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Note European date format.
| 2ND LT STANLEY T. MAJOR |
P |
CPT |
29/7/44 |
MERSEBURG, OIL REF & HILDESHEIM |
| 2ND LT THORNTON BLINE |
CP |
EVA |
25/6/44 |
MAQUIS SUPPLY DROP |
| 2ND LT STANLEY B. GREEN |
NAV |
POW |
25/6/44 |
MAQUIS SUPPLY DROP |
| 2ND LT WILLIAM A. LICHTENSTEIN |
BOM |
POW |
25/6/44 |
MAQUIS SUPPLY DROP |
| T/SGT LAVERNE H. DEATRICH |
ROG |
EVA |
25/6/44 |
MAQUIS SUPPLY DROP |
| T/SGT JAMES E. MARION |
TTE |
KIA |
25/6/44 |
MAQUIS SUPPLY DROP |
| S/SGT MALCOLM K. ECKLEY |
LWG |
EVA |
25/6/44 |
MAQUIS SUPPLY DROP |
| SGT HAROLD F. CARTER |
RWG |
NOC |
-- |
-- |
| S/SGT WARREN G. MOORE |
TG |
POW |
25/6/44 |
MAQUIS SUPPLY DROP |
| SGT JOHN F. NELSON |
BTG |
POW |
25/6/44 |
MAQUIS SUPPLY DROP (FILL-IN FROM 390TH BG) |
418th Sqdn. CREW ABOVE JOINED 100TH ON 7/4/44 except for
Sgt Nelson.
On June 25, 1944 2nd Lt Kenneth Houghton was pilot of
this crew. Lt. Houghton had arrived at the 100 BG on 9/3/44 as CP on the
Andrew Gorski crew and became pilot of Lt Major's crew on 14 June 44
after Lt Major was assigned to Squadron Operations. The rest of the
above crew (except for Sgt. John Nelson) had all reached the 100th Gp on
7/4/44 as members of the Stanley T. Major crew. Sgt. Nelson was assigned
to the 390th Bomb Gp and no doubt was a last minute replacement for this
one mission. On 25 June 44 this crew was flying A/C#42 97859 "ANY GUM
CHUM" LD-T, MACR #6542, Micro fiche #2368.
Missions of co-pilot Lt Thornton Bline sn# 0-815813
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Nbr |
DATE |
TARGET |
PILOT |
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01 |
25/4/44 |
DIJON, FR. |
Lt Stanley Major |
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02 |
26/4/44 |
BRUNSWICK, GER. |
Lt Stanley Major |
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03 |
29/4/44 |
BERLIN, GER. |
Lt Stanley Major |
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04 |
11/5/44 |
LIEGE, BEL. |
Lt Stanley Major |
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05 |
19/5/44 |
BERLIN, GER. |
Lt Stanley Major |
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06 |
25/5/44 |
BRUSSELS, BEL. |
Lt Stanley Major |
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07 |
28/5/44 |
MAGDEBURG, GER. |
Lt Stanley Major |
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08 |
30/5/44 |
TROYES, FR. |
Lt Stanley Major |
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09 |
31/5/44 |
OSNABRUCK, GER. |
Lt Stanley Major |
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10 |
2/6/44 |
PARIS, FR. |
Lt Stanley Major |
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11 |
4/6/44 |
BOULOGNE, FR. |
Lt Stanley Major |
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12 |
5/6/44 |
BOULOGNE, FR. |
Lt Stanley Major |
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13 |
6/6/44 |
FALAISE, FR D-DAY |
Lt Stanley Major |
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14 |
7/6/44 |
NANTES, FR. |
Lt Stanley Major |
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15 |
8/6/44 |
TOURS, FR. |
Lt Stanley Major |
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16 |
14/6/44 |
LeCULOT, FR |
Lt Kenneth Houghton |
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17 |
15/6/44 |
WILSTER, GER |
Lt Kenneth Houghton |
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18 |
18/6/44 |
BRUNSBUTTELKOOG, GER. |
Lt Kenneth Houghton |
|
19 |
24/6/44 |
ROUEN, FR. |
Lt Kenneth Houghton |
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20 |
25/6/44 |
MAQUIS SUPPLY DROP |
Lt Kenneth Houghton |
ANDREW GORSKI CREW:
| 1ST LT ANDREW J. GORSKI
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P |
NOC |
21/6/44 |
BASDORF(BERLIN) LWA FLAK IN LEG |
| 2ND LT KENNETH L. HOUGHTON
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CP |
POW |
25/6/44 |
MAQUIS SUPPLY DROP AS PILOT
OF S. T. MAJOR CREW |
| 2ND LT RAY E. MILLER |
NAV |
CPT |
-- |
-- |
| 2ND LT BURTON S. FOX |
BOM |
CPT |
-- |
-- |
| S/SGT GEORGE JONES |
TTE |
NOC |
-- |
-- |
| SGT ALBERT M. CALDWELL |
ROG |
CPT |
3/1/45 |
FULDA |
| SGT JOSEPH J. PARRILLA |
BTG |
NOC |
-- |
-- |
| S/SGT OSCAR A. COMPTON |
WG |
NOC |
-- |
-- |
| SGT JOHN RYBAK |
WG |
NOC |
-- |
-- |
| SGT DANIEL M. GARGILE |
TG |
NOC |
-- |
-- |
418th Sqdn. This crew, as above, joined the 100th Group on 9/3/44.
Letter from Ray Miller (April 1984) We had not been a part of the group
very long until Andy Gorski was moved into squadron ops. Burt Fox had been
a bombardier instructor and had gone through phase training twice. He was
a natural for lead crew and insisted that I be his navigator as we were a
"team". Gorski did not go to Pathfinders but did get some Command pilot
time (he got a flak wound in the leg while doing so). Burt & I teamed up
with Austin Dunlap and completed our
tour as PFF crew. Kenneth Houghton got a crew of his own and was shot down
but walked out. It was in June 1944 and he has a good story about Gen.
Patton and his staff. I do not know the fate of the enlisted men of our
original crew.
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