SANTA'S HENCHMEN
B-17G 42-14197
CREW ROSTER
SANTA'S HENCHMEN
B-17G 42-14197
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. | ||||||
| Miss. Flown | 7 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 6 | |||||
| Aviano | Hoffman, Leo | Powers, Val | Archer, Mike | O'Hara, Homer | Hammond, Casper | Lawson, Toby | Riley, Zach | Whalan, Stan | Rogers, Stan LW=3 days |
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North, William |
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| Verona | Hoffman | Powers | Archer | O'Hara | Hammond | Lawson | Riley | Ellsworth, Wayne | Dobson, Joe | Jacobson, Bert | |||||
| Pisa | Hoffman | Powers | Archer | O'Hara | Hammond | Lawson | Riley | Ellsworth | Dobson | Jacobson | |||||
| Velletri | Hoffman | Powers | Archer | O'Hara | Hammond | Lawson | Riley | Ellsworth | Dobson | Jacobson | |||||
| Wiener-Neustadt | Hoffman LW | Powers | Archer KIA |
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O'Hara LW | Hammond | Lawson | Riley SW=16 days | Ellsworth KIA |
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Rogers SW=Home |
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| Padua | Hoffman | Powers | Hartwell, Alan | O'Hara | Hammond | Lawson | Svensen, Peter | Steiner, Jeffery | Beaubien, Bruce | Jacobson | |||||
| Udine | Hoffman MIA | Powers KIA | Hartwell LW & MIA | O'Hara POW | Hammond POW | Lawson POW | Svensen KIA |
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Steiner POW | Beaubien 2 LWs & MIA | Jacobson KIA | ||||
Special Crew Abilities:
Sgt. Beaubien has a lucky charm.
Crew History:
Sgt. Dobson flew on Sofia mission with Oswald crew on Sky Rat; flew 6 missions with Mershon crew on Palookaville & flew 3 missions with Moody crew on Frisco Kid II. Has Lucky Charm.
Sgt. Beaubien (NO, LA) flew 10 mission with Kingsley crew on Princess Lilikoi.
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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24 |
Aviano, Italy | Airfield | 0 | - | - | 1 | 5 | - | - |
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25 |
Verona, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 0 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
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26 |
Pisa, Itlay | Marshalling Yards | 0 | - | - | 0 | 3 | - | - |
| 35 | Velletri, Italy | Ground Troops | 75 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 37 | Wiener-Neustadt, Austrai | Aircraft Factory | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| 38 | Padua, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 40 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - |
| 39 | Udine, Italy | Airfield | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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TOTALS |
Avg.: 21% | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | ||
MISSION NOTES
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Mission |
Notes |
| 24 | New replacement crew. Returned with the left aileron inoperable, other minor damage and 3 casualties. Claims: 1 ME-109 by Sgt. North. |
| 25 | Retuned with bomb release mechanism, top turret guns inoperable and ball turret power failure and superficial hits. No casualties. Claims: 1 ME-109 by SSgt. Hammond. |
| 26 | Returned with Pilots' Compartment oxygen system damaged, 1 fire extinguisher destroyed and no casualties. |
| 35 | Returned without damage or casualties. |
| 37 | Returned with flap control instruments, right cheek guns and tail guns inoperable; nose and pilot compartments fire extinguishers, radio destroyed; damaged rudder and bombsight, 16 superficial hits, and 6 casualties. Replacements: Lt. Hartwell and Sgts. Beaubien & Steiner. Temporary replacement: Sgt. Svensen |
| 38 | Returned without damage or casualties. Claims: 1 FW-190 & 1 ME-109 by 2nd Lt. Hartwell. |
| 39 | Shot down by enemy fighter 20 miles south of Udine (zone 5) during return. 7 survivors, 3 KIA, 4 POWs & 3 MIAs. |
