THE ANT'S HILL
B-17F 42-11842
CREW ROSTER
THE ANT'S HILL
B-17F 42-11842
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. | ||
| Hilliard, Anthony | Williams, Louis | Stubbs, Bernard | Wiener, Charles | Thymes, Harold | Weber, William | Pyne, Wilbur | Mendes, Ernesto | Kane, Richard | Beane, Jack | ||
| Padua | FB=Recovers | ||||||||||
| Turin | Hilliard | Williams | Stubbs | Wiener | Thymes SW= 9 days | Weber | Pyne | Mendes | Kane SW=20 days |
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Beane |
| Piraeus | Hilliard | Williams | Stubbs | Wiener | Jankowski, Jacob | Weber | Pyne | Mendes | Wagner, Thomas | Beane | |
| Brod | Hilliard | Williams | Stubbs | Wiener | Jankowski | Weber FB=Reccovers | Pyne | Mendes | Wagner | Beane | |
| Sofia | Hilliard | Williams | Stubbs | Wiener | Jankowski | Daly, Daniel | Pyne LW | Mendes | Wagner | Beane | |
| Fiume | Hilliard | Williams | Stubbs | Wiener FB=Recovers | Jankowski | Weber LW | Pyne | Mendes | Wagner | Beane | |
| Florence | Hilliard | Williams | Stubbs | Wiener | Thymes | Weber | Pyne | Mendes | Wagner | Beane LW | |
| Prato | Hilliard | Williams | Stubbs | Wiener | Thymes | Weber | Pyne | Mendes | Wagner | Carson, William | |
| Klagenfurt | Hilliard POW | Williams POW | Stubbs POW | Wiener POW | Thymes POW | Weber POW | Pyne POW | Mendes POW | Wagner POW |
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Beane POW |
Special Crew Abilities: 2nd Lt. Wiener has the medical skill.
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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7 |
Padua, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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8 |
Turin, Italy | Ball Bearings | 30 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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9 |
Piraeus, Greece | Dock Yards | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
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10 |
Brod, Yugoslavia | Marshalling Yards | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
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11 |
Sofia, Bulgaria | Marshalling Yards | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
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12 |
Fiume, Italy | Oil Refinery | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
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14 |
Florence, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
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15 |
Prato, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
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16 |
Klagenfurt, Austria | Aircraft Factory | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
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TOTALS |
Avg: 27% | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
MISSION NOTES
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Mission |
Notes |
| 7 | New crew assignment. Returned with minor flak damage to radio room, rudder, port wing aileron, and bomb bay (shredded rafts). moderate damage (no heat) to bombardier compartment. 1 minor frostbite case. Claims: 1 Me-109 by 2nd Lt. Stubbs. |
| 8 | Returned with moderate damage to engineer's compartment, starboard waist position, and port and starboard wing roots (1 hit each). Superficial damage to tail and port inboard fuel tank. 2 Casualties. Claims: 2 Me-109s by Sgt. Beane, 1 Me-109 TSgt. Weber, and 1 Me-109 by Lt. Stubbs. Temporary replacements: SSgt. Jankowski & Sgt. Wagner. |
| 9 | Returned with no damage or casualties. |
| 10 | Returned with top turret guns, starboard elevator, radio room heat inoperable, damage to the tail oxygen system, starboard wing root hits (2), and superficial damage to both wings and the pilots' compartment. No casualties. Claims: 1 ME-109 by SSgt. Jankowski. Temporary replacement: TSgt. Daly. |
| 11 | Returned with light damage to the ball turret and 1 casualty. |
| 12 | TSgt. Weber rejoins crew. Returned with heat out in both stations in nose compartment, damage to control cables, #4 engine oil tank, port tail plane wing root, starboard wing flap and wing root. Superficial damage to nose, pilots' compartment, radio room, bomb bay control cables, starboard waist position. 2 casualties. Claims: 1 FW-190 apiece by SSgt. Jankowski and Sgt. Mendes. |
| 14 | SSgt. Thymes rejoins crew. Returned with damage to the control cables, starboard wing root, rudder, and a few superficial holes. 1 casualty. Claims: 1 FW-190 each by SSgt. Thymes and Sgt. Beane. Temporary replacement: Sgt.Carson. |
| 15 | Returned with no damage or casualties. |
| 16 | Sgt. Beane rejoins crew. Shot down by flak over target. 10 POWs. Claims: 1 FW-190. |
