THE BAWLMER EXPRESS

B-17F  42-12206

 

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 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 3 10
Monte Cassino Beyer, Mark Jones, Edward Heim, George Jr. Nestor, Harry Schreiber, Scott Carrillo, Jose Winter, Bernard Bianconi, Richard Stahl, Ronald Hamel, Brian
Campoleone Beyer Jones Heim Nestor Schreiber Carrillo Winter Bianconi Stahl Hamel
Regensburg Beyer Jones Heim Nestor Schreiber Carrillo Winter Bianconi LW Stahl KIA Hamel
Klagenfurt Beyer Jones Heim Nestor Schreiber Carrillo Winter Bianconi Cox, Fred Hamel
Velletri Beyer Jones Heim Nestor Schreiber Carrillo Winter Bianconi Cox Hamel
Rome Beyer Jones Heim Nestor Schreiber Carrillo Winter Bianconi Cox Hamel
Wiener-Neu Beyer Jones LW Heim Nestor Schreiber Carrillo Winter Bianconi Cox KIA Hamel
Padua Beyer Jones Heim Nestor Schreiber Carrillo Winter Bianconi Baxter, Tom Hamel
Udine Beyer Jones Heim Nestor Schreiber Carrillo Winter Bianconi Baxter Hamel
Klagenfurt Beyer LW Jones LW Heim Nestor SW=20 days Schreiber Carrillo KIA Winter Bianconi Baxter Hamel

 

Special Crew Abilities:

2nd Lt. Heim has the medical skill.

 

Crew History: None

MISSION RECORD

Mission

Target City

 Target Type

Bomb Run

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

31

 Monte Cassino, Italy Ground Troops 0 - - - - - -
32 Campoleone, Italy Ground Troops 75 - - - - - -
33 Regensburg, Germany Aircraft Factory 30 1 2 0 0 - -
34 Klagenfurt, Austria Airfield 50 0 0 2 0 - -
35 Velletri, Italy Ground Troops 30 - - - - - -
36 Rome, Italy Marshalling Yards 30 - - - - - -
37 Wiener-Neustadt, Austria Aircraft Factory 30 - - 1 0 - -
38 Padua, Italy Marshalling Yards 40 1 3 0 1 - -
39 Udine, Italy Airfield 40 0 0 0 0 - -
40 Klagenfurt, Austria Airfield 50 1 6 5 1 - -

TOTALS

 Avg: 37.5% 3 11 8 2 - -

MISSION NOTES

Mission

Notes

31

 New crew replacements from the USA. Returned without damage or casualties.

32

 Returned without damage or casualties.

33

Returned with tail guns inoperable, rafts shot up, tail oxygen system damaged; superficial damage to the pilot, tail, bomb bay and waist compartments.  2 casualties.  Claims: 1 FW-190 by 2nd Lt. Nestor.  Replacement: Sgt. Cox.

34

 Returned with superficial damage to starboard wing and #3 engine, and no casualties.  Claims: 2 ME-109s by 2nd Lt. Nestor (One of Nestor's claims was later confirmed by S-2).
35 Returned without damage or casualties.
36 Returned without damage or casualties.
37 Returned with ball turret mechanism inoperable, medium damage to starboard waist area, superficial damage to pilots' compartment and starboard wing, 2 casualties.  Claims: 1 ME-109 by SSgt. Schreiber.  Replacement: Sgt. Baxter.
38 Returned with top turret inoperable, medium damage to the control cables, tail plane and tail compartment oxygen system, superficial damage to the nose and bomb bay compartments.  No casualties.  Claims: 1 FW-190 by Sgt. Bianconi.
39

Returned with superficial damage to bomb bay and pilots' compartment and no casualties.
40 Returned out of formation after taking flak BIP in radio room.  Returned with top turret, nose and waist positions guns inoperable, heating system inoperable to nose and tail compartments. Heavy damage to radio compartment as a result of Flak burst inside the plane. Port landing gear inoperable, #4 engine damaged, rubber rafts shredded, several wing root hits on both wings and superficial damage to all other parts of the aircraft. 4 casualties.  Claims: 1 FW-190 & 1 ME-109 by Sgt. Hamel, 2 ME-109s apiece by Sgts. Winter & Bianconi.  (One of Winter's claims was later confirmed by S-2).

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