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 The Joseph A. Drottar Crew
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| 2ND LT |
JOSEPH A. DROTTAR |
P |
FEH |
| 2ND LT |
ROBERT P. RAYNOR |
CP |
FEH |
| 2ND LT |
RANEY B. STANFORD |
NAV |
FEH |
| 2ND LT |
GEORGE A. SENIOR |
BOM |
FEH |
| CPL |
RAYMOND K. SUTTON |
ROG |
FEH |
| CPL |
ISADORE COHEN |
TTE |
FEH |
| CPL |
PAUL L. SANCHEZ |
BTG |
FEH |
| CPL |
FRANK W. BUERGER |
WG |
FEH |
| CPL |
EARL I. SUNSTROM |
TG |
FEH |
351st Sqdn.. Crew, as above,
joined 100th on 3 Apr 1945
The following mission information was
provided by Jack O'Leary:
Combat missions:
14 APRIL-1945 ROYAN
C-Sqdn DROTTAR - MAFKING
047 O Hardstand # 12, Aircraft # 42-238047
EP-O "FEVER BEAVER" one of the last (if not THE last) of it's 125 Combat
Missions..…
15 APRIL 1945 ROYAN
D-Sqdn DROTTAR – KIDMEAT
015 N, Hardstand # 23, Aircraft #42-98015
XR-N "HUNDRED PROOF"
16 APRIL - 1945 ROYAN
Practice Mission:
13 APRIL 1945
424 B Hardstand # 9, Aircraft # 43-39424 EP-B,
Ferry mission accident:
15 MAY, 1945 DROTTAR 126 D HORSCHING, Austria to pickup 30 French from
German Prison Camp collapsed a landing gear upon landing...END of The
LATEST RUMOR Aircraft 42-97126 EP-D..Aircraft pulled off the runway by
hitching to a TANK...A/C salvaged May 25,1945.
Letter to Howard Cohen, son of Isadore Cohen of the 351st
Sqdn:
Dear Howard,
I received a copy of the letter sent to you from Charlie
Beck of the 100th. Although your Dad and I were on the same crew for a
short period of time, I can give your what I recall. Our crew was formed
at Biggs Field, in El Paso, Texas about October 1944. We arrived at Thorpe
Abbotts in England March 15, 1945 and after more training and
familiarization joined the 351st Squadron April 3, 1945. As hostilities
were winding down, our vast war experience consisted of three missions to
Royan, France to bomb submarine pens.
After the war ended in Europe in May, only Joe (JOSEPH A.
DROTTAR), Raney (RANEY B. STANFORD) and my self (ROBERT P. RAYNOR)
remained together. Your Dad and the rest of the crew went their separate
ways. I lost track of him after that…
Best Regards,
Bob Raynor (CP on Lt Drottar Crew)
P.S. Your Dad was not aboard when we crash-landed at
Horshing in Linz, Austria. |
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