SKY RAT
B-17F 42-11837
CREW ROSTER
SKY RAT
B-17F 42-11837
CREW ROSTER
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| Mission | Pilot | Co-Pilot | Bombardier | Navigator | Flight Eng. | Radioman | Ball Gunner | Port Waist | Star. Waist | Tail Gunner | ||||
| Captain | 1st Lt. | 2nd Lt. | 2nd Lt. | SSgt. | Tech Sgt. | Sgt. | Sgt. | Sgt. | Sgt. | |||||
| Pola | Oswald, Todd | Beller, Jacob | Makowski, George | Sides, Randy | Strickland, Tony | Hurst, Jonathan | Abshire, Allen | Bauer, Sean | Crew, Wayne | Pender, Gregory | ||||
| Ferrara | Oswald | Beller | Makowski | Sides | Strickland | Hurst | Abshire | Bauer | Crew | Pender | ||||
| Padua | Oswald | Beller KIA |
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Sides LW | Strickland LW | Hurst LW | Abshire |
Bauer
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Crew LW | Pender LW | ||
| Turin | Oswald | Sinclair, Luke | Makowski | Sides | Strickland | Hurst | Abshire SW=Home |
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Bauer | Crew |
Pender LW
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| Piraeus | Oswald | Sinclair | Makowski | Sides | Strickland | Hurst | Parker, Robert | Bauer | Crew | Pender | ||||
| Brod | Oswald LW | Sinclair LW |
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Makowski LW=2 days |
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Sides LW=2 days | Strickland LW=1 day | Hurst | Parker | Bauer LW=1 day | Crew | Pender | ||
| Sofia | Oswald | Sinclair | Edwards, Wallace | Roberts, Dennis | Simeon, Joel | Hurst LW= 2 days | Parker | Dobson, Joe | Crew |
Pender
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| Fiume | Oswald | Sinclair |
Edwards
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Roberts | Strickland | McMichael, Gordon KIA |
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Parker | Bauer | Crew | Pender | |||
| Guidonia | Oswald | Sinclair | Makowski | Sides | Strickland | Hurst | Parker | Bauer | Crew | Pender | ||||
| Florence | Oswald | Sinclair | Makowski | Sides | Strickland | Hurst | Parker | Bauer | Crew | Pender | ||||
| Prato | Oswald LW | Sinclair KIA |
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Makowski KIA |
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Sides | Strickland | Hurst | Parker | Bauer LW=3 days | Crew LW | Pender | ||
Special Crew Abilities:
2nd Lt. Sides had pilot school wash out skill. LD modifier is -6.
SSgt. Strickland: His LD modifier is -10.
Crew History:
2nd Lt. Dennis Roberts flew on Padua mission with Fell crew on Fell to Earth, 399th
MSgt. Joel Simeon flew on Pola mission with B. Wilson crew on Fateful Amy, 399th and two pervious missions with the 15th AF.
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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5 |
Pola, Italy | Dock Yards | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
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6 |
Ferrara, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - |
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7 |
Padua, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 40 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
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8 |
Turin, Italy | Ball Bearings | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
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9 |
Piraeus, Greece | Dock Yards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - |
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10 |
Brod, Yugoslavia | Marshalling Yards | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
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11 |
Sofia, Bulgaria | Marshalling Yards | 40 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
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12 |
Fiume, Italy | Oil Refinery | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | - | - |
| 13 | Guidonia, Italy | Airfield | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | Florence, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 15 | Prato, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | - |
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TOTALS |
Avg: 15% | 11 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 1 | ||
MISSION NOTES
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Mission |
Notes |
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5 |
New replacement crew. Returned with starboard landing gear brakes out from flak hit and no casualties. Claims: 1 Fw-190 apiece by Sgts. Bauer and Crew. |
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6 |
Reached target but unable to drop bombs due to damaged bomb bay doors. Returned with no casualties. Claims: 1 Me-109 by SSgt. Strickland. |
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7 |
Returned with starboard brakes out, flaps inoperable, damaged starboard wing root, superficial damage to #3 engine, multiple holes in the pilots' compartment, both wings & 7 casualties. Claims: 2 Me-109s & 1 Fw-190 by 2nd Lt. Makowski (1 Me-109 later officially confirmed by S-2); 1 Me-109 & 1 Fw-190 each by SSgt. Strickland & Sgt. Crew; 1 Fw-190 by Sgt. Pender; 1 Me-109 by Sgt. Bauer (later officially confirmed by S-2); 1 Me-110 by Sgt. Abshire. Replacement: 1st Lt. Sinclair. |
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8 |
Fell out-of-formation after the bomb run due to oxygen fire. After bombing target made emergency landing on Corsica with #2 & #3 engines out, waist gunners heaters out, partial O2 system out, multiple fuel tank leaks, starboard ailerons damaged, port wing root damaged and 2 casualties. Claims: 2 Fw-190s and 1 Me-109 by Sgt. Pender (1 Fw-190 was later officially confirmed by S-2).. Replacement: Sgt. Parker. |
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9 |
Returned with just a few superficial holes in the waist and no casualties. Claims: 1 Me-109 by SSgt. Strickland. |
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10 |
Returned with Nordon Bomb sight destroyed, auto-pilot inop, both flaps are inoperable, starboard elevators in-op, radio destroyed, top turret & guns inop, and dozens of misc. holes all over the plane. 6 casualties. Claims: 1 ME-109 by 2nd Lt. Sides. Temporary replacements: 2nd Lts. Edwards & Roberts & Sgt. Dobson |
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11 |
Returned with #3 engine feathered and superficial damages to both wings, nose and pilots' compartments. 1 Casualty. Claims: 1 FW-190 & 1 ME-109 by Sgt. Pender and 1 ME-109 by 2nd Lt. Edwards (Sgt. Pender's ME-109 claim is later confirmed by S-2). Temporary replacements: TSgt.McMichael. |
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12 |
SSgt. Strickland & Sgt. Bauer returns to crew. Returned with #3 engine feathered, waist section O2 system inoperable, & superficial damage to the #4 engine, bomb bays & tail planes. 1 casualty. Claims: 1 ME-109 by 2nd Lt. Edwards (Later confirmed by S-2). |
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13 |
2nd Lts. Makowski & Sides & TSgt. Hurst rejoins crew. Returned without damage or casualties. |
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14 |
Returned with damage to navigation equipment, tail plane, and pilots' compartment windows, superficial damage to nose and tail. No casualties. Claims: 1 FW-190 by Sgt. Pender & 1 ME-109 by SSgt. Strickland. |
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15 |
Fell out-of-formation from pilots' compartment oxygen fire after bomb run. Returned alone with #3 & #4 engines out, radio, landing gear & elevator controls inoperable, pilots' compartment window shattered, rafts destroyed, and numerous superficial shell and bullet holes throughout the aircraft. Made belly landing; aircraft written off as beyond economical repair. 5 casualties. Claims: 1 FW-190 by SSgt. Strickland. |
