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Joseph
W. Adams Memories |
 SPIRIT OF PITTWOOD - Crew #28
- 2nd Lt. Cecil O. Daniels Crew (left to right)
Back: Dick Nesline (see note), Gordon Hansen, Cecil Daniels,
Robert Schultz (see note)
Front: Jorgen Nielsen, Leslie Mills, Unknown, Remi Ebernez (see note)
100th BG Photo Archives
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| 2ND LT |
CECIL O. DANIELS |
P |
CPT |
3-Jan-45 |
FULDA |
| 2ND LT |
GORDON A. HANSEN |
CP |
CPT |
3-Jan-45 |
FULDA |
| 2ND LT |
JOHN V. LARSON |
NAV |
CPT |
Unk |
UNK |
| 2ND LT |
ROBERT L. STORY |
BOM |
WIA |
17-Oct-44 |
COLOGNE |
| CPL |
HOWARD A. DRALLE |
ROG |
WIA |
3-Oct-44 |
NURNBURG |
| SGT |
SAMUEL M. WOLFE, JR. |
TTE |
WIA |
15-Oct-44 |
COLOGNE |
| CPL |
LESLIE P. MILLS |
BTG |
CPT |
3-Jan-45 |
FULDA |
| CPL |
JOSEPH W. ADAMS |
WG |
RFS |
-- |
-- |
| CPL |
WILLIAM KILPATRICK, JR |
WG |
WIA |
30-Nov-44 |
-- |
| CPL |
JORGEN N. NIELSEN |
TG |
CPT |
3-Jan-45 |
FULDA |
350th Sqdn. Crew 28.
Crew, as above joined the 100th on 25 Jul 1944.
Crew flew "Spirit of
Pittwood" #46297 Ground Crew Chief: Sgt John C. Riffle
Lt .Meiklejohn flew the first 2 missions
as CP for crew orientation instead of Lt Gordon Hansen. At Thorpe Abbotts,
Lt John Larson was selected for lead crew training and replaced on the
Daniels crew by F/O Richard A. Nesline who CPT on 3 Jan 1945 with 35
sorties. Promoted to 1st Lt before returning to the ZOI. (zone of the
interior) Howard Dralle was replaced by Sgt Robert G. "Dutch" Schultz who
flew 17 missions before being assigned to another crew where he finished
his tour. Joseph Adams was removed from crew after several missions and
assigned to 350th operations by Maj. Rosenthal for medical reasons.
He was replaced by S/Sgt Remi G. Eberenz from the
A. S. Spear crew. Sgt Sam Wolfe Jr., TTE, hit in
ankle 10/15/44 over Cologne on 19th Mission by Flak.
Replacement unknown Crew received 3 Purple Hearts and was credited
with 3 Enemy A/C 1destroyed, 1 probable, 1 damaged (all info provided by
Cecil O. Daniels, entered by mpf)
Missions:
| Date |
Target |
| 4-Aug-44 |
Hamburg |
| 5-Aug-44 |
Magdeburg |
| 6-Aug-44 |
Berlin |
| 11-Aug-44 |
Paris |
| 13-Aug-44 |
Nantes |
| 14-Aug-44 |
Ludwigshaven |
| 15-Aug-44 |
Venlo |
| 24-Aug-44 |
Ruhland |
| 1-Sep-44 |
Mainz |
| 3-Sep-44 |
Crozon, Breast Penn. |
| 9-Sep-44 |
Dusseldorf |
| 10-Sep-44 |
Nurnburg |
| 25-Sep-44 |
Ludwigshaven |
| 26-Sep-44 |
Bremen |
| 27-Sep-44 |
Mainz |
| 28-Sep-44 |
Mersburg |
| 2-Oct-44 |
Kassel |
| 3-Oct-44 |
Nurnburg
(T/Sgt Dralle Hit over Koblenz, Lost Leg. Replaced by Sgt. "Dutch"
Schultz |
| 15-Oct-44 |
Cologne
(Sgt Wolfe hit in ankle by flak, put in hospital. Replaced by unknown TTE) |
| 17-Oct-44 |
Cologne
(Lt Story injured, flak in eye, replaced by unknown toggleier) |
| 19-Oct-44 |
Ludwigshaven |
| 22-Oct-44 |
Munster |
| 26-Oct-44 |
Hanover |
| 9-Nov-44 |
Saarbrucken |
| 21-Nov-44 |
Osnabruck |
| 4-Dec-44 |
Friedburg |
| 11-Dec-44 |
Coblenz |
| 18-Dec-44 |
Mainz |
| 25-Dec-44 |
Kaiserlautern |
| 27-Dec-44 |
Fulda |
| 29-Dec-44 |
Frankfurt |
| 30-Dec-44 |
Kassel |
| 31-Dec-44 |
Hamburg |
| 2-Jan-45 |
Bad Kreuznach |
| 3-Jan-45 |
Fulda |
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