|
2nd Lt |
Jack Hunter |
P |
KIA |
11-May-44 |
Liege |
|
2nd Lt |
George W. Shoesmith |
CP |
KIA |
11-May-44 |
Liege |
| 2nd Lt |
Richard J. Heh |
NAV |
POW |
11-May-44 |
Liege |
| 2nd Lt |
Murray J. Lirette |
BOM |
POW |
11-May-44 |
Liege |
|
S/Sgt |
Spiro Lecouras |
ROG |
KIA |
11-May-44 |
Liege |
|
S/Sgt |
Arthur L. Wellingham |
TTE |
KIA |
11-May-44 |
Liege |
| Sgt |
Herbert S. South |
TG |
POW |
11-May-44 |
Liege |
| Sgt |
Ernest D. Medhurst |
BTG |
CPT |
-- |
-- |
|
Sgt |
Robert H. Kuehl |
WG |
KIA |
11-May-44 |
Liege |
| Sgt |
Samuel J. Martiello |
WG |
WIA |
-- |
Nantes |
351st Sqdn. Crew, as above,
joined the 100th Group on 5/4/44. On 11/5/44.S/Sgts Charley L. Anglin, BT and John Rupnick, RW, were
flying in place of Martiello & Medhurst and both were KIA. Both Anglin &
Rupnick were listed on the
crew of R. V. E. Monrad on 8/3/44. Rupnick was originally on the M. E.
Beatty crew when it joined
the 100th on 6/9/43.
Immediately after bombs were released, A/C received a direct flak hit
in wing at #1 engine. Part of wing blown off & A/C went down in flaming
spin. Heh, Lirette and South were blown out of A/C. South suffered a
compound fracture of a leg when blown from a/c.
German Reports:
Notes Lt
Murray Lirette committed to the hospital on 13 May 1944 and states the
dead buried at the Luffwaffe Cemetery at Trond air base. |
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