TULE LAKE SAMURAI

B-17F  42-11843

 

CREW  ROSTER

Medals              
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 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
  LA, CA Hilo, HI Upland, CA LA., CA Covina CA San Dimas CA Pasadena CA Sacramento CA Loomis CA La Verne CA
Budapest Shimizu, Kenji Aoki, Ken Hiromeni, Joe LW Takai, Ben Takemoto, George Yamaguchi, Sam LW Yoshimura, Paul Kano, Greg LW Hayashi, Sam Ono, John
Bucharest Shimizu Aoki Hiromeni  LW Takai Takemoto Yamaguchi KIA Yoshimura Kano  LW Hayashi Ono

 

Special Crew Abilities: None

 

Crew History Notes:

Crew trained at Randolph Field before deploying to ETO.

 

Aircraft History Note:

Aircraft flew on mission#26 to Pisa, Italy with T. Lawson's crew on 29 Jan. 1944.

 

MISSION RECORD

Mission

Target City

 Target Type

Bomb Run

 Fw-190 Claimed/Dam Me-109 Claimed/Dam Me-110 Claimed/Dam

26

 Pisa, Italy Marshalling Yards 0 0 2 0 0 0 0

46

 Budapest, Hungary Aircraft Factory 40 0 1 1 0 0 0

47

 Bucharest, Rumania Marshalling Yards 20 1 1 2 4 0 0

TOTALS

 Avg: 30.0% 1 4 3 4 0 0

MISSION NOTES

Mission

Notes

26

 Returned with port cheek gun inoperable and superficial damage to the port aileron.  No casualties.
46

Returned with tail wheel inoperable, #4 engine’s oil compartment hit (self sealed after hit), rudder was slightly damage, starboard waist gun damaged, superficial damage to the fuselage, tail, waist and pilots’ compartments and 3 casualties.  Claims: 1 Me-109 by Sgt. Ono.
47

Returned and landing gear collapsed during landing.  Aircraft declared beyond economical repair, category E and will be scrapped.  3 crew casualties.  Claims:  1 Me-109 by Sgt. George Takemoto & 2nd Lt. Joe Hiromeni, 1 Fw-190 by 2nd Lt. Ben Takai.

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