QUIEN SABE
B-17F 42-11531
CREW ROSTER
QUIEN SABE
B-17F 42-11531
CREW ROSTER
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| Mission | Pilot | Co-Pilot | Bombardier | Navigator | Flight Eng. | Radioman | Ball Gunner | Port Waist | Star. Waist | Tail Gunner | |||||||||
| Capt. | 1st Lt. | 2nd Lt. | 2nd Lt. | SSgt. | Tech Sgt. | Sgt. | Sgt. | Sgt. | Sgt. | ||||||||||
| Miss. Flown | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||
| R. Emilia | Johnstone, Gary | Edwards, Martin | Acton, Jon |
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McGinley, Lance | Lovell, Toby | Cook, Lenny |
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Allen, Matthew | Hole, Nigel |
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Lewis, James |
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De Lavier, Tim | |||||
| Sofia | Johnstone | Edwards | Acton | McGinley | Lovell | Armstrong, Gerry | Allen | Jones, Tony | Walters, Ted | De Lavier | |||||||||
| Steyr | Johnstone | Edwards | Acton | McGinley | Lovell | Armstrong LW=1 day | Allen | Jones LW=3 days |
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Walters | De Lavier | ||||||||
| Budapest | Johnstone | Edwards | Acton | McGinley FB=Home |
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Lovell | Eason, Norm | Allen | Dyer, Herb | Walters | De Lavier | ||||||||
| Bucharest | Johnstone | Edwards | Acton | Elliot, Milton | Lovell | Armstrong | Allen | Dyer | Walters | De Lavier |
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| Nis | Johnstone | Edwards | Acton 2LW=7 days | Elliot | Lovell | Armstrong | Allen | Dyer | Walters |
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De Lavier |
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| Treviso | Johnstone | Edwards | Nagel, Herman LW |
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Elliot KIA |
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Lovell KIA |
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Armstrong | Allen | Jones KIA |
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Froner, Lance LW | De Lavier |
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| Vienna | Johnstone | Edwards | Nagel | Schenz, Henry L. | Forsythe, Richard | Armstrong | Allen | Dyer | Froner | De Lavier | |||||||||
| Ploesti | Long, Bill LW=3 days |
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Fredricks, Donald KIA |
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Nagel, Herm LW |
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Westrum, Wesley KIA |
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Tolbert, James 2 LW=6 days |
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Eason KIAC |
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Bird, Billy | Mays, Howard | Durst, Cedric | Demuth, Jeff | |||
Special Crew Abilities: None
CREW HISTORY:
Lt. Nagel flew on Udine mission with Wilson crew on Golden Spike. B. Run: 75%
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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42 |
Reggio Emilia, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 40 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
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44 |
Sofia, Bulgaria | Marshalling Yards | DNB | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
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45 |
Steyr, Austria | Industry - Ball Bearings | Aborted zone-3 | - | - | 0 | 2 | - | - |
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46 |
Budapest, Hungary | Aircraft Factory | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | Bucharest, Rumania | Marshalling Yards | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 48 | Nis, Yugoslavia | Marshalling Yards | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | Treviso, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | - | - |
| 50 | Vienna, Austria | Aircraft Factory | 40 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | Ploesti, Rumania | Marshalling Yards | 50 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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TOTALS |
Avg: 25.7% | 3 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 5 | ||
MISSION NOTES
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Mission |
Notes |
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42 |
New crew replacements from the USA. Returned with top turret guns, radio room heating system inoperable, rafts destroyed, damage to both wing roots, to the starboard tail plane root and 2 casualties and 1 case of frostbite. Claims: 1 Me-109 apiece by 2nd Lt. Acton & Sgt. Allen (Lt. Acton's claim later confirmed by S-2). Replacements: TSgt. Armstrong, Sgts. Jones and Walters. |
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44 |
Reached target zone but did not drop bombs due to bomb bay doors inoperable. Returned with bomb bay doors jammed and no casualties. Claims: 1 Me-109 apiece by SSgt. Lovell, TSgt. Armstrong, & Sgt. Walters; 1 shared Me-110 by Sgts. Allen & De Lavier. |
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45 |
Aborted zone-3 outbound from damage from enemy fighters. Returned out of formation alone with the nose compartment heating system, top turret, intercom, elevator controls inoperable, the navigator's control destroyed, damage to the oxygen systems in the waist and tail compartments, tail plane, both wing roots, to the rudder and 2 casualties. |
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46 |
Returned with navigator's heating system inoperable, damage to the pilots' compartment oxygen system, to the starboard wing root, and 1 case of frostbite. Claims: 1 Me-110 by Sgt. De Lavier. Replacement: 2nd Lt. Elliot |
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47 |
TSgt. Armstrong rejoins crew. Returned with rafts, port waist .50 and navigation equipment destroyed, the #2 engine, both ailerons and flaps inoperable, and 3 casualties. Claims: 2 Me-190s and 1 Fw-190 by Sgt. De Lavier (1 of Sgt. De Lavier's Me-109 claims was later confirmed by S-2), and 2 Me-109s by 2nd Lt. Elliott. |
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48 |
Returned alone with #1 & 2 engines, the port aileron inoperable, damage to the port wing root, superficial damage to the nose and waist compartments, and 2 casualties. Claims: 1 Me-109 by 2nd Lt. Elliot, 1 Me-110 apiece by Sgt. Allen and De Lavier (Sgt. De Lavier's Me-110 claim was later confirmed by S-2), 1 Fw-190 shared by 2nd Lt. Acton & SSgt. Lovell. Replacement: Sgt. Froner. Temporary replacement: 2nd Lt. Nagel |
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49 |
Fell out-of-formation prior to reaching target zone (zone 4). Returned alone on 2 starboard engines only, port aileron, navigator's equipment and bomb release mechanism inoperable (after drop), loss of radio, damaged tail wheel and 5 casualties. Claims: 2 Me-109s by SSgt. Lovell, 1 Me-109 apiece by 2nd Lt. Nagel, Sgt. Jones and Sgt. De Lavier (2nd Lt. Nagel & Sgt. De Lavier's claims were later confirmed by S-2). Replacements: 2nd Lt. Schenz, SSgt. Forsythe, Sgt. Dyer. |
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50 |
Returned with top turret inoperable and no casualties. Claims: 1 Me-109 & 1 Me-110 by Sgt. De Lavier. |
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52 |
Mixed crew assigned for mission. Fell out-of-formation on return leg over Adriatic (zone-3) after losing second engine. Lost third engine 25 miles out from Italy (zone-2). Crew lighten ship and threw everything overboard to extend time in air. Arrived at base, 5 men bailed out, leaving pilot and flight engineer to land plane with seriously wounded radioman on board. Plane attempted belly-landing and plane crashed attempting to land. Pilot and flight engineer survived crash with minor injuries but radioman was killed in crash. Aircraft classified as Category E. |
