TULE LAKE SAMURAI II
B-17G 43-7217
Ground Crew Chief: MSgt. Tommy Oyama
CREW ROSTER
TULE LAKE SAMURAI II
B-17G 43-7217
Ground Crew Chief: MSgt. Tommy Oyama
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 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | ||||
| LA, CA | Upland, CA | Upland, CA | LA., CA | LA, CA | Sacramento, CA | Pasadena, CA | Sacramento, CA | Loomis, CA | La Verne, CA | |||||
| Nis | Shimizu, Kenji | Aoki, Ken | Hiromeni, Joe LW | Takai, Ben | Takemoto, George | Kashiwagi, Dean | Yoshimura, Paul | Kano, Greg | Hayashi, Sam | Ono, John | ||||
| Treviso | Shimizu | Aoki | Hiromeni | Takai | Takemoto | Kashiwagi | Yoshimura | Kano | Hayashi | Ono | ||||
| Vienna | Shimizu | Aoki | Hiromeni | Takai | Takemoto | Kashiwagi | Yoshimura | Kano | Hayashi | Ono | ||||
| Gyor | Shimizu | Aoki SW=Home |
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Hiromeni | Takai | Takemoto | Kashiwagi | Yoshimura | Kano 2 LWs=5 days | Hayashi | Ono | |||
| Ploesti | Shimizu | Honda, Allen | Hiromeni | Takai | Takemoto | Kashiwagi LW | Yoshimura | Kishi, Wayne LW |
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Hayashi | Ono | |||
| Belgrade | Shimizu | Honda | Hiromeni | Takai | Takemoto | Kashiwagi | Yoshimura | Kishi | Hayashi | Ono | ||||
| Belgrade | Shimizu | Honda LW | Hiromeni | Takai | Takemoto SW=home |
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Kashiwagi | Yoshimura LW | Kishi | Hayashi SW=Home |
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Ono | ||
| Wiener-Neustadt | Shimizu | Honda | Hiromeni LW | Takai | Kitano, Harry | Kashiwagi | Yoshimura | Kano | Kishi | Ono | ||||
Special Crew Abilities: None
Crew History Notes:
Crew trained at Randolph Field before deploying to ETO. Nine crew members flew 2 missions in Tule Lake Samurai.
Sgt. Kishi flew on Florence, Verona, Reggio Emilia missions with Yoshikawa crew on Divine Wind.
Lucky Charms earned after Wiener-Neustadt mission: Shimizu, Hiromeni, Takai, Kashiwagi, Yoshimura, & Ono.
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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48 |
Nis, Yugoslavia | Marshalling Yards | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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49 |
Treviso, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
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50 |
Vienna, Austria | Aircraft Factory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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51 |
Gyor, Hungary | Aircraft Factory | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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52 |
Ploesti, Rumania | Marshalling Yards | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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53 |
Belgrade, Yugoslavia | Industry - Munitions | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | - |
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54 |
Belgrade, Yugoslavia | Marshalling Yards | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
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55 |
Wiener-Neustadt, Austria | Aircraft Factory | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
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TOTALS |
Avg: 25.0% | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||
MISSION NOTES
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Mission |
Notes |
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48 |
Replacement aircraft for Tule Lake Samurai. TSgt. Kashiwagi joins crew. Returned with damage to the co-pilot’s oxygen system, the #4 engine, to the port wing root and rudder, superficial damage to the nose, bomb bay, radio, and waist compartments, and 1 casualty. Claims: 1 Me-109 by 2nd Lt. Hiromeni. |
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49 |
Returned without damage or casualties. |
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50 |
Returned with minor damage to the fuselage, nose compartment, to the port wing root and aileron, and no casualties. Claims: 1 Me-109 apiece by 2nd Lt. Takai, SSgt. Takemoto & Sgt. Ono. |
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51 |
Retuned with the autopilot mechanism inoperable and minor damage to the port wing, nose, pilot, bomb bay, radio room, waist compartments and 2 casualties. Replacement: 2nd Lt. Honda. |
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52 |
Returned with starboard cheek gun & radio inoperable, damage to both wing roots, minor damage to the nose compartment oxygen system, superficial damage to the fuselage, port wing, bomb bay, nose and pilots’ compartments, and 2 casualties. Claims: 1 Me-109 by Sgt. Yoshimura. |
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53 |
Returned with damage to the port side landing gear and the rudder, superficial damage to the superficial damage to the starboard wing and no casualties. |
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54 |
Returned with radio, top turret guns damaged and turret inoperable, superficial damage to the tail elevator, port wing, starboard wing, #4 engine, to the nose, bomb bay, radio room, waist, and pilots’ compartments, and 4 casualties. Claims: 1 Fw-190 apiece by 2nd Lt. Hiromeni and TSgt. Kashiwagi and 1 ME-109 by Sgt. Yoshimura. Replacements: SSgt. Kitano. |
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55 |
Aircraft ditched from fuel exhaustion before reaching base and sank in the Adriatic Sea. 10 crewmembers rescued, with 2 wounded. Claims: 1 Me-109 by Sgt. Hayashi. |
