty. Claims: 2 ME-109s & 1 FW-190 by SSgt. Simons, 1 ME-109 by Sgt. Miller, 1 ME-109 by Sgt. Levine, 1 FW-190 by Sgt. Brown & 1 shared FW-190 by Sgts. Levine & Brown. (ME-109 claims by SSgt. Simons & Sgt. Miller were later confirmed by S-2). Temporary replacement: 2nd Lt. Lawson. |
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Sgt. Purse rejoins crew. Returned without damage or casualties. Claims: 1 FW-190 by SSgt. Simons. |
| 18 | Returned without damage or casualties. |
| 29 | Lt. Butler & Sgt. Watson rejoins crew. Returned without damage or casualties. |
| 30 | Returned on with 6 casualties on 3 engines, elevators inoperable and made successful belly-landing at Sterparone Field. Aircraft later written-off as beyond economical repair. Claims: 2 ME-109s by SSgt. Simons and 1 ME-109 by Sgt. Miller |
