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B-17F 42-11855
CREW ROSTER
SNAKE BIT
B-17F 42-11855
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 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Petersburg, IL | N. York, NY | Lincoln, NB | Latham, KS | King City, CA | Mt. Pleasant, TX | Nogales, AZ | Nashville, TN | Sacramento, CA | Durbin, W.VA | |||
| Milan | Jones, Evan | Moore, Hedley | Masterson, Ralph | Thompson, Billy | Gill, Bob | Paul, Vincent | Gray, John LW | Julich, Robert |
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Skinner, Kent LW |
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Wayne, Sean |
| Verona | Jones | Moore | Masterson SW=28 days | Thompson | Gill | Paul | Gray | Perkins, Sam | Skinner | Wayne | ||
| M. Cassino | Jones | Moore | Edwards, Wallace | Thompson | Gill | Paul | Gray | Perkins | Skinner | Wayne | ||
| Regensburg | Jones | Moore | Edwards | Thompson | Gill | Paul | Gray | Perkins | Skinner SW=home |
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Wayne | |
| Klagenfurt | Jones KIA | Moore KIA | Edwards KIA | Thompson KIA | Gill KIA | Paul KIA | Gray KIA | Perkins KIA | Horn, Phillip KIA | Wayne KIA | ||
Special Crew Abilities:
Personal Lucky Charm earned after the Verona Mission: Perkins
Edwards has +1 modifier to bomb run chart O-6.
Crew Histories:
Sgt. Perkins flew 4 missions with Mershon crew on
Palookaville, 3 missions with Oswald crew
on Rats Revenge & 2 missions with Raines crew
on Walls of Fire.
Lt. Edwards flew Sofia & Fiume missions with Oswald crew on Sky Rat & 10 missions with Raines crew on Walls of Fire; bomb runs 40, 40, 40, 30, 30, 20, 5, 5, 0, 0, 0 & 0.
Sgt. Horn flew on Frascati & Pontecorve missions with Raines crew on Walls of Fire.
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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29 |
Milan, Italy |
Marshalling Yards | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
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30 |
Verona, Italy | Marshalling Yards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 31 | Monte Cassino, Italy | Ground Troops | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 33 | Regensburg, Germany | Aircraft Factory | Abort zone 3 | - | - | 1 | 0 | - | - |
| 34 | Klagenfurt, Austria | Airfield | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
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TOTALS |
Avg.: 20% | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
MISSION NOTES
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Mission |
Notes |
| 29 | New replacement crew. Returned with navigator oxygen system damaged (1), superficial damage and 3 casualties. Claims: 1 ME-109 by SSgt. Gill. Replacement: Sgt. Perkins. |
| 30 | Returned with radio destroyed, superficial damage to the tail and nose compartments and 1 casualty. Claims: 1 ME-109 by Lt. Masterson. |
| 31 | Returned without damage or casualties. |
| 33 | Aborted mission over Adriatic (zone 3)from loss of top turret oxygen system. Returned alone with top turret oxygen system inoperable, damage to the rudder and 1 casualty. Claims: 1 ME-109 by 2nd Lt. Thompson. Replacement: Sgt. Horn. |
| 34 | Shot down by enemy fighters over target. No survivors. |
