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The Phillip B. Kirsch Crew
L to R: Phillip Kirsch, Charles Brown, William Read, Richard
Odgers, Robert Rose, Robert Steinmetz, Thomas Phillips
Frank Jackson, and Russell Blair
(Photo courtesy of Robert Rose and his daughter, Roxanne Jacobs)
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| 2nd Lt Philip B. Kirsch | P | FEH | | | 2nd Lt Charles J. Brown | CP | FEH | | | F/O William M. Read | NAV | FEH | | | 2nd Lt Thomas E. Yancey | BOM | FEH | Replaced by Togg | | Sgt Robert Steinmetz | TOGG/NG | FEH | Replaced Lt.Yancey.Was from Lt Kirsling Crew | | Sgt Russell J. Bair | BTG | FEH | | | S/Sgt Robert F. Rose | ROG | FEH | | | S/Sgt Richard C. Odgers | TTE | FEH | | | Sgt Frank R. Jackson | WG | FEH | | | Sgt Thomas E. Phillips | TG | FEH | |
349th Sqdn. Joined the 100th Group on 11/4/45.
Crew arrived too late to fly combat missions, but performed humanitarian
food drop missions over Holland, commonly know as "Chowhound Food
Missions" in May
PRACTICE MISSION, 19 APRIL, 1945 (AIRCRAFT
# 43-3861 XR-V "GRUMBLIN GREMLIN III")
CHOWHOUND MISSION 02 MAY, 1945 (AIRCRAFT # 44-6841 XR-H
"WOODY WOODPECKER")
CHOWHOUND MISSION, 06 MAY, 1945 (AIRCRAFT # 44-6841 XR-H "WOODY
WOODPECKER")
CHOWHOUND MISSION, 07 MAY, 1945 (AIRCRAFT # 44-6841 XR-H "WOODY
WOODPECKER")
DP (Displaced Persons) FERRY MISSION, AUSTRIA TO PARIS, 3 JUNE, 1945
KIRSCH 716 R 23, D-SQDN (EDITORS NOTE: AIRCRAFT DETAILS CAN'T BE
CONFIRMED AT PRESENT TIME HOWEVER…POSSIBLY 482nd BG H2X 42-97716 ???
REASON BEING, THE 482nd BG TRANSFERRED A NUMBER OF PATHFINDER AIRCRAFT
IN THIS SERIES OF SERIAL NUMBERS (42-97700 SERIES) TO THE 100TH BOMB
GROUP IN MAY, 1945…NO RECORD OF THIS AIRCRAFT CURRENTLY IN 100TH BG
DATABASES WHICH WOULD MAKE IT… 349TH BS MARKINGS, XR-R 42-97716 ??? )
FERRY MISSION TO CASABLANCA, 4 JUNE, 1945 (aircraft details same as DP
Ferry Mission)……. . Jack O'Leary
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