| F/O ARLOND. ELBEL |
P |
CPT |
25 SEP 44 |
LUDWIGSHAVEN |
-- |
| F/0 THOMAS D. TAYLOR |
CP |
CPT |
26 SEP 44 |
BREMEN |
FILL IN CP WITH LT WILLOUGHBY CREW |
| 2ND LT JOSEPH M. GLADDEN |
NAV |
CPT |
25 SEP 44 |
LUDWIGSHAVEN |
-- |
| 2ND LT ROBERT D. FISHER |
BOM |
CPT |
26 SEP 44 |
BREMEN |
-- |
| T/SGT E. T.GEHRMAN |
TTE |
CPT |
25 SEP 44 |
LUDWIGSHAVEN |
-- |
| SGT FRANCIS J. TRUSCOTT |
ROG |
CPT |
25 SEP 44 |
LUDWIGSHAVEN |
-- |
| SGT ARTHUR F. WHITTEN |
BTG |
CPT |
25 SEP 44 |
LUDWIGSHAVEN |
-- |
| SGT ROBERT E. KAUFFMAN |
RWG |
NOC |
-- |
-- |
FLEW 21 MISSIONS WITH THIS CREW |
| SGT DANIELE. WALTON |
TG |
NOC |
-- |
-- |
FLEW 32 MISSIONS WITH THIS CREW |
350TH SQDN. . CREW, AS ABOVE, JOINED THE 100TH ON 29 MAY 44.
Believe this crew came overseas with only one waist gunner. A SGT E. E.
DEVERE, a spare gunner filled in at LWG for the first 4 missions this crew
flew. The LWG position would continue to be filled by spare gunners. When
crews were reduced to nine men in late July 1944, Sgt Kauffman and a Sgt
Stommos traded off flying missions with the crew as waist gunners. Kauffman
was later taken off the crew after 8 Aug 44 mission and put in Spare gunners
Pool. Records show that he flew 4 missions as a TG with Lt Spurgeon Crew in
Aug/Sept. 1944. Sgt W. Stommos (Stemmes/Stommes) filled in on 14 missions as
a left waist gunner. Starting on August 15th, Sgt Bracco flew as WG on this
crews final 9 missions
CREW ROSTER OF 19 SEP 44 HAS WALTON, KAUFFMAN, & GEHRMAN REPLACED BY JACK
BOURNE & SALVATORE J. BRACCO, FROM THE AUSTIN DUNLAP CREW, AND ROBBIE L.
GILL FROM THE A. S. SPEAR CREW. ON 11 AUG 44 KAUFFMAN WAS REPLACED BY T/SGT
GEHRMAN.
On 11/8/44, Jack Conger (from Lt Giles Crew) was flying with the crew of
Lt. A. D. Elbel as WG, replacing Sgt. Kauffman. Lt Taylor completed his last
two missions as a fill in CP with Lt Willoughby Crew.
MISSIONS OF LT WILLOUGHBY:
| DATE |
A/C NUMBER |
TARGET |
| 6/2/1944 |
102958 |
BOULOGNE |
| 6/4/1944 |
102958 |
BOULOGNE |
| 6/5/1944 |
102958 |
BOULOGNE(CHG) |
| 6/6/1944 |
102958 |
FALAISE/OUISTREHAM |
| 6/7/1944
|
102958 |
NANTES(BRIDGES) |
| 6/8/1944 |
32009 |
TOURS(BRIDGES) |
| 6/12/1944 |
102958 |
ROSIERES &DUNKIRK |
| 6/15/1944 |
102958 |
MITBURG &WILSTER |
| 6/19/1944 |
37686 |
CORMEECLUSE, AF |
| 6/20/1944 |
37621 |
FALLERSLEBEN |
| 6/21/1944
|
102958 |
RUHLAND(START OF 1ST RUSSIAN SHUTTLE |
| 6/26/1944 |
102958 |
DROHOBYCZ(RUSSIAN SHUTTLE) |
| 7/3/1944 |
102958 |
ARAD(RUMANIA) |
| 7/5/1944 |
102958 |
BEZIER(FROM ITALY) |
| 7/11/1944 |
102958 |
MUNICH(AERO ENGINES) |
| 7/21/1944 |
102958 |
REGENSBURG |
| 7/24/1944 |
102958 |
ST LO (GNDSUPPORT) |
| 7/25/1944 |
102958 |
ST LO (GNDSUPPORT) |
| 7/28/1944 |
102958 |
MERSEBURG |
| 7/29/1944 |
102958 |
MERSEBURG |
| 8/2/1944 |
102657 |
TERGNIER/LAFERE |
| 8/3/1944 |
37882 |
TROYES(RAIL YARD) |
| 8/5/1944 |
37994 |
MAGDEBURG |
| 8/7/1944 |
102598 |
BEAUTOR(BRIDGES) |
| 8/8/1944 |
102598 |
ST. SYLVIAN |
| 8/11/1944 |
102598 |
VILLACOUBLAY |
| 8/15/1944 |
31991 |
VENLO |
| 8/24/1944 |
6089 |
RUHLAND(OIL) |
| 8/26/1944 |
102958 |
BREST |
| 8/27/1944 |
6089 |
BERLIN(RECALL) |
| 9/1/1944 |
102598 |
MAINZ(RECALL) |
| 9/8/1944 |
102598 |
MAINZ |
| 9/9/1944 |
102598 |
DUSSELDORF |
| 9/13/1944 |
37882 |
SINDELFINGEN |
| 9/25/1944 |
102958 |
LUDWIGSHAVEN |
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