MISS BEHAVIN
B-17F 42-11876
Ground Crew Chief: MSgt. Bob Prior (Lucky)
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. | ||||
| Miss. Flown | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Possum Trot, Mo. | |||||||||||||
| Verona | Higginbottem, Harry | Berenbaum, Kelly LW | Epling, Clayton | Fragale, Lonnie LW |
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Cadet, Lonnie | Quintanar, Neil | Borchert, Lance FB=Home |
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Veloz, Carlos LW | Clevinger, Neil LW=3 days | Carson, Gene | |
| R. Emilia | Higginbottom | Berenbaum | Epling KIA |
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Fragle KIA |
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Cadet | Quintanar | Flack, Delmar | Veloz | Clevinger | Carson | |
| Linz | Higginbottom LW | Berenbaum | Bement, Hugh | Dubinsky, Darren | Cadet | Quintanar | Flack | Veloz | Clevinger | Carson | |||
| Sofia | Higginbottom LW & POW | Berenbaum POW | Bement POW | Dubinsky POW | Cadet KIA | Quintanar POW | Flack POW | Veloz KIA | Clevinger KIA | Carson LW & POW | |||
Special Crew Abilities: NONE
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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41 |
Verona, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 40 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | - |
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42 |
Reggio Emila, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
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43 |
Linz, Austria | Aircraft Factory | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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44 |
Sofia, Bulgaria | Marshalling Yards | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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TOTALS |
Avg: 27.5% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
MISSION NOTES
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Mission |
Notes |
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41 |
New crew replacements from the USA. Returned with tail wheel inoperable, starboard cheek gun jammed, waist compartment and ball turret heating system out, co-pilot's oxygen system damaged, starboard inboard wing fuel tank holed - self sealed, superficial damage in the radio compartment, many bullet holes over entire aircraft concentrated in: nose, cockpit, radio room & waist compartments, (115 battle damage pts. per Peckham chart). 4 battle casualties & 1 case of frostbite. Replacement: Sgt. Flack. Temporary replacement: Sgt. Jennings. |
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42 |
Sgt. Clevinger rejoins crew. Returned with starboard landing gear inoperable, top & tail gun turrets inoperable, damaged to rudder, superficial holes to fuselage, nose, pilot's compartment, starboard wing (83 battle damage pts. per Peckham chart) and 2 casualties. Replacement: 2nd Lts. Bement & Dubinsky. |
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43 |
Returned with top turret guns inoperable, tail turret, nose and port waist guns jammed, nose compartment heating system and tail wheel inoperable, damage to the rudder and cockpit oxygen system, and 1 casualty. |
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44 |
Shot down by enemy fighters returning from mission over Albania (zone-3), 7 'chutes seen. |