DANGEROUS ENCOUNTER
B-17F 42-11830
CREW ROSTER
DANGEROUS ENCOUNTER
B-17F 42-11830
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 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | |||
| Home Town | Hollywood, CA | Detroit, MI | Amherst, NY | Riverside, NY | Modesto, CA | Malibu, CA | Hollywood, CA | Coco Beach, FL | Baltimore, MD | Thousand Oaks, CA | |||
| Wells, C. | Kingery, Paul | Catalano, Dick | Catalano, Frank | Allsup, Mike | Lyon, Andy | Hutton, Dan | Buatz, Pat | Greenspoon, Jim | LaFrenye, Paul | ||||
| Villaorba | Wells | Kingery | Catalano, D | Catalano, F | Allsup | Lyon | Hutton | Buatz | Greenspoon | LaFrenye LW = 2 days | |||
| Klagenfurt | Wells KIA |
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Catalano, D | Catalano, F | Allsup | Lyon | Hutton | Buatz | Greenspoon | Carson, Will | |
| Verona | Van Dyne, Jeff | Norman, Robert | Catalano, D | Catalano, F | Allsup | Lyon | Hutton | Buatz | Greenspoon |
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| M. Cassino | Van Dyne | Norman | Catalano, D | Catalano, F | Allsup | Lyon | Hutton | Buatz | Greenspoon | LaFrenye | |||
| Campoleone | Van Dyne | Norman | Catalano, D | Catalano, F | Allsup | Lyon | Hutton | Buatz | Greenspoon | LaFrenye | |||
| Regensburg | Van Dyne | Norman | Catalano, D | Catalano, F | Allsup | Lyon | Hutton KIA | Buatz | Greenspoon | LaFrenye | |||
Special Crew Abilities:
2nd Lt. D. Catalano has the pilot wash-out skill. Made one successful emergency landing. May now make an emergency landing with a -3 LD modifier.
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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27 |
Villaorba, Italy | Airfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - |
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28 |
Klagenfurt, Austria | Airfield | Jettison, Z-5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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30 |
Verona, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 0 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Monte Cassino, Italy | Ground Troops | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 32 | Campoleone, Italy | Ground Troops | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 32 | Regensburg, Germany | Aircraft Factory | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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TOTALS |
Avg.: 16% | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
MISSION NOTES
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Mission |
Notes |
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27 |
New crew replacements from the USA. Returned with top turret guns destroyed, superficial damage to the fuselage and 1 casualty. Claims: 1 ME-109 by Sgt. Hutton. Temporary replacement: Sgt. Carson. |
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28 |
Reached target area but fell out-of-formation when starboard outer wing tank caught fire from fighter attack. Jettisoned bomb load and returned home alone with port aileron inoperable, superficial damage to the port wing (4 hits), fuselage (3), tail (1), waist (1) sections, & 2 casualties. With the pilot dead, and the co-pilot seriously wounded, 7 men bailed out over the base and Lt. D. Catalano (bombardier and a flight school washout) successfully landed the plane in bad weather and saved the life of the co-pilot. Claims: 1 ME-109 by Lt. F. Catalano & 1 ME-109 by Sgt. Greenspoon. |
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30 |
Returned with port wing root damage, radio room oxygen system damaged, superficial damage (7) to the nose, bomb bay, tail, starboard wing, and no casualties. Claims: 1 ME-109 by SSgt. Allsup (later confirmed by S-2). |
| 31 | Returned without damage or casualties. |
| 32 | Returned without damage or casualties. |
| 33 | After bombing Regensburg, left formation heading for Switzerland. Shot down by enemy fighters 80 miles short of Swiss border about 20 miles west of Munich; 9 crewmen successfully bailed out and were captured. |
