THUNDERMUG
B-17G 43-7261
CREW ROSTER
THUNDERMUG
B-17G 43-7261
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. | Capt. | Capt. | SSgt. | Tech Sgt. | SSgt. | Sgt. | SSgt. | Sgt. | ||
| Miss. Flown | 15 (21) | 15 (21) | 22 (30) | 26 (37) | 15 (21) | 15 (21) | 27 (38) | 19 (27) | 26 (36) | 21 (30) | |
| Logan, Jerry | Flint, John | Stein, Adam | Orwing, Jeff | Bowdrie | Chantry | Smitley, Pete | Black | Semelbauer, Gene |
Holly, T.G. |
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| Belgrade | Logan | Flint | Hearn, J.T. | Cox, Rich | Bowdrie | Chantry | Smitley | Black | Semelbauer |
Holly |
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| Belgrade | Logan | Flint | Hearn | Orwing | Bowdrie | Chantry | Smitley LW | Black | Semelbauer |
Holly |
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| Wiener-Neustadt | Logan | Flint | Hearn LW=3 days |
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Orwing | Bowdrie | Chantry | Smitley | Black | Semelbauer |
Holly |
| Ploesti | Logan | Flint | Bristol, Dave | Orwing | Bowdrie | Chantry | Smitley | Black | Semelbauer |
Holly |
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| Piombino | Logan | Flint | Bristol | Orwing | Bowdrie | Chantry | Smitley | Black | Semelbauer |
Holly |
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| Toulon | Logan | Flint | Bristol | Orwing | Bowdrie | Chantry | Smitley | Black | Semelbauer |
Holly |
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| Milan | Logan | Flint | Bristol | Orwing | Bowdrie | Chantry | Smitley | Black | Semelbauer |
Holly |
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| Ploesti | Logan | Flint | Bristol | Orwing | Bowdrie | Chantry | Smitley | Black | Semelbauer |
Holly |
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| Brasov | Logan | Flint | Stein | Orwing | Bowdrie | Chantry | Smitley | Black | Semelbauer |
Holly |
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| Bucharest | Logan | Flint | Stein | Orwing | Bowdrie | Chantry | Smitley | Black LW | Semelbauer LW |
Holly LW |
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| Wiener-Neustadt | Logan | Flint | Stein | Orwing | Bowdrie | Chantry | Warren, Lou | Black | Semelbauer |
Holly |
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| Cesena | Logan | Flint | Stein | Orwing | Bowdrie | Chantry | Warren | Black | Semelbauer |
Holly |
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| Ferrera | Logan | Flint | Stein | Thompson, Jack | Bowdrie | Chantry | Warren | Black | Semelbauer |
Holly |
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| Rimini | Logan | Flint | Stein | Thompson | Bowdrie | Chantry | Smitley | Black | Browning, Norm |
Holly |
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| Wiener-Neustadt | Logan | Flint | Stein | Orwing | Bowdrie | Chantry | Smitley | Black | Semelbauer |
Holly |
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| ? | Logan | Flint | Stein | Orwing | Bowdrie | Chantry | Smitley | Black | Semelbauer |
Holly |
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Special Crew Abilities:
1st Lt. Stein may make emergency landing at -6 modification to landing roll.
1st Lt. Orwing may make emergency landing at -9 modification to landing roll.
Lucky Charms earned after Bucharest mission: Smitley
Lucky Charms earned after Ploesti mission: Holly
Lucky Charms earned after Piombino mission: Smithley
Lucky Charms earned after Milan mission: Orwing
Lucky Charms earned after Ploesti mission: Semelbauer
Lucky Charms earned after Bucharest mission: Logan, Flint, Bowdrie & Chantry (used mission 69)
Lucky Charms earned after Ferrera mission: Stein #2
Lucky Charms earned after Rimini mission: Holly
CREW HISTORY: 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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53 |
Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
Industry - Munitions | 97 | - | - | 1 | 0 | - | - |
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54 |
Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
Marshalling Yards | 95 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
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55 |
Wiener-Neustadt, Austria |
Aircraft Factory | 40 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | - |
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56 |
Ploesti, Romania |
Marshalling Yards | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Piombino, Italy | Industry - Steel | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 58 | Toulon, France | Naval Base | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 59 | Milan, Italy | Marshalling Yards | Abort-zone 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 60 |
Ploesti, Romania |
Marshalling Yards | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 61 |
Brasov, Romania |
Aircraft Factory | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 62 |
Bucharest, Romania |
Marshalling Yards | 60 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 |
Wiener-Neustadt, Austria |
Aircraft Factory | 40 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 65 | Cesena, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 66 | Ferrera, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 67 | Rimini, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 69 |
Wiener-Neustadt, Austria |
Aircraft Factory | 30 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
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TOTALS |
Avg: 36.6% | 5 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
MISSION NOTES
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Mission |
Notes |
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53 |
New replacement aircraft for Carolina Lady II. Returned with #2 engine inoperable and no casualties. Claims: 1 Me-109 by Sgt. Smitley. |
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54 |
1st Lt. Orwing rejoins crew. Returned with superficial damage to the nose and radio room compartments and 1 casualty. |
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55 |
Returned with the autopilot, starboard flaps and tail turret guns inoperable, ball turret jammed, and superficial damage to radio, bomb bay and pilot's compartments, and 1 casualty. Temporary replacement: 2nd Lt. Bristol. |
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56 |
Returned with #3 (starboard inboard) fuel tank holed and empty (#3 engine shut down), damage to the port wing root (1 hit), control cables, superficial damage to both wings, the bomb bay doors and the fuselage, and 1 casualty. |
| 57 | Returned without damage or casualties. |
| 58 | Returned without damage or casualties. |
| 59 | Aborted over Adriatic (zone-3) due to loss of #3 engine from enemy attack. Returned to base alone with #3 engine inoperable, superficial damage to fuselage and the port wing with no casualties. |
| 60 | Returned with the Norden bombsight destroyed, radio out, damage to the port wing root, superficial damage to the nose and waist compartments, and no casualties. Claims: 2 Me-109s & 1 Fw-190 by Lt. Bristol, 1 Fw-190 by Sgt. Black, 1 Fw-190 by Sgt. Holly and 1 Me-110 by Sgt. Smitley. |
| 61 | 1st Lt. Stein rejoins crew. Returned with Autopilot inoperable, superficial damage to the fuselage (1 hit), to the nose compartment (2 hits), radio room (2 hits), and the bomb bay (2 hits), and no casualties. Claims: 2 ME-109 & 1 FW-190 by MSgt. Bowdrie, 1 Fw-190 & 1 ME-110 apiece by Sgts. Smitley & Holly. |
| 62 | Returned with the navigation gear and starboard flaps inoperable, superficial damage to the fuselage (2), to the tail (1) and starboard wing (1) and 3 light casualties. Claims: 2 Me-109s by SSgt. Bowdrie, and 1 ME-109 apiece by Lts. Orwing and Stein. Temporary replacement: Sgt. Warren |
| 63 |
Returned with port brakes inoperable, superficial damage to the fuselage (2 hits) and starboard wing (2 hits) and 1 light casualty. Claims: 1 Me-110 by Sgt. Warren. |
| 65 | Returned without damage or casualties. |
| 66 | Returned without damage or casualties. |
| 67 | SSgt. Smitley rejoins crew. Returned without damage or casualties. |
| 69 | Dropped out-of-formation after bomb run and returned alone. Landed safely with radio room oxygen system destroyed by fire, both flaps, starboard aileron and radio inoperable, starboard waist MG destroyed, damage to the control cables, to both wing roots, to the rudder (2), superficial damage to the #2 and #3 engines, to both wings (4 on starboard, 2 on port), to the fuselage (4), and to bomb bays, and no casualties. Claims: 1 ME-109 apiece by Capt. Stein, SSgt. Bowdrie & Sgt. Holly. |
