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2nd Lt. George Morasco

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George Morasco Crew (left to right)
Standing:
George Morasco (P), Richard Prewitt (CP), Nobert Sherman (NAV), Edward Cuddy (BOM
Kneeling: John Day (BTG), Gordon Klehamer (TTE), Earl French (ROG), Hollis Bailey (LWG),
Bornama (?? - RWG - was not with crew in England), Thomas Booze (TG)
Picture taken in Ardmore, Oklahoma before crew joined the 418th BS - 100th BG Photo Archives
 

2ND LT GEORGE MORASCO P FEH
2ND LT RICHARD M. PREWITT CP FEH
2ND LT NOBERT R. SHERMAN NAV FEH
2ND LT EDWARD W. CUDDY BOM FEH
T/SGT EARL B. FRENCH ROG FEH
T/SGT GORDON J. KLEHAMER TTE FEH
S/SGT JOHN H. DAY BTG FEH
S/SGT HOLLIS P. BAILEY WG FEH
S/SGT THOMAS W. BOOZE TG FEH

418TH SQDN.. CREW, AS ABOVE, JOINED THE 100TH ON 09 JAN 1945.
This Crew flew aircraft 43-38525 LD-A "Miss Conduct"

Miss Conduct, List of Missions from the diary of S/Sgt Thomas Booze
(Supplied by Tracy Booze, son of Thomas W. Booze - TG)
25 Missions plus two food drop missions.

NBR DATE TARGET ALTITUDE COMMENT
01 6 Feb 45 Liepzig, Germany 24,000ft --
02 14 Feb 45 Chemnitz, Germany 23,500ft "Saw my first plane go down"
03 17 Feb 45 Frankfurt, Germany 20,000ft --
04 19 Feb 45 Munster, Germany 23,000ft "Heavy Flak"
05 20 Feb 45 Nurnberg, Germany 24,000ft --
06 22 Feb 45 Triberg, Germany 20,000ft --
07 23 Feb 45 Treuchtlingen, Germany 15,000ft --
08 24 Feb 45 Bremen, Germany 24,000ft "Roughest yet"
09 26 Feb 45 Berlin, Germany 26,000ft "Not bad"
10 3 Mar 45 Brunswick, Germany 23,500ft "Chaff ship "Attacked by jets"
"Lead ship hit by jets and blew up"
11 7 Mar 45 Siegen, Germany 23,000ft --
12 9 Mar 45 Frankfurt, Germany 23,500ft "Rough as hell"
13 11 Mar 45 Hamburg, Germany 25,500ft --
14 17 Mar 45 Plauen, Germany 27,000ft "Lost two engines over Plauen. Lost altitude fast
and dropped ball turret and everything else we could.
Landed in Belgium"
15 19 Mar 45 Jena, Germany 23,000ft "Easy"
16 22 Mar 45 Ahlhorn, Germany 19,000ft "Milk run"
17 23 Mar 45 Unna, Germany 23,000ft --
18 24 Mar 45 Steenwijk, Netherlands 13,500ft --
19 31 Mar 45 Zeitz, Germany 23,500ft "Visual and rough as hell"
20 3 Apr 45 Kiel, Germany 25,000ft "Not bad"
21 4 Apr 45 Kiel, Germany 24,500ft "Little worse than yesterday"
22 6 Apr 45 Liepzig, Germany 25,000ft --
23 7 Apr 45 Buchen, Germany 15,000ft "Me109s and jets attacked and wrecked group"
24 8 Apr 45 Eger, Czechoslovakia 15,000ft "Milk run"
25 9 Apr 45 Munich, Germany 23,500ft "Milk run"
CHOWHOUND MISSIONS (food drops)
-- 3 May 45 Hilversum, Netherlands 300ft "Flew food to Dutch"
-- 5 May 45 Hilversum, Netherlands 100ft "Mercy mission to Holland"

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