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B-17F  42-11841

CREW  ROSTER

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.
  Fayville, MA Helena, NY Belle Plaine, SD Waukesha, WI McCloud, CA Limerick, ME Kalkaska, MI Estherville, IA Westbrook, MN Jersey City, NJ
  Wright, Eric Click, Patrick Persons, Dale Toler, Peter Rudy, Ben Peek, Lou Kelsey, Shawn Yost, Leonard Munroe, Ronald Flack, Matthew
Athens   LW                                     
Rimini Wright Click Persons Toler Rudy Peek Kelsey Yost Munroe Flack
Pola Wright Click Persons Toler Rudy Peek Kelsey Yost FB=Recvs Munroe Flack
Ferrara Wright Click Persons Toler Rudy Peek Kelsey Tompkins Munroe Flack
Padua Wright  KIA Click  KIA Persons  KIA Toler  KIA Rudy  KIA Peek  KIA Kelsey  KIA Yost  KIA Munroe  KIA Flack  KIA

Special Crew Abilities: None

MISSION RECORD

Mission

Target City

Target Type

Bomb Run

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

3

Athens, Greece Airfield 60 0 3 2 3 - -

4

Rimini, Italy Marshalling Yards 30 0 1 0 3 - -

5

Pola, Italy Dock Yards 60 0 0 0 1 - -

6

Ferrara, Italy Marshalling Yards 0 0 1 0 0 - -

7

Padua, Italy Marshalling Yards 0 0 0 0 2 - -

TOTALS

Avg: 30% 0 5 2 9 - -

MISSION NOTES

Mission

Notes

3

New replacement crew assignment.  Returned with minor superficial damage to nose, tail sections, starboard wing, and 1 casualty.  Claims: One Me-109s apiece by 2nd Lt. Persons and Sgt. Munroe.  Kill claim confirmed for 2nd Lt. Persons.

4

Returned with 2 superficial hits and no casualties.

5

Returned with rafts shredded, the port waist gunner heater out, 2 holes in the fuselage, and 1 case of frostbite.  Temporary waist gunner: Sgt. David Tompkins.

6

Returned with no damage or casualties.

7

Sgt. Yost returned from infirmary for duty. Shot down by a direct flak hit in the bomb bay over Padua.  No chutes.

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