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Donald N. Ellison Crew (left to right)
Standing: Harold Osban (WG), Rex ? (WG), Robert Henry (BTG), David
Davis (TG
Kneeling: Robert Wolf (ROG), Donald Ellison (P), Wiley Smith
(CP), Frank Vandergriff (NAV), Horace Liles (TTE)
Handwritten caption on photo: "Taken on our Russia to Italy to
England shuttle bombing mission - in Russia"
Photo date: 9/19/44
Photo courtesy of Bob Wolf (ROG) |
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2nd Lt Donald N. Ellison |
P |
CPT |
17/2/45 |
FRANKFURT & GIESSEN |
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2nd Lt Wiley Smith Jr. |
CP |
CPT |
17/2/45 |
FRANKFURT & GIESSEN |
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F/O Frank Vandergriff, Jr. |
NAV |
CPT |
17/2/45 |
FRANKFURT & GIESSEN |
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2nd Lt Albert E. Richmond |
BOM |
CPT |
9/3/45 |
FRANKFURT |
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S/Sgt Robert W. Wolf |
ROG |
CPT |
17/2/45 |
FRANKFURT & GIESSEN |
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S/Sgt Horace O. Liles |
TTE |
CPT |
17/2/45 |
FRANKFURT & GIESSEN |
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Sgt Robert L. Henry |
BTG |
CPT |
17/2/45 |
FRANKFURT & GIESSEN |
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Sgt Harold L. Osban |
WG |
CPT |
17/2/45 |
FRANKFURT & GIESSEN |
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Pvt Jack Jefferson |
WG |
NOC |
-- |
Taken off crew to reduce to 9 men |
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Sgt David E. Davis |
TG |
CPT |
17/2/45 |
FRANKFURT & GIESSEN |
351st Sqdn.. This crew assigned to the 100th July 1944
Above Crew appears on roster 13/9/44 as crew #56/58 with a
Lt Stanley W Yates from Lt Stevenson Crew as Bombardier. On 3/9/44 Lt
Harold A. Smith from Lt Thompson Crew is riding as Bomb. in place of Lt
Yates. On 11/8/44 Lt Albert E. Richmond is the BOM. Lt Stanley W.
Yates (Bom, CPT 7/1/45- Cologne from Lt Stevenson Crew) flew some missions
with this Crew. S/Sgt Liles name is spelled Lyles in the 351st
BS history.
Known Missions of 2nd Lt Donald Ellison Crew: (incomplete…mpf)
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NBR |
DATE |
TARGET |
A/C # |
NAME |
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01. |
11/8/44 |
VILLACOUBLAY |
42-32530 |
QUITTIN' TIME |
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02. |
14/8/44 |
LUDWIGSHAVEN |
42-31767 |
OUR GAL SAL |
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03. |
25/8/44 |
POLITZ |
42107233 |
HUMPTY DUMPTY |
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04. |
26/8/44 |
BREST |
42-31066 |
DIXIE BABY |
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05. |
30/8/44 |
BREMEN |
42-31530 |
QUITTIN' TIME |
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06. |
3/9/44 |
BREST |
42-31530 |
QUITTIN' TIME |
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07. |
5/9/44 |
STUTTGART |
42-31530 |
QUITTIN' TIME |
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08. |
11/9/44 |
RUHLAND |
42-31530 |
QUITTIN' TIME |
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09. |
12/9/44 |
MAGDEBURG |
42-31530 |
QUITTIN' TIME |
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10. |
13/9/44 |
SINDELFINGEN |
42-97126 |
THE LATEST RUMOR |
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11. |
18/9/44 |
WARSAW |
42-31412 |
MASON AND DIXON
(2nd Russian Shuttle Mission) |
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12. |
19/9/44 |
SZOLNOK |
42-31412 |
MASON AND DIXON
(aircraft received major flak damage) |
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13. |
28/9/44 |
MERSEBURG |
42-32530 |
QUITTIN' TIME |
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