BOULDER DASH

B-17F  42-11820

 

CREW  ROSTER

Medals
Mission Pilot Co-Pilot Bombardier Navigator Flight Eng. Radioman Ball Gunner Port Waist Star. Waist Tail Gunner
2nd Lt. 2nd Lt. 2nd Lt. 2nd Lt. SSgt. Tech Sgt. Sgt. Sgt. Sgt. Sgt.
Miss. Flown 3 3 3 3 3 3 10 3 3 10
  Boulder, CO Menlo Park, CA New Hope, PA Middletown, DE Ft. Hood, IA Tupelo, MS Waco, TX Akron, OH Morgantown, WVa Phoenix, AZ
Padua Dash, James Morgan, Dana Hughes, Tommy Duncan, Ed Bridges, Dwyane Kuzminski, Walter Richardson, Harlan E. Rogers, Allen Pope, Phil Taylor, Steven
Udine Dash Morgan Hughes Duncan Bridges Kuzminski Richardson Rogers Pope Taylor
Klagenfurt Dash Morgan Hughes Duncan Bridges Kuzminski SW & POW Richardson Rogers Pope Taylor

 

Special Crew Abilities:

 

Crew History:

Sgt. Richardson flew 7 missions with Andrews crew on Russian Lady.

Sgt. Taylor flew 2 missions prior to joining the 88th BG and 5 missions with Andrews crew on Russian Lady.

MISSION RECORD

Mission

Target City

 Target Type

Bomb Run

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

38

 Padua, Italy Marshalling Yards 60 1 2 0 3 - -

39

 Udine, Italy Airfield 20 - - 1 3 - -

40

 Klagenfurt, Austria Airfield 30 - - 1 0 - -

TOTALS

 Avg: 36.7% 1 2 2 6 - -

MISSION NOTES

Mission

Notes

38

 New crew replacements from the USA. Returned with rubber rafts destroyed; intercom & ball turret guns and mechanism inoperable, superficial damage to the Nose and Pilot's compartments, no casualties.  Claims: 1 FW-190 by Sgt. Pope.

39

 Returned with superficial damage to starboard flap, nose, and port wing and no casualties.  Claims: 1 ME-109 by Sgt. Taylor.

40

 Crashed landed after being critically damaged by enemy fighters 5 miles SE of Klagenfurt.  8 men bailed out, 2 others crashed landed with plane.

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