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O. C. Everitt Crew photographed
at Rapid City AFB on or about the 19 Apr 44. (left to right)
Standing: James V.
Armstrong - ROG, Homer K. Hirsch - WG, Robert L. Williams - TTE,
Edward G.
Minton - TOGG, William E. Kenney - TG
Kneeling: Warren L. Soden - NAV, John Manniello - CP, William H. Titley -
BOM,
Orville C. Everitt - Pilot, Robert A. Howard - BTG.
100th BG Photo Archives
This crew left Bangor, Maine on
7 Jul 44 for Prestwick, Scotland via Gander, Newfoundland. Departed Gander
9 Jul 44 and arrived Prestwick 10 Jul 44. Assigned to the 349th Sqdn of
the 100th. Shot down on the 11 Sep 44 Ruhland mission with the loss of
five crewmembers - this from Warren L. Soden in Jan 1998...mpf
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| 1st Lt
Orville C. Everitt |
P |
KIA |
11 Sept 1944 |
Ruhland |
| 2nd Lt John B. Manniello |
CP |
POW |
11 Sept 1944 |
Ruhland |
| 2nd Lt Warren L. Soden |
NAV |
POW |
11 Sept 1944 |
Ruhland |
|
Sgt Edward G. Minton,Sr |
TOGG |
KIA |
11 Sept 1944 |
Ruhland |
| Cpl Lawrence
A. Radka |
ROG |
KIA |
11 Sept 1944 |
Ruhland |
| T/Sgt
Robert L. Williams |
TTE |
KIA |
11 Sept 1944 |
Ruhland |
| S/Sgt Robert
A. Howard |
BTG |
KIA |
11 Sept 1944 |
Ruhland |
| S/Sgt Homer
K. Hirsch |
WG |
KIA |
11 Sept 1944 |
Ruhland |
| S/Sgt William E. Kenney |
TG |
POW |
11 Sept 1944 |
Ruhland |
349th Sqdn A/C #42-97834 -
MACR #8819, Micro-fiche 3237
A statement made 2/8/45 by Sgt. Kenney is as follows:
"We were flying a mission to Ruhland, Germany in Sept.1944. At
about 12:10 English time we were hit by F.W.190s. Due to oxygen system
which was shot out and also serious lung wounds, I was unconscious and
don't remember how I got out. I have no knowledge of what happened at all
except hearsay. I heard in
Germany from a fellow flyer that the ship blew up. Then when I got to
France I saw the Navigator Lt. Soden. He said he saw a ship explode after
he bailed out, but he couldn't tell if it was ours."
Statement of John B. Manniello in August 1945.
"The Toggalier, Edward Minton, occupied the other bed in my room
(German Hospital) and gave me the following information. The pilot,
Orville Everitt was killed in the plane - everyone else bailed out. We
were strafed while floating earthward. We we attacked by civilians at
railroad station in Kemotan, Sudetenland. Minton was later officially
reported by the German Govt to have died as result of a fractured spinal
cord."
Manneillo suffered
head injuries and never really recalled much about the incident. jb |
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