1ST LT. HARVEY W. DICKERT
0-759430 |
P |
CPT |
12 OCT 44 |
BREMEN |
1ST LT. VERNON G. KEILHOLTZ
0-705122 |
CP |
CPT |
27 SEP 44 |
MAINZ |
1ST LT. RAYMOND W. SPAHR
0-712932 |
NAV |
CPT |
03 OCT 44 |
LUDWIGBURG |
1ST LT. JOHN A. BRYCE
T-124342 |
BOM |
CPT |
25 SEP 44 |
LUDWIGSHAVEN |
T/SGT ROBERT J. LEVIN
16079902 |
TTE |
CPT |
17 JAN
45 |
HAMBURG |
S/SGT MICHAEL E. SWEENEY
11057006 |
ROG |
CPT |
19 MAR
45 |
JENA |
S/SGT EVERETT S. COLLIER
37470894 |
WG |
CPT |
12 OCT 44 |
BREMEN |
S/SGT ROBERT B. PATTERSON
37537192 |
WG |
POW |
10 APR 45 |
BURG-BEI-MAGDEBURG
LT. BAZIN CREW (SEE NOTES) |
S/SGT DALE L. HUMPHREY
39333941 |
BTG |
CPT |
12 OCT 44 |
BREMEN |
S/SGT WALTER B. SHIPMAN
9705838 |
TG |
CPT |
12 OCT 44 |
BREMEN |
351ST SQDN. . JOINED GROUP 29 MAY 44 This Crew flew "MASON AND DIXON" 42-31412 on 28 missions and 7 missions in other a/c. The list above is of the crew as it joined the 100th BG. S/Sgt Robert G. Truex and T/Sgt Daniel A. Lynch joined the crew when Sgt Levin and Sgt Sweeney left the crew.
Ranks are those crew members held at end of missions.
S/Sgt R. B. Patterson was taken off this crew to reduce to 9 men. He would become a Mickey (radar) operator.
CREW AS LISTED BELOW APPEARS ON A COMBAT ROSTER OF 03 SEP 44.
| LT HARVEY W. DICKERT |
P |
CPT |
12 OCT 44 |
BREMEN |
| LT VERNON G. KEILHOLTZ |
CP |
CPT |
27 SEP 44 |
MAINZ |
| LT RAYMOND W. SPAHR |
NAV |
CPT |
03 OCT 44 |
LUDWIGSBURG |
| F/O JOHN A. BRYCE |
BOM |
CPT |
25 SEP 44 |
LUDWIGSHAFEN |
| S/SGT ROBERT G. TRUEX |
ROG |
CPT |
UNKNOWN |
UNKNOWN |
| T/SGT DANIEL A. LYNCH |
TTE |
CPT |
12 OCT 44 |
BREMEN |
| S/SGT DALE L. HUMPHREY |
BTG |
CPT |
12 OCT 44 |
BREMEN |
| S/SGT EVERETT S. COLLIER |
WG |
CPT |
12 OCT 44 |
BREMEN |
| S/SGT WALTER B. SHIPMAN |
TG |
CPT |
12 OCT 44 |
BREMEN |
Letter to Harry F. Cruver from Harvey W. Dickert dated 12 Jun 1995
(1) My crew was assigned to the 95th Bomb Group, AAF Station 119 on May 29, 1944.
(2) We were transferred the same day to the 100th Bomb Group, Station 39, Thorpe Abbotts.
(3) After 4 or 5 missions we were assigned to B-17 # 2 31412 - Mason and Dixon - we flew this airplane until it lost a few missions being damaged on a Russia Shuttle mission. M/Sgt. Joe Picard was the Ground Crew Chief.
(4) Pilot's (Harvey Dickert) first mission: 11 June 44 as Co-Pilot to Edger W. Wolf. First full crew mission: 12 June 44, French Coast #138 - Lt Ryan's and Lt. McKeague's crews lost that day, flak
from 105's at Dunkirk.
Mission flow with most 100th losses: Ruhland 11 Sep 44. . . .
Mission Log of Dickert Crew
Dickert Mission Diary
| Nbr |
Date |
Target |
100th Nbr |
Comments |
| 01 |
11 Jun 44 |
Berck-Sur-Mer |
137 |
-- |
| 02 |
12 Jun 44 |
French Coast |
138 |
-- |
| 03 |
15 Jun 44 |
Wilster, Germany |
140 |
-- |
| 04 |
16 Jun 44 |
Fallersieben, Germany |
143 |
-- |
| 05 |
21 Jun 44 |
Berlin, Germany |
144 |
-- |
| 06 |
24 Jun 44 |
Rouen, France |
147 |
-- |
| 07 |
25 Jun 44 |
Near Limogees, France |
148 |
Aid to French Underground |
| 08 |
06 Jul 44 |
Fleury, France |
154 |
Gottlingen |
| 09 |
07 Jul 44 |
Böhlen, Germany |
155 |
Gottlingen |
| 10 |
18 Jul 44 |
Hemmingstadt, Germany |
161 |
Kiel |
| 11 |
19 Jul 44 |
Schweinfurt, Germany |
164 |
-- |
| 12 |
20 Jul 44 |
Merseburg, Germany |
165 |
-- |
| 13 |
21 Jul 44 |
Ludwigsburg, Germany |
166 |
-- |
| 14 |
21 Jul 44 |
St Lo, France |
167 |
-- |
| 15 |
25 Jul 44 |
St Lo, France |
168 |
-- |
| 16 |
28 Jul 44 |
Merseburg, Germany |
169 |
-- |
| 17 |
03 Aug 44 |
Troyles, France |
173 |
Harvey Dickert's 22nd birthday |
| 18 |
04 Aug 44 |
Hamburg, Germany |
174 |
-- |
| 19 |
05 Aug 44 |
Merseburg, Germany |
175 |
-- |
| 20 |
07 Aug 44 |
Beautor, France |
177 |
Northern France |
| 21 |
08 Aug 44 |
St. Sylvain, France |
178 |
Northern France |
| 22 |
13 Aug 44 |
Longnes, France |
180 |
Battle Front |
| 23 |
14 Aug 44 |
Ludwigshaven, Germany |
181 |
-- |
| 24 |
18 Aug 44 |
Passe Sur Armancon, France |
182 |
-- |
| 25 |
03 Sep 44 |
Crozon, France |
190 |
-- |
| 26 |
05 Sep 44 |
Stuttgart, Germany |
191 |
-- |
| 27 |
08 Sep 44 |
Mainz, Germany |
192 |
-- |
| 28 |
09 Sep 44 |
Dûsseldorf, Germany |
193 |
-- |
| 29 |
10 Sep 44 |
Nurnburg, Germany (sic Nurnburg) |
194 |
-- |
| 30 |
11 Sep 44 |
Ruhland, Germany |
195 |
Credit for 1 & two halves enemy fighters |
| 31 |
25 Sep 44 |
Ludwigshaven, Germany |
200 |
Jack Bryce finished 35 missions |
| 32 |
26 Sep 44 |
Bremen, Germany |
201 |
-- |
| 33 |
27 Sep 44 |
Mainz, Germany |
202 |
V. Keilholtz finished 35 missions |
| 34 |
07 Oct 44 |
Böhlen, Germany |
209 |
-- |
| 35 |
12 Oct 44 |
Bremen, Germany |
211 |
H. Dickert and rest of crew finished 35 missions |
I do not know the number of the missions members of my crew flew at a time I was in sick bay. . Harvey W. Dickert…
Lawrence L. Bazin Crew:
| 2ND LT LAWRENCE L. BAZIN |
P |
KIA |
10/4/45 |
BURG-BEI-MAGDEBURG, AF |
| 2ND LT CHARLES F. DIXON |
CP |
FEH |
-- |
-- |
| 2ND LT KENNETH C. PEIFFER |
NAV |
FEH |
-- |
-- |
| 2ND LT HARRY J. CHASE |
BOM |
FEH |
-- |
-- |
| S/SGT ROENS W. SHEARWOOD |
TTE |
EVADEE |
10/4/45 |
BURG-BEI-MAGDEBURG, AF |
| CPL GLENN D. ABRAHAM, JR |
ROG |
POW |
10/4/45 |
BURG-BEI-MAGDEBURG, AF |
| CPL PAUL H. DECKER |
TG |
KIA |
10/4/45 |
BURG-BEI-MAGDEBURG, AF |
| CPL RICHARD D. LONG |
WG |
POW |
10/4/45 |
BURG-BEI-MAGDEBURG, AF |
| CPL RICHARD E. SMITH |
BTG |
KIA |
10/4/45 |
BURG-BEI-MAGDEBURG, AF |
351st Sqdn. Joined 100th Group, as above, on 11/2/45. On 10/4/45, Lt. John D. Gross from the crew of J. J. Dodrill was the NAV in place of Kenneth Peiffer. James R. Dotson, pilot of his own crew, was flying as CP in place of Charles Dixon. Also aboard were T/Sgt
Arthur T. Flowers as NG (TOG) in place of Harry Chase, and S/Sgt Robert B. Patterson as Radar Operator (from Lt Dickert Crew)
Mission notes from Lt Dickert:
On my 7th Mission (Maquis Supply Drop) we dropped supplies, food and munitions from very low altitude to the French Underground by parachute. On my 30th mission (Ruhland) we were attacked by about 140 German fighters. My crew shot down 3 of them and got partial credit for 2 others credited
to Hempey's Tail Gunner (Sgt C. W. Emerson, who was KIA on this mission).
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