ISLE OF R'LYEH
B-17F 42-11819
CREW ROSTER
ISLE OF R'LYEH
B-17F 42-11819
CREW ROSTER
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| 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 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | ||||||
| Atlanta, GA | Santa Monica, CA | Dalls, TX | Pittsburgh, PA | Topeka, KS | Memphis, TN | Seattle, WA | Lincoln, NB | Bangor, ME | Portsmouth, RI | |||||||
| Verona | Clay, Torrence FB=recovers | Hanson, Daniel FB+LW=Home |
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Menezes, Derek SW=Home |
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Winland, Kenneth | Lewis, Scott | Brown, Brian | Miller, Richard | Atwood, Jay | Rondina, Christopher | Densmore, Briggs | ||||
| Pisa | Clay | Lawson, Jeffery | Highsmith, Cecil | Winland | Lewis | Brown | Miller | Atwood | Rondina | Densmore | ||||||
| Klagenfurt | Clay | Lawson | Highsmith | Winland DOW |
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Lewis DOW |
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Brown | Miller | Atwood LW | Rondina SW=Home |
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Densmore | |||
| Milan | Clay | Lawson | Highsmith | Meadows, Edward R. | Manning, David | Brown | Miller | Atwood | Brown, Edgar SW=Home |
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Densmore | |||||
| Verona | Clay FB=Home |
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Lawson FB=recovers | Highsmith LW | Meadows DOW |
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Manning | Brown | Miller | Atwood | Larsen, Irving | Densmore | ||||
| Campoleone | Lawson, Tim | Bennett, Gary | Highsmith | Wagner, Rick | Manning | Brown | Miller | Atwood | Larsen | Densmore | ||||||
| Regensburg | Lawson, Jeff KIA | Bennett KIA | Highsmith POW | Wagner POW | Manning POW | Brown POW | Miller POW | Atwood POW | Larsen POW | Densmore POW | ||||||
Special Crew Abilities: None
Crew History:
2nd Lt. Highsmith flew on Florence, Centocelle, & Parma missions w/O'Connor crew on Darkwatch. Bomb runs: 0, 0 & 30%
2nd Lt. J. Lawson flew on Frascati mission w/Montague crew on Memphis Gal.
Sgt. Brown flew on Prato & Klagenfurt missions w/Montague crew on Memphis Gal. Claims: 1 1/2 FW-190s
Sgt. Larsen flew on Sofia mission with Chase crew in Old Yard Dog (316th), on Guidoina, Florence, Parma & Klagenfurt missions with Peterson crew on Cardinal Express.
2nd Lt. Bennett flew on flew on Pisa mission w/T. Lawson crew on AC 42-11843.
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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Verona, Italy |
Marshalling Yards | 20 | - | - | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| 26 | Pisa, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 30 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | - | - |
| 28 | Klagenfurt, Austria | Airfield | 75 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 29 | Milan, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 30 | Verona, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| 32 | Campoleone, Italy | Ground Troops | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 33 | Regensburg, Germany | Aircraft Factory | DNB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
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TOTALS |
Avg: 27% | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
MISSION NOTES
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Mission |
Notes |
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25 |
New crew assignment from the USA. Retuned without damage or casualties. |
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26 |
Returned with Pilots' compartment heating system, intercom, radio inoperable, pilots' compartment oxygen system damaged, port wing outboard fuel tank holed, 11 superficial holes throughout aircraft and 2 casualties. Claims: 5 ME-109s by Sgt. Densmore, 1 ME-109 & 1 FW-190 by SSgt. Lewis, 1 FW-190 by Sgt. Atwood, 1 ME-109 by 2nd Lt. Menezes. Replacements: 2nd Lts. Lawson & Highsmith. |
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28 |
Returned with port wing landing gear out, damage to port tail plane and rudder, port wind flaps inoperable, and radio knocked out. There was damage to the underbelly of plane on landing including extensive damage to ball turret, due to landing gear failure. There were also 8 superficial hits which caused no significant damage. Four casualties. Claims: 2 FW-190 & 1 ME-109 by Sgt. Densmore. Replacements: Lt. Meadows, SSgt. Manning & Sgt. Brown |
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29 |
Returned with radio out, damage to starboard wing root (1 hit), 8 superficial hits and 1 casualty. Claims: 1 FW-190 & 1 ME-109 by Sgt. Densmore. Replacement: Sgt. Larsen. |
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30 |
Returned with navigation equipment knocked out, pilot compartment heat out, port wing root damaged, 3 superficial hits, and 4 casualties. Claims: 1 FW-190 by SSgt. Manning. Replacements: 2nd Lt. Wagner. Temporary replacements: Lts. T. Lawson & Bennett. |
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32 |
Returned without damage or casualties. |
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33 |
Aircraft reached target zone but was shot down by enemy fighters and crashed 3 miles south of Regensburg. 8 survivors taken prisoner and 2 others were killed-in-action. |
