WANG DANG DOODLE
B-17F 42-11845
Ground Crew Chief: MSgt. Hanson
CREW ROSTER
WANG DANG DOODLE
B-17F 42-11845
Ground Crew Chief: MSgt. Hanson
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. | ||||
| Hometown | Hackberry, LA | Atlanta, GA | Shipps Bend, TENN | Kenner, LA | Fort Sumner, NM | Bedford, MA | Allentown, PA | St. Cloud, MN | Wheeling, W. VA | NO, LA | |||
| Deschamps, Teddy | Northrup, William | Baker, Jed E. | Friedman, Milton | Harper, Lyle | Crabbe, Thomas Charles | McNally, Tim | Slawson, Herman P. | Rutledge, Jeff | Busby, Clayton | ||||
| Brod | 2 LW= 6 days |
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| Sofia | Deschamps | Northrup LW=2 days | Baker | Friedman LW |
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Harper | Crabbe | McNally | Hemphill, Julius FB=Home |
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Rutledge | Busby | |
| Fiume | Deschamps | Harrison, Ben | Baker LW | Friedman KIA |
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Harper | Crabbe | McNally | Grayson, Claude LW | Rutledge |
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| Florence | Deschamps | Northrup | Baker | Majeau, Moe | Harper | Crabbe | McNally | Grayson | Warren, Cecil | Busby | |||
Special Crew Abilities: None
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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10 |
Brod, Yugoslavia | Marshalling Yards | 30 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - |
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11 |
Sofia, Bulgaria | Marshalling Yards | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
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12 |
Fiume, Italy | Oil Refinery | 30 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
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14 |
Florence, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
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TOTALS |
Avg: 23% | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | - | - | ||
MISSION NOTES
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Mission |
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10 |
New replacement crew. Returned with tail, port and starboard waist guns inoperable; rubber rafts destroyed; starboard wing: aileron out & outboard fuel tank holed (sealed), port wing root damaged, port waist gunner suit heater knocked out; rudder and control cables damaged. Numerous superficial hits to wings, to #1 engine; waist, radio room, nose. 1 casualty. Claims: 1 FW-190 & 1 ME-109 by Sgt. Busby, 1 ME-109 by SSgt. Harper & 1 ME-109 by Sgt. McNally (Sgt. Busby's claim of 1 ME-109 is later confirmed by S-2). Temporary replacement: Sgt. Hemphill. |
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11 |
Returned with Intercom and port waist gun heat out; rubber rafts destroyed, rudder damaged, and superficial damage to the nose and starboard wing. 2 casualties and 1 case of frostbite. Temporary replacement: 2nd Lt. Harrison & Sgt. Grayson. |
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12 |
Fell-out-of-formation zone 3 inbound and returned with #1 and #2 engines out (oil leak from #1); bomb bay doors inoperable; radio out; shattered pilots' compartment windows; port waist gun jammed; minor damage to starboard wing root & rudder (1 hit each). 4 casualties. Claims: 1 FW-190 by Sgt. McNally and & 1 ME-109 apiece by Sgts. Busby & Grayson. Replacements: 2nd Lt. Majeau and Sgt. Warren. |
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13 |
2nd Lt. Northrup rejoins crew. Shot down by direct flak hit over target. No survivors. |
