FLYING BEWILDERED
B-17F 42-11824
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. | |
| Seagraves, TX | Mount Ivy, NY | Stockton, KS | Elizabeth, NJ | Plains, MT | Windy Hills, KY | Welby, CO | Cordeke, GA | Wendell, MN | Tishomingo, OK | |
| Nicks, Mark V. | Abrego, Donald W. | Pennington, Stanley V. | Villalobos, Manuel A. | Chrisman, Steve E. | Silas, Fred G. | Demoss, Curtis T. | Western, Timothy U. | Tolley, Marvin D. | Wicks, Brandon H. | |
| R. Emilia |
KIA
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KIA
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LW
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| Nicks | Ardoin, Victor O. | Westbrooks, Brian L. | Villalobos | Chrisman | Silas | DeMoss | Western | Tolley | Wicks | |
| Sofia | KIA
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KIA
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KIA
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KIA
|
KIA
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KIA
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KIA
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KIA
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KIA
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KIA
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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 | |||
|
1 |
Reggio Emilia | Marshalling Yards | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | - |
|
2 |
Sofia | Marshalling Yards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
|
TOTALS |
Avg: 0% | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
MISSION NOTES
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Mission |
Notes |
|
1 |
Returned with 2 KIA & 1 LW. Damage to the starboard wing root, both tail-plane roots and ball turret ammo feed belts. Extensive damage to repair (136 damage points). One Fw-190 each were claimed by SSgt. Chrisman & Sgt. Wicks. SSgt. Chrisman's kill officially confirmed later. |
|
2 |
Bomber exploded during bomb run. No chutes seen. |