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Lt. Clement H. Cowan

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Clement H. Cowan Crew photographed in the States (left to right):
Kneeling:
Clement H. Cowan (P), Hank A. Dibbern (CP), Fred W. Robertson (NAV), Harold L. Heyneman (BOM)
Standing: Murray W. Holditch (TTE), William A. Geigle (BTG), Sherwin W. Meyers (ROG), Adam C. Stoppel (LWG), Robert Patrick (RWG), Horace R. Kemble (TG)
100th BG Photo Archives

Clement H. Cowan crew.  (left to right)
Kneeling:
William A. Geigle, Horace R. "Sonny" Kemble and Fred W. Robertson.
Standing:  Adam C. Stoppel, Robert Patrick, Sherwyn W. "Sparks" Meyers, Murray W. Holditch,
Harold L. eyneman and Clement H. Cowan.
 Hank A. Dibbern took the picture.
 Photo courtesy of James P. Heyneman.

LT CLEMENT H. COWAN P NOC --
LT HANK A. DIBBERN CP CPT --
LT FRED W. ROBERTSON NAV CPT --
LT HAROLD L. HEYNEMAN BOM CPT See letter below
T/SGT SHERWYN W. MEYERS ROG KIA 18 MAR 44 AUGSBURG
T/SGT MURRAY W. HOLDITCH TTE NOC See letter below
S/SGT WILLIAM A. GEIGLE BTG NOC See letter below
S/SGT JOHN A. MILLER RWG CPT 17 JUL 44 MONTGOURNEY
S/SGT ROBERT PATRICK RWG NOC REGULAR RWG - SEE NOTE
See letter below
S/SGT ADAM C. STOPPEL LWG NOC See letter below
S/SGT HORACE R. KEMBLE TG NOC --

349th Sqdn. Crew joined the 100th on 8 Jan 44

According to Harold Heyneman (in an email note dated 2/4/2002), John A. Miller was originally on 2nd Lt. Coy Montgomery's crew  and was on the Cowan crew for only two missions while Robert Patrick was on another assignment.

The following mission list courtesy of James P. Heyneman (6 Aug 02):

My father, Harold L. Heyneman, passed away on March 28, 2002 and I have found the mission list for the Clement H. Cowan crew as written by my father and Lieutenant Hank Dibbern, co-pilot on the crew. My father, Lieutenant Harold L. Heyneman, was the bombardier on the crew. All the missions listed were flown with Cowan as the pilot until April 29, 1944 when the crew flew with Wilson as pilot then Lunsford and later Trapnell.

Date Plane Name and # Target
January 24, 1944 Section Eight #249 Frankfurt
February 3, 1944 Laden Maiden II #018 Wilhelmshaven
February 5, 1944 Squawkin Hawk #088 Villacoublay
February 13, 1944 Murderer's Row #239817 No Ball
February 20, 1944 unknown Posen, Poland
February 21, 1944 Torchy III #4230487 Osnabruck
February 24, 1944 Section Eight #249 Posen, Poland
February 25, 1944 unknown Regensburg
February 28, 1944 Sparky #723 No Ball
February 29, 1944 Sparky #723 Brunswick
March 2, 1944 Sparky #723 Chartres
March 3, 1944 Sparky #723 Berlin
March 6, 1944 Sparky #723 Berlin (Bloody Monday) Lost from the 349th Squadron (Murry, Amiero, Koper and Montgomery)
March 9, 1944 Sparky #723 Berlin
March 15, 1944 Sparky #723 Brunswick
March 16, 1944 Section Eight #249 Augsburg
March 18, 1944 Sparky #723 Augsburg, S/Sgt Sherwyn (Sparks) Meyers killed on this mission
March 28, 1944 (A for Able)#987 Chateaudon. Sgt. J. P. Cooper new radio operator
April 10, 1944 Sparky #723 Paris (Airfield)
April 24, 1944 Sparky #723 Freidrickshaven
April 26, 1944 Sparky #723 Brunswick
April 27, 1944 Sparky #723 Cherbourg (Morning)
April 27, 1944 Miss Ma Lovin Near Metz, Leculot, Airfield in France(Afternoon)
April 28, 1944 Sparky #723 Cherbourg (Sottevast-Lost Col Kelly)
April 29, 1944 unknown Berlin
May 9, 1944 unknown Laon/Couvron (airfield)
May 12, 1944 unknown Brux, Czechoslovakia
June 6, 1944 unknown D-Day (Somewhere in France)
July 11, 1944 unknown Munich
July 14, 1944 unknown Nancy, France (Maquis Supply Drop)
July 17, 1944 Traps #977 Auxerre, Plane caught fire enroute to target. Made it back to England where all bailed out safely.

Letter confirming crew bailout of a portion of this crew:
349TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON (H) ARMY AIR FORCES
Office of the Operations Officer
APO 569

4 August 1944

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

On 17 July 1944 at 0925 hours the following Combat Crew, assigned to this organization, parachuted from an abandoned B-17G somewhere over England. Aircraft was abandoned account of fire.

1st Lt. Harold L. Heyneman 0-681539 Bombardier
2nd Lt. Joseph Trapnell IV 0-818761 Pilot
2nd Lt. Melvin L. Kodas 0-503283 Copilot
T/Sgt Murry W. Holditch 18178502 Top Turret Gunner
T/Sgt. John P. Cooper 32931713 Radio Operator Gunner
Sgt Adam C. Stoppel 17088192 Left Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. Robert Patrick 14065993 Right Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. William A. Geigle 33188079 Ball Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. Clare R. Harnden 16084649 Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. Byron R. Greene 31289048 Toggelier

FRED W. CRAFT JR
1st Lt.. Air Corps.
Asst Ops Officer.
(Letter courtesy of James Heyneman – May, 2003)

Explanatory note regarding the above letter and crew list:
My father was bombardier/navigator qualified (two ratings) When Lt. Fred Robertson the regular navigator was assigned to lead crews my father was assigned on the missions as navigator........Jim Heyneman  (This explains why this crew list has both Bombardier and Toggelier)

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