| 2ND LT DONALD L. DEWEY |
P |
RFS |
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| F/O JOHN W. BOCKHORST |
CP |
FEH |
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| 2ND LT HUBERT C. SCHLEMMER |
NAV |
FEH |
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| F/O LEO G. RIDDIOUGH |
BOM |
FEH |
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| CPL HERSCHEL R. GLENN |
ROG |
FEH |
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| CPL MARTIN P. BOGARD |
TTE |
FEH |
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| CPL HARVEY K. WINGARD |
WG |
FEH |
sn# 37534192 |
| CPL HAROLD BROOKHISER |
WG |
NOC |
TAKEN OFF CREW BEFORE COMING
OVERSEAS? |
| CPL RUSSELL K. CLINGAN |
BTG |
FEH |
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| CPL EDISON A. FARQUHAR |
TG |
FEH |
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350TH SQDN. CREW JOINED THE 100TH 08 JAN 1945.
AFTER SECOND MISSION, LT DEWEY IS REPLACED BY LT JAMES M. HARBISON
(FROM LT CHARLES "HONG KONG" WILSON CREW)
CREW FLEW 46805 LN-O/D "FLAMIN MAMIE"
MISSION MEMORIES OF LT HARBISON (mpf 2003):
19 NOV 44 OBSERVED MY 21ST BIRTHDAY BOMBING LUDWIGSHAVEN, GER. TOLD
BROTHER WHO CAME TO VISIT FROM NEAR BY 96TH BG TODAY. I AM A MAN (LEGAL
AGE) HE THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY.
31 DEC 44 HAMBURG-WAS ORDERED TO BE FORWARD CONTROL OFFICER (FORMATION
OFFICER-mpf 2003) GLORIFIED TAIL GUNNER. SEEMS THEY HAD A RULE THAT 8TH AF
LEAD PLANES HAD TO HAVE A COMMISSIONED OFFICER-PILOT IN THE TAIL TO TALK
TO THE GENERAL (COMMAND PILOT). A NON-COM WOULDN'T DO EVEN IF MORE
EXPERIENCED
AT VIEW FROM THE TAIL. RECEIVED CREDIT FOR FW190-I GUESS ONE OF A FEW
B-17 PILOTS GETTING A FIGHTER KILL.
20 FEB 45 NURNBURG- FIRST MISSION AS FIRST PILOT
ONE TRIP TOOK A ROUTE OVER THE ALPS, THEY WERE COVERED WITH SNOW.
BEAUTIFUL BUT COLD. TEMPERATURE IN THE PLANE WAS MINUS 68 DEGREES F. I GOT
A MILD CASE OF FROST BITE ON MY FEET-HEATED SUIT NOT TOO WARM. ANOTHER
TRIP TOOK FLAK IN #2 ENGINE. BEGAN BURNING, FEATHERED ENGINE, FIRE TAPERED
OFF, STILL SCARY. OIL QUIT PUMPING. DOVE & THE OIL FIRE WENT OUT. CAME
HOME ON THE DECK (3 ENGINES). GUNNERS SHOT AT TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY.
ON AN EARLY MISSION, WHILE STILL A COPILOT FOR CHAS (HONG KONG) WILSON,
A 500 LB BOMB HUNG UP AND CHAS SENT ENGINEER GUNNER BACK-DIDN'T GET IT
OUT. SENT BOMBARDIER BACK-NO LUCK EITHER, SO CHAS SENT ME BACK TO TRY. I
WAS ABLE TO KICK IT LOOSE. CHAS TRIED TOO GET ME A COMMENDATION BUT IT
MUST HAVE BEEN A COMMON HAPPENING-NO ONE THOUGHT THAT MUCH ABOUT IT"
BRIEF ACCOUNT OF MISSIONS FROM S/SGT HARVEY K. WINGARD (mpf 2002)
| NBR |
TARGET |
COMMENTS |
| 01 |
DUISBURG |
JAN. 28, 1945, 3RD ANNIVERSARY OF
THE 8TH AIR FORCE. TARGET- BRIDGES OVER RHINE. BALL TURRET GUNNER
SAW BRIDGE DESTROYED. 90 FLAK GUNNERS IN TARGET AREA. GOT 18 HOLES
IN OUR PLANE. TWO HOLES IN THE NOSE THE REST IN THE WINGS. BOMBARDIER
HAD A VERY CLOSE CALL, HIS SIGHTING WINDOW WAS SHATTERED BY FLAK.
SMOKE FROM FLAK WAS VERY. THICK, WE THOUGHT OUR PLANE WAS ON FIRE.
BOMBING WAS VISUAL. BOMB LOAD, TWO 2000 AND TWO 1000 POUNDER. |
| 02 |
BERLIN |
FEB 3, 1945, NEARLY 1000 FLAK GUNS
LOCATED IN TARGET AREA. TARGET-AIR MINISTRY AND CIVIC BUILDING
SQUADRON LET THE ENTIRE 8TH AIR FORCE OVER TARGET, A FORCE OF OVER
1000 BOMBERS AND 600 FIGHTERS, FLAK CAME UP IN A TRACKING BARRAGE,
VERY ACCURATE. WE WERE AMONG THE FIRST 6 BOMBERS OVER THE TARGET.
FOUR OF THESE WERE SHOT DOWN, WE WERE LUCKY. ONE CREW THAT HAD TAKEN
THEIR OVERSEAS TRAINING WITH US BLEW UP RIGHT AHEAD OF US BEFORE
BOMBS AWAY. PICKED UP 20 HOLES ON THIS MISSION, RADIO MAN AND BALL
TURRET GUNNER WERE MISSED ONLY BY INCHES BY FLAK. BOMBING WAS
VISUAL, BOMB LOAD 6-1000 POUNDERS |
| 03 |
NURNBERG |
FEB 20, 1945, HARBISON IS OUR NEW
PILOT. A COCKY GUY, NOTHING SEEMED WORRY HIM. TARGET-MARSHALLING
YARDS, LOAD 6-500 DEMOLITION BOMBS, 4-500 M17 INCENDIARY. 5/10 CLOUD
COVERAGE. TRACKING FLAK, ONE LARGE HOLE BY TAIL WHEEL. BOMBED AT 27,
000 FT, VERY COLD MISSION, -59. GOT FLAK CROSSING RHINE. |
| 04 |
BREMEN |
FEB 24, 1945, TARGET-BRIDGE AND
SUBMARINE CONSTRUCTION YARD. FLAK BARRAGE OF SOME 200 GUNS, WASN’T
VERY ACCURATE ON OUR GROUP. 6/10 CLOUD COVERAGE, BOMBING WAS DONE BY
INSTRUMENTS. LOAD 2-2000 AND 2-1000 POUNDERS |
| 05 |
MUNICH |
FEB 25, 1945, TARGET-MARSHALLING
YARDS. INACCURATE TRACKING FLAK. 8/10 CLOUD COVERAGE. BOMBED BY
INSTRUMENTS. SMOKE ROSE OFF THE TARGET ABOVE THE CLOUDS. SAW IT OVER
100 MILES AWAY. SAW THE SWISS ALPS ON THIS MISSION. WERE SNOW CAPPED
AND VERY RUGGED. |
| 06 |
BERLIN |
FEB 26, 1945, TARGET-HEART OF CITY,
ENTIRE CLOUD COVERAGE OVER CITY. LOTS OF FLAK BUT INACCURATE. BALL
TURRET AND INTER PHONE GAVE TROUBLE. LOAD 6-500 DEMOLITION, 6-M17
INCENDIARY. |
| 07 |
BRUNSWICK |
MAR 3, 1945, TARGET-TANK WORKS,
LITTLE FLAK BUT ACCURATE GROUP ATTACKED BY ME-262’s (jet jobs). LOST
A BOMBER TO FIGHTER AND ONE TO FLAK. 3/10 CLOUD COVERAGE. BOMBED
VISUAL. LOAD: 8-500 DEMOLITION AND 6-250 LB DEMOLITION BOMBS. |
| 08 |
ULM |
MAR 4. 1945, TARGET-RAIL YARDS,
LITTLE FLAK, WEATHER WAS WORST ENEMY. VERY HEAVY CONTRAILS AND
CLOUDS. BOMBED BY INSTRUMENTS |
| 09 |
SIEGEN |
MAR 7, 1945, TARGET-MARSHALLING
YARDS, MODERATE FLAK, BOMBED BY INSTRUMENTS. LOAD: 6-500 (high
explosives), 6 M-17 INCENDIARY. |
| 10 |
FRANKFURT |
MAR 9, 1945, TARGET-JET PLANE
PLANT-300 GUNS IN FRANKFURT AREA. B-17 FROM THE 95TH BOMB GP KNOCKED
OUT OF FORMATION BY A BAD FLAK HIT IN LEFT WING. JOINED OUR
FORMATION. IT FLEW WITH US ABOUT 5 MINUTES WHEN ITS LEFT WING TIP
TORE OFF AND A GREAT SHEET OF FLAME SHOT OUT OF THE GAS TANKS. THE
TAIL BROKE OFF A FEW MOMENTS LATER. 5 CHUTES WERE SEEN TO COME OUT.
WAS PLENTY OF FLAK HERE, HOWEVER OUR GROUP GOT OUT PRETTY LUCKY. TWO
OF OUR PLANES CRASH LANDED IN FRANCE BUT NO PLANES WERE LOST. 95TH
BG LOST 5 BOMBERS. BOMBS HAD DELAYED FUSING FOR DEEP PENETRATION.
THE JET PLANT WAS UNDERGROUND, BOMBING WAS VISUAL. |
| 11 |
DORTMUND |
MAR 10, 1945, TARGET-MARSHALLING
YARDS, FLEW WITH THE 95TH BG DUE TO THE HEAVY LOSS THEY SUFFERED THE
PREVIOUS DAY. BOMBED BY INSTRUMENTS, MODERATE FLAK AN INACCURATE.
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| 12 |
HANOVER |
MAR 14, 1945, TARGET-MARSHALLING
YARDS. INTENSE FLAK. TWO MEN (WAIST GUNNER AND TAIL GUNNER) WERE
KILLED IN SQUADRON. A NUMBER WERE WOUNDED. LOST ONE PLANE FROM GROUP
AND ONE CRASH LANDED IN BELGIUM. BOMBING WAS VISUAL. |
| 13 |
WITTENBURG |
MAR 15, 1945, TARGET MARSHALLING
YARDS, ACCURATE FLAK. GOT 5 HOLES IN OUR PLANE. A NUMBER WERE
WOUNDED IN GROUP. DROPPED TIME BOMBS, SET TO GO OFF FROM 1 TO 48
HOURS. PURPOSE WAS TO TIE UP TRANSPORTATION IN THE YARDS,
ORANIENBURG WAS OUR PRIMARY TARGET. |
| 14 |
PLAUEN |
MAR 17, 1945, TARGET-TEXTILE
FACTORY, PRIMARY TARGET WAS RUHLAND OIL REFINERY. GOT LOTS OF FLAK
AT RUHLAND BUT NONE AT PLAUEN. GOT FLAK CROSSING RHINE. NO DAMAGE.
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| 15 |
JENA |
MAR 19, 1945, TARGET-LENS AND
SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT FACTORY. MODERATE FLAK. 4 JETS MADE ONE PASS AT
OUR FORMATION, OUR BALL TURRET AND UPPER TURRET GOT A FEW BURSTS IN
AT THE ATTACKING FORCE. SAW TWO P-51's GET A JET. HOWEVER THE JET
GOT A BOMBER BEFORE HE WAS SHOT DOWN. BOMBING WAS DONE BY
INSTRUMENTS. |
| 16 |
PLAUEN |
MAR 21, 1945, TARGET-ARMAMENT
FACTORY. PRIMARY TARGET WAS OIL REFINERY AT RUHLAND, HEAVY FLAK AT
RUHLAND; 155 MM GUNS. CONCUSSION ROCKED OUR PLANE CONSIDERABLY. 15
JETS ATTACKED OUR GROUP AT PLAUEN. MADE SEVERAL PASSES AT OUR
FORMATION. WE THREW LOTS OF LEAD BUT DIDN'T SEE ANY FALL. LOST ONE
BOMBER FROM OUR SQUADRON AND 2 CRASH LANDED IN FRANCE. CONTRAILS VERY
HEAVY |
| 17 |
ALHORN |
MAR 22, 1945, TARGET-AIRFIELD. NO
FLAK, ENEMY FIGHTERS REPORTED IN AREA HOWEVER NONE ATTACKED OUR
FORMATION. ALMOST LOST OUR BALL TURRET GUNNER, HIS DOOR CAME OPEN
AND THE SLIPSTREAM NEARLY DREW HIM OUT. BOMBING WAS VISUAL LOAD:
38-100 GP BOMBS. |
| 18 |
UNNA |
MAR 23, 1945, TARGET-MARSHALLING
YARDS, LITTLE FLAK. GOT FLAK CROSSING FRONT LINES. MID AIR COLLISION
OCCURRED WHEN WE STARTED TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION. ONE B-17 WENT DOWN,
THE OTHER RETURNED WITH 2 FEET OF ITS WING CRUMPLED. BOMBING WAS
VISUAL. BOMB LOAD: 24-100 GP, 2-500LB M-17 |
| 19 |
ZIEGENHAIN |
MAR 24, 1945, TARGET-AIRFIELD. GROUP
FLEW 2 MISSIONS TODAY. FLAK CROSSING RHINE. VISUAL 14-500 GP. BIG
DAY OF THE RHINE CROSSING SO LOTS OF BOMBING UP AND DOWN THE RHINE.
ALSO SAW THE C-47 AND GLIDERS COMING IN TO DROP PARATROOPERS. |
| 20 |
ZEITZ |
MAR 31, 1945, TARGET-OIL REFINERY,
170 GUNS AROUND TARGET. ACCURATE, TRACKING FLAK, BIG STUFF. GROUP
LOST 1 BOMBER SEVERAL SHOT UP PRETTY BAD. WE GOT 5 HOLES. VISUAL
BOMBING. 32-250LB GP. FLEW LOW AND LOOKED OVER THE MUCH BOMBED AND
SHELLED CITY OF AACHEN. |
| 21 |
KIEL |
APR 3, 1945, TARGET-U-BOAT SUB PENS,
100 GUNS AT THIS TARGET. INACCURATE FLAK, BOMBED BY INSTRUMENTS.
JETS ATTACKED SOME OF THE FORMATIONS. LOAD: 6-1000 LB |
| 22 |
KIEL |
APR 4, 1945, TARGET- U-BOAT SUB PENS AND DOCKS.
MISSION THE SAME IN EVENTS AS YESTERDAY MISSION. JETS WERE REPORTED
IN THE AREA. (mpf note. Lt Harbison, Pilot- completed his tour on
this mission) |
| 23 |
LANDSHUT |
APR 11, 1945, TARGET-ORDNANCE
FACTORY, A REAL MILK RUN. NO FLAK, AND NO FIGHTERS. VISUAL BOMBING.
BOMB LOAD: 8-500 GP 4 M-17 INCENDIARY. (mpf note. Believe Lt Raymond
T. Albright (from Lt Gilbert Crew) flew as pilot on this mission and
Chowhound May 2, 1945) |
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ROTTERDAM |
MAY 2, 1945, CHOWHOUND. GROUP
MISSION TO HOLLAND. FLEW AT TREE TOP LEVEL AND DROPPED FOOD NEAR
ROTTERDAM. DUTCH WERE WAVING EVERYTHING FROM HANDKERCHIEFS TO LONG
UNDERWEAR. SAW GERMAN SOLDIERS |
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