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B-17F  42-11867

CREW  ROSTER

Medals          
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. MSgt. Tech Sgt. Sgt. Sgt. Sgt. SSgt.
Miss. Flown 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Milan Gordon, Herman Speier, Greg Paxson, Lester   LW Duggins, Moe LW Tracey, Rich Corey, Kurt Dewolf, Dan Luft, Vern Kollar, Dustin Fishback, Robert
Verona Gordon Speier Paxson Duggins Tracey Corey Dewolf Luft Kollar Fishback
M. Cassino Gordon Speier Paxson Duggins Tracey Corey Dewolf Luft Kollar Fishback
Regensburg Gordon Speier Paxson Duggins Tracey Corey Dewolf Luft Kollar Fishback
Klagenfurt Gordon Speier Paxson Duggins Tracey Corey LW Dewolf Luft Kollar Fishback
Velletri Gordon Speier Paxson Duggins Tracey Corey Dewolf Luft Kollar Fishback
Wiener-Neustadt Gordon LW Speier SW=Home Paxson LW Duggins LW Tracey LW Corey Dewolf Luft SW=Home Kollar KIA Fishback

 

Special Crew Abilities:

Lt. Paxson has medical skill.

 

Crew History:

MISSION RECORD

Mission

Target City

Target Type

Bomb Run

Fw-190 Claimed/Dam Me-109 Claimed/Dam Me-110   Claimed/Dam
29 Milan, Italy Marshalling Yards 0 0 2 1 0 - -
30 Verona, Italy Marshalling Yards 50 0 0 0 0 - -
31 Monte Cassino, Italy Ground Troops 60 - - - - - -
33 Regensburg, Germany Aircraft Factory 0 2 1 3 6 - -
34 Klagenfurt, Austria Airfield Abort z-3 3 4 0 0 - -
35 Velletri, Italy Ground Troops 0 - - - - - -
37 Wiener-Neustadt, AUstria Aircraft Factory 0 1 1 3 2 0 2

TOTALS

Avg: 18% 6 8 7 8 0 2

MISSION NOTES

Mission

Notes

29

New replacement aircraft and crew.  Returned with starboard elevator out, numerous superficial holes in the nose, tail and waist compartments, and 2 casualties.  Claims: 1 ME-109 by Sgt. Fishback (later confirmed by S-2).

30

Returned without damage or casualties.

31

Returned without damage or casualties.

33

Returned with port aileron, substantial damage to both wings, to the nose & tail compartments and no casualties.  Claims: 2 ME-109s by Sgt. Dewolf, 1 FW-190 apiece by Sgts. Kollar & Luft, and 1 ME-109 by Lt. Paxson.

34

Aborted mission over the Adriatic Sea (zone 3) due to lost of engine and radio room oxygen.  Returned alone with 2 engines inoperable, port wing tank holed, radio room oxygen system, both elevators, port flaps, intercom, port landing gear brakes inoperable, damage to the tail compartment oxygen system, numerous holes to the port wing and fuselage, and 1 casualty. Claims: 1 FW-190 apiece by TSgt. Corey, Sgts. Fishback and Luft (Sgt. Fishback's claim later confirmed by S-2).

35 Returned without damage or casualties.
37

Fell out of formation after bomb run and returned alone but aircraft was irreparably damaged due to hard landing when landing gear collapsed.  7 casualties.  Claims: 1 FW-190 by TSgt. Corey, 1 ME-109 apiece by Lt. Paxson, MSgt. Tracey, & Sgt. DeWolf (all ME-109 claims later confirmed by S-2)

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