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2nd Lt. Wilbert C. Ivosevic

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Wilbert C. Ivosevic Crew (left to right)
Standing: Richard J. King, Wilbert C. Ivosevic, Fred W. Kneipp, Jr., Charles W. Potts
Kneeling: John R. Reese
Picture courtesy of Joe Mode

Wilbert C. Ivosevic Crew (left to right)
Richard J. King, Wilbert C. Ivosevic, Louise Pearson Potts, John R. Reese, Fred W. Kneipp.
Picture courtesy of Joe Mode

Wilbert C. Ivosevic Crew
100th BG Photo Archives
 
2ND LT WILBERT C. IVOSEVIC P CPT 6-Jan-45 GERMERSHEIM, AF & ANNWEILER, CITY
2ND LT JOHN R. REESE CP NOC -- --
2ND LT DUNCAN C. GRAY NAV CPT 6-Jan-45 GERMERSHEIM, AF & ANNWEILER, CITY
2ND LT FREDERICK V. HERNANDEZ
TAPS: 18 SEP 1966		 BOM CPT 6-Jan-45 GERMERSHEIM, AF & ANNWEILER, CITY
T/SGT CHARLES W. POTTS ROG CPT 6-Jan-45 GERMERSHEIM, AF & ANNWEILER, CITY
T/SGT WILLIAM L. HARRIS TTE NOC -- --
S/SGT RICHARD J. KING BTG CPT 6-Jan-45 GERMERSHEIM, AF & ANNWEILER, CITY
S/SGT LEVIN W. BEASLEY WG CPT 6-Jan-45 GERMERSHEIM, AF & ANNWEILER, CITY
S/SGT FRED W. KNEIPP, JR WG NOC -- --
S/SGT COYTE S. HELLARD
TAPS: 26 JUN 1981		 TG CPT 6-Jan-45 GERMERSHEIM, AF & ANNWEILER, CITY

418TH SQDN.. Crew joined the 100TH on 04 AUG 1944 - Crew Roster of 30 Sep 44 identifies the crew as #73. Fred W. Kneipp, Jr. is not listed - possibly he was removed when crews were reduced to nine members. Crew flew A/C 43-37811 "BABY SWEET" LD-D. This crew was responsible for naming the plane (email from relative of Charles Potts who said Potts and crew named A/C). mpf 2001

Regarding F. W. Kneipp, Mr. Potts said, " When we arrived in London we learned that it had been decided that the Radio Operator didn't have enough to do, so Kneipp was taken off of the crew and I was given responsibility for the right waist gun. We never say Kneipp again. He mentioned that the crewman named William Harris was "called "Pop because he was the oldest." (mpf 2001)

MISSIONS/PERSONAL NOTES OF T/SGT CHARLES W. POTTS sn# 14123191 (mpf 2001)

NBR DATE TARGET TIME COMMENT
01. 26/08/44 Brest, Fr 7:00hrs No Flak, no Ftrs-bombs not dropped
02. 27/08/44 Berlin, Ger. 6:40hrs Distant flak, no Ftrs-recalled
03. 30/08/44 Bremen, Ger 7:15hrs Moderate Flak, no ftrs
04. 1/09/44 Mainz, Ger 7:30hrs No flak, no ftrs-recalled
05. 3/09/44 Brest, Fr 7:35hrs Distant flak, no ftrs-3 runs 12,10 & 8,000 feet
06. 8/09/44 Mainz, Ger 7:50hrs Light Flak, no ftrs, brought bombs back
07. 9/09/44 Dusseldorf 6:25hrs Heavy flak-hole in ferring, no ftrs, brought bombs back
08. 10/09/44 Nurnburg,Ger 7:35hrs Heavy flak-hole in left wing & waist, no ftrs, direct hit on target
09. 11/09/44 Ruhland 8:45hrs Ftrs hit low group,12 a/c lost, Hellard got one probable, Terry&Tarter went down
10. 12/09/44 Magdeburg 8:15hrs Med flak-2 holes in tail, 1 in waist
11. 13/09/44 Sindelfingen 7:25hrs Milk Run, no flak no ftrs
12. 18/09/44 Warsaw 10:30hrs Ftrs-Flak hole in Radio room (start of 2nd Russian Shuttle Mission) (1.)
12B 19/09/44 Szolnok 7:15hrs Budapest-no ftrs, medium flak, 9 holes (2.)
14. 28/09/44 Merseburg 8:30hrs Ftrs-Jet Propelled seen, No Damage
15. 30/09/44 Bielefeld 6:30hrs One Jet attacked us-no damage-Group 200 Mission Party
16. 2/10/44 Kassel 8:10hrs No ftrs, moderate flak, no damage, flew Sqdrn lead, prop wash hell
17. 3/10/44 Nurnburg 8:25hrs No ftrs, moderate but accurate flak, no damage
18. 6/10/44 Berlin 6:30hrs Aborted, bombs dropped near Hamburg #3 eng. out, #4 & #2 rough
19. 7/10/44 Boheln 8:50hrs Heavy flak, ftrs hit 95thBG, No damage to us. Flew 673 Lucky Lass
20. 9/10/44 Mainz 7:00hrs Milk Run, light flak, inaccurate. Flew 090 Silver Dollar
21. 12/10/44 Bremen 7:00hrs No ftrs, light flak, inaccurate
22, 17/10/44 Cologne 7:00hrs No ftrs, no flak, Milk Run
23. 19/10/44 Ludwigshaven 6:30hrs No ftrs, moderate flak, no holes, #1 engine out over target
24. 22/10/44 Munster 6:50hrs No ftrs, distant flak, no damage, flew 071 Andys Dandys
25. 30/10/44 Merseburg 5:00hrs Recalled over Holland, Two Rocket seen
26. 5/11/44 Ludwigshaven 8:55hrs Heavy Flak, weather closed in, landed at 390th (home in truck)
27. 16/11/44 Aachen 8:30hrs Front lines at request of ground troops. Light flak
28. 4/12/44 Friedburg 7:30hrs (Giessen) Mod flak, Pop hit in face, no ftrs, Opportunity target hit
29. 11/12/44 Koblenz 7:30hrs Light Flak, Secondary Target hit, 10/10 coverage
30. 12/12/44 Darmstadt 8:20hrs Light Flak, visual bombing, bullseye
31. 18/12/44 Mainz 7:15hrs No flak, no ftrs, thick clouds to 30,000 feet, brought bombs back
32. 24/12/44 Biblis 8:15hrs --
33. 31/12/44 Hamburg 8:45hrs Heavy flak, accurate, Ftrs attack-Pop & King got one each. Morons went down. Lost 13 ships (12 actually mpf) out of 38
34. 5/01/45 Frankfurt 10:00hrs Light flak accurate. One hole in trimtab
35. 6/01/45 Annweiler 6:15hrs #3 engine out, #2 almost out, turned back 20 min from Target

Footnotes:
(1.) Parks went down
(2.) Russian bombs dropped. Landed in Foggia Italy

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