8-BALL
B-17G 43-8888
CREW ROSTER
8-BALL
B-17G 43-8888
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 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 7 | |||||
| Socorro, TX | Morris, IL | Newport Hills, WA | Muskogee, OK | Mattydale, NY | Fontana, CA | Palm Bay, FL | Elizabeth, NJ | Seguin, TX | Atlanta, KS | ||||||
| Budapest | McDonald, Terry "Bull" | Fulkerson, Gary | Brittain, Louis | Tomas, Vince | Hoag, Jeff | Nagy, Ralph LW | Lyon, Dick | Odom, Nick KIA |
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Wicker, Tony | Hibbard, Charles | ||||
| Bucharest | McDonald | Fulkerson KIA |
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Brittain | Tomas | Hoag | Nagy | Lyon | Edler, Erik DOW |
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Wicker | Hibbard | |||
| Nis | McDonald KIA |
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Laymon, Chris SW=Home |
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Brittain LT | Tomas LW=3 days |
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Hoag | Nagy | Lyon | Eckley, Max | Wicker SW=17 days | Hibbard | ||
| Treviso | Dolph, James | Reinsch, Nelson | Brittain | Shipley, Rog | Hoag | Nagy | Lyon | Eckley | Newhouse, Irv | Hibbard | |||||
| Vienna | Dolph | Reinsch | Brittain | Tomas LW | Hoag | Nagy | Lyon | Eckley | Newhouse | Hibbard | |||||
| Gyor | Dolph | Reinsch | Brittain | Shipley | Hoag | Nagy | Lyon | Eckley | Newhouse | Hibbard | |||||
| Ploesti | Dolph KIA | Reinsch KIA | Brittain KIA | Tomas KIA | Hoag KIA | Nagy KIA | Lyon KIA | Eckley KIA | Newhouse KIA |
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Hibbard KIA | ||||
Special Crew Abilities:
2nd Lt Tomas has the medical school wash out skill.
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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46 |
Budapest, Hungary | Aircraft Factory | 30 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
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47 |
Bucharest, Rumania | Marshalling Yards | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - |
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48 |
Nis, Yugoslavia | Marshalling Yards | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
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49 |
Treviso, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 20 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
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50 |
Vienna, Austria | Aircraft Factory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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51 |
Gyor, Hungary | Aircraft Factory | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - |
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52 |
Ploesti, Rumania | Marshalling Yards | Did Not Bomb | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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TOTALS |
Avg: 18.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
MISSION NOTES
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Mission |
Notes |
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46 |
New crew replacements from the USA. Returned with flak damage to the waist and radio compartments, and 2 casualties. Claims: 1 Fw-190 by Sgt. Wicker. Replacement: Sgt. Edler. |
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47 |
Returned with the chin turret and starboard wing flap inoperable, and 2 casualties. Claims: 1 Me-109 by SSgt. Hoag. Replacements: 2nd Lt Laymon and Sgt. Eckley. |
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48 |
Returned with the #2 engine, radio, the starboard elevator, the starboard waist gun, the ball and tail turrets inoperable, the Norden bomb sight damaged, several superficial fuselage hits, and 5 casualties. Claims: 1 Me-109 apiece by 2nd Lt. Thomas (Lt. Thomas' claims was later confirmed by S-2) and SSgt. Hoag. Replacements: 1st Lt. Dolph & 2nd Lt. Reinsch. Temporary replacements: 2nd Lt. Shipley and Sgt. Newhouse. |
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49 |
Returned with a few superficial damage to the fuselage and nose compartment, and no casualties. Claims: 1 Fw-190 by 2nd Lt. Shipley. |
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50 |
2nd Lt. Tomas rejoins crew. Returned with tail guns inoperable and several superficial fuselage hits and 1 casualty. Claims: 1 Me-109 by Sgt. Hoag. Temporary replacements: 2nd Lt. Shipley. |
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51 |
Returned with intercom and top turret inoperable, superficial damage to the port aileron, and no casualties. Claims: 1 Me-109 apiece by Sgts. Eckley & Hibbard. |
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52 |
2nd Lt. Tomas rejoins crew. Aircraft exploded on the way to the target. No survivors. |
