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Albert Amiero
(P) |
Kenneth Menzie, W.C. Abbey
Lloyd Hammarlund, Albert Amiero
(left to right) |
Lloyd Hammarlund
(BOM) |
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Kenneth Menzie
(CP) |
Joe Raff - 25th Mission
(LWG) |
Richard Tangradi
(TG) |
Click a photo for a larger
image.
Photos courtesy of Richard A. Tangradi (1/7/2005) |
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1ST LT ALBERT F. AMIERO
see note |
P |
KIA |
6 MAR 44 |
BERLIN
With a pickup crew |
1ST LT KENNETH I. MENZIE
see note |
CP |
CPT |
UNKNOWN |
On Aug 17, 1943 flew with Capt. Norman Scott
crew, 7/10/43 XFR to 482nd BG |
2ND LT LLOYD A. HAMMARLUND
see note |
BOM |
INT |
17 AUG 43 |
REGENSBURG
Flying with Lt Oakes crew in High Life |
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2ND LT W. C. ABBEY |
NAV |
CPT |
UNKNOWN |
Transferred to 418th BS |
T/SGT RUSSELL G. GILBERT
see note |
TTE |
KIA |
6 MAR 44 |
BERLIN
Flew with Lt Amiero "pick up" crew |
S/SGT EARL GRIGGS
see note |
BTG |
KIA |
3 SEP 43 |
PARIS
Flew as BTG with Lt Floyd crew
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S/SGT JOE RAFF
see note |
LWG |
CPT |
30 JAN 44 |
BRUNSWICK
Flew with Capt Moede crew |
S/SGT JAMES W. GREGG
see note |
RWG |
POW |
3 MAR 44 |
BERLIN
Flew with Lt Gossage pick up crew |
S/SGT RICHARD A. TANGRADI
see note |
TG |
POW |
4 FEB 44 |
FRANKFURT
Flew with Lt John Brown crew |
SGT JERRY KORMAN
see note |
ROG |
XFR |
7 OCT 43 |
ALCONBURY
Transferred to 482nd BG, Pathfinders |
349th BS. Joined the 100th BG in July 1943.
Our crew was assembled in Casper Wyoming Jan. 1943, from there we went
to Lowrey Field in March 1943, on to Boise Idaho in May 1943 for
advanced bombing and gunnery incidentally we met the actor Jimmy Stewart
who also was in training. From Boise we went to Kearney Neb. To pick up
our big bird, what a beautiful plane! I say this because when we got to
ta (Thorpe Abbotts) we were shocked to see what we had to fly in, a once
proud lady was now a dirty smelly hulk! From Kearney we flew to Bangor
Maine, we laid over in Bangor for a few days then we flew to Iceland. We
knew then were we were going, we then flew to Prestwick Scotland, very
pretty girls.
Now it gets interesting after we got to ta and settled in, the enlisted
men of our crew were sent to a place on the English coast. It was a camp
for advanced air to air gunnery; it was run by a tiger by the name of
Capt Cohen. I'll never forget it when we went for our first briefing
Capt Cohen walked in and said "good morning gentlemen forget all they
taught you about gunnery in the United States" gulp! We were there for
about a week and he was right "shoot em and kill em". I also found out
you can get hurt in this war we went back to ta and found out the crew
had been busted up. After awhile thru the grape vine and other resources
we found why.
Lt. Amiero had a medical problem that took him off flying status for a
while. We never saw the four officers again! Lt. Amiero was probably
stuck in some office job, one was sent to the 351st Sqdn (Lt Hammarlund)
one was sent to the 418th Sqdn (Lt Abbey) Lt Menzie was transferred to a
pathfinder outfit (482nd BG) I believe he was the copilot… S/Sgt Richard
Tangradi, TG Dec 8, 2005
Sgt J. Raff flying with Capt. Moede crew completed his 25th mission
30-1-44. From what heard Joe transferred to a B-26 Marauder outfit and
did 25 more, the damn nuttttt…. rich
top LT AMIERO and S/SGT GILBERT NOTE:
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1ST LT ALBERT F. AMIERO |
P |
KIA |
6 MAR 44 |
BERLIN |
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F/O HOWARD L. KILMER |
CP |
KIA |
6 MAR 44 |
BERLIN |
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2ND LT ALBERT P. RULE |
NAV |
KIA |
6 MAR 44 |
BERLIN (from
Lt. Leon Morgan Crew) |
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S/SGT THOMAS S. ELLIOTT |
TOG |
KIA |
6 MAR 44 |
BERLIN |
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T/SGT JOHN J. KOVACS |
ROG |
KIA |
6 MAR 44 |
BERLIN (Original 100th air echelon) |
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T/SGT RUSSELL G. GILBERT |
TTE |
KIA |
6 MAR 44 |
BERLIN (From original Lt Amiero Crew) |
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S/SGT VIRGIL F. SUMMERS |
BTG |
KIA |
6 MAR 44 |
BERLIN (From Lt Ford Crew) |
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S/SGT HOBART H. SPIRES |
WG |
KIA |
6 MAR 44 |
BERLIN (From original
Sammy Barr Crew) |
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S/SGT OWEN D. STOCKTON |
WG |
POW |
6 MAR 44 |
BERLIN (From Lt John Brown Crew) |
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S/SGT THOMAS D. BAER |
TG |
KIA |
6 MAR 44 |
BERLIN (From
Lt Victor Reed Crew) |
349th Sqdn. See MACR #3019 (Micro fiche #1021). Flying A/C #42 31731 on
6/3/44
This appears to be a "pick up" crew. Kilmer joined the
100th on 26/2/44 as an individual. Baer was from the original crew of Lt
V. Reed. Kovacs was a "spare" on original 100th Air echelon. Stockton
was from the crew of J. W. Brown. Hobart Spires (flying his 24th
mission) was from the original crew of Sam L. Barr.
S/Sgt Virgil Summers was from the original Crew of Lt Ford. 2nd Lt A. P.
Rule on original crew of Leon R. Morgan.
top 1st Lt KENNETH I. MENZIE AND SGT JERRY KORMAN
NOTE:
Note on Menzie: was with 350th at the time of transfer. On 7/10/43
Special Orders #21 (Hdq. 3rd Bomber Division) the following crew was
transferred from the 100th Bomb. Gp to the 482nd Bomb. Gp for Pathfinder
training. Crew departed Thorpe Abbotts on 10/10/43 for Alconbury to join
the 482 Bomb Group (Pathfinders)
- 1st Lt Kenneth I. Menzie
P (on Aug 17, 1943, copilot on Capt.
Norman H. Scott Crew, manned gun in the nose)
- 2nd Lt Kenneth O. Blair CP
- 2nd Lt Vanden J. Willey NAV
- Capt Norris G. Norman BOM
- Sgt Jerry (nmi) Korman ROG
- T/Sgt James E. Parks TTE
- Sgt Blazier Paddy TG
- Sgt Lewis D. Miller BTG
- Sgt Gordon D. Griffith WG
- Sgt Britton I. Smith WG
Those in bold are members of the original crew of
Norman H. Scott. According to Norris Norman, these men all CPT with the
Pathfinders. Scott and Strout were transferred to Bovingdon, to
indoctrinate replacement crews.
top 2ND LT LLOYD A. HAMMARLUND NOTE:
1ST LT DONALD K. OAKES - ORGINAL 100TH PILOT, 351st BS
CREW #19 A/C #42-30080 "HIGH LIFE"
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1ST LT DONALD K. OAKES |
P |
INT |
17 AUG 43 |
REGENSBURG |
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F/O JOSEPH C. HARPER |
CP |
INT |
17 AUG 43 |
REGENSBURG |
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2ND LT HIRAM E. HARRIS, JR. |
NAV |
INT |
17 AUG 43 |
REGENSBURG |
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2ND LT HOWARD G. BALL |
BOM |
POW |
17 AUG 43 |
REGENSBURG |
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T/SGT GEORGE W. ELDER |
TTE |
INT |
17 AUG 43 |
REGENSBURG |
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S/SGT NOLAN D. STEVENS |
WG |
INT |
17 AUG 43 |
REGENSBURG |
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T/SGT JAMES P. SCOTT |
ROG |
INT |
17 AUG 43 |
REGENSBURG |
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S/SGT LESLIE D. NADEAU |
BTG |
INT |
17 AUG 43 |
REGENSBURG |
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S/SGT LEONARD P. GOYER |
WG |
INT |
17 AUG 43 |
REGENSBURG |
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CPL VINCENT E. McGRATH |
TG |
INT |
17 AUG 43 |
REGENSBURG |
HOWARD BALL'S PLACE ON CREW #19 WAS TAKEN BY 2ND LT LLOYD A. HAMMARLUND
(from Lt Amiero original crew) WHO WAS INTERNED WITH THE OTHERS.
top S/SGT EARL GRIGGS NOTE:
CREW #23
351st BS
Mission: Paris (Beaumont AF)
M. A. C. R. #685
Date: 3 Sept. 1943
Aircraft #42-30059 "BARKER'S BURDENS"
Time: 0920
A/C last seen: Over Beaumont Airdrome at Evreux, France
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2ND LT CHARLES W. FLOYD, JR.
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P |
KIA |
-- |
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2ND LT JACK C. BOYD |
CP |
KIA |
-- |
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2ND LT ROBERT M. ROSENBERG |
NAV |
POW |
--- |
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2ND LT FRANK C. COON |
BOM |
POW |
-- |
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T/SGT THEODORE W. PRICE |
ROG |
KIA |
-- |
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S/SGT JOHN M. NEAL |
TTE |
KIA |
-- |
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S/SGT EARL GRIGGS |
BTG |
KIA |
REPLACEMENT |
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SGT DALE P. HUFFER |
RWG |
KIA |
REPLACEMENT |
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1ST LT PETER J. THEODORE |
LWG |
KIA |
GUNNERY OFFICER |
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S/SGT JOHN K. WILLIAMS |
TG |
KIA |
-- |
Clouds obscured the primary target this day (the Renault plant at Paris)
so the formation proceeded to its secondary target - the Beaumont le
Roger Airdrome. There are conflicting accounts as to exactly what
occurred, but the consensus seems to be that, while on the bomb run, the
plane flown by Richard King (Crew #26) received a direct flak burst
amidships and suddenly moved upwards striking the tail section of the
ship flown by crew #23. King's ship then rapidly lost altitude and the
plane carrying crew #23 exploded in mid air. One or more bombs released
by Floyd's plane may have struck King's aircraft.
When Al Barker, regular pilot of this crew, was made Squadron Operations
officer, Charles Floyd moved from the co-pilots to the pilots seat and
Jack Boyd, who had flown overseas with the 100th unassigned to a crew,
became the new co-pilot.
Earl Griggs and Dale Huffer were flying in place of regular crewmen,
Willis Stroud and Robyn Fulton, while Lt. Peter Theodore flew this
mission in place of Edwin Morgan.
top S/SGT JOE RAFF NOTE:
Bruce E. Alshouse of the J. G. Gossage crew writes (1986) that after
the Gossage crew loss on 24/9/43, He, Theodore Don, and Mike Gillen (BOM
& ROG) were assigned to the crew Of Capt. Donald H. Moede. Also on the
Moede crew:
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CAPT. DONALD H. MOEDE |
P |
-- |
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2ND LT THEODORE DON |
BOM |
ORIGINALLY WITH THE J.G. GOSSAGE CREW |
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M/SGT. ART GIBBON |
NAV |
-- |
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T/SGT. MIKE GILLEN |
ROG |
ORIGINALLY WITH THE J.G. GOSSAGE CREW |
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SGT JOE RAFF |
WG |
ORIGINALLY WITH LT AMIERO CREW, CPT ON 30 JAN 44
BRUNSWICK |
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SGT DON SACKRIDER |
WG |
HE WAS WITH J.G. GOSSAGE ON 3/3/44 AND BECAME A
POW |
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SGT RICHARD PEARSON |
BTG |
-- |
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SGT BRUCE E. ALSHOUSE |
TG |
ORIGINALLY WITH THE J.G. GOSSAGE CREW |
The CP was usually a replacement; Moede flew "The Laden Maiden" after
Owen "Cowboy" Roane had flow her for 13 missions. . jb
Sgt Joe Raff - FLEW 3 SEPT 43 PARIS MISSION WITH
LT HENRY HENINGTON.
top S/SGT JAMES W. GREGG NOTE:
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1ST LT JOHN G. GOSSAGE |
P |
POW |
3 MAR 44 |
BERLIN (LANDED IN DENMARK) |
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2ND LT BERTRAND D. McNEILL |
CP |
POW |
3 MAR 44 |
BERLIN (LANDED IN DENMARK) |
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F/O EDWARD A. WARNER |
NAV |
POW |
3 MAR 44 |
BERLIN (LANDED IN DENMARK) |
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1ST LT HOWARD G. BALL |
BOM |
POW |
3 MAR 44 |
BERLIN (LANDED IN DENMARK) |
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T/SGT MICHAEL G. POLANICK |
ROG |
POW |
3 MAR 44 |
BERLIN (LANDED IN DENMARK) |
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T/SGT ARTHUR A. COOPER |
TTE |
POW |
3 MAR 44 |
BERLIN (LANDED IN DENMARK) |
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S/SGT THOMAS R. WOODERSON |
BTG |
POW |
3 MAR 44 |
BERLIN (LANDED IN DENMARK) |
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S/SGT JAMES W. GREGG |
RWG |
POW |
3 MAR 44 |
BERLIN (LANDED IN DENMARK) |
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S/SGT DONALD B. SACKRIDER |
LWG |
POW |
3 MAR 44 |
BERLIN (LANDED IN DENMARK) |
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S/SGT ARTHUR V. R. CONGROVE |
TG |
POW |
3 MAR 44 |
BERLIN (LANDED IN DENMARK) |
MACR #3025
Microfiche #1023
A/C #42-38017
349th Sqdn. .
Lt Howard Ball was from the "Original" crew of Lt Donald Oakes and was
wounded on 10 Jul 1943 Le Bourget mission. He had been hospitalized for
a considerable period. On 3 Mar 44 this crew was flying in the #2
position of the lead element to the lead squadron. There was a
tremendous cloud build up and as the lead element entered the cloud some
following ships believed they saw an explosion as if a collision had
occurred. Later VHF was heard from Gossage saying he intended to try for
Sweden. Actually, he landed the plane on a Schlewig airfield (Denmark)
thinking he was in Sweden. This probably gave the Germans their first
intact B-17 which they later operated.
top S/SGT RICHARD A. TANGRADI NOTE:
Rich Tangradi
349th, TAIL GUNNER
HORNY 1&2 & LADEN MAIDEN
Mr Faley have many pics and stories of 349th came to Thorpe Abbotts July
43 as crewmember of Lt Amiero. I became a spare gunner and flew many
missions with Lt. Henington, I flew the mission to Paris with the ''Cowboy’’ his 25th.
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2ND LT JOHN W. BROWN |
P |
EVADEE |
4 FEB 44 |
FRANKFURT |
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2ND LT ALBERT F. FITZPATRICK |
CP |
POW |
4 FEB 44 |
FRANKFURT |
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2ND LT THEODORE H. KLEINMAN |
NAV |
EVADEE |
4 FEB 44 |
FRANKFURT |
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2ND LT LAWSON W. CLEMENTS |
BOM |
POW |
4 FEB 44 |
FRANKFURT |
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S/SGT CHARLES R. AMBRUST |
WG |
NOC |
-- |
-- |
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S/SGT RICHARD F. BRADY |
ROG |
NOC |
-- |
-- |
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S/SGT LAWRENCE M. PRATT |
TTE |
NOC |
-- |
-- |
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SGT MILTON GRABEL |
TG |
KIA |
25 MAY 44 |
BERLIN |
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SGT GORDON F. KEON |
BTG |
POW |
4 FEB 44 |
FRANKFURT |
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SGT OWEN D. STOCKTON |
WG |
POW |
6 MAR 44 |
BERLIN |
349th Sqdn. Crew joined the 100th Gp on 28 Nov 1943. . Sgt Gordon Keon
was the only enlisted man of this crew to participate in the Frankfurt
mission of 4 FEB 44. Other aboard for this mission and their fate is a
follows:
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