| 2ND LT DAVID E. HUTCHINSON
|
P |
FEH |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 2ND LT ROBERT L. RICHARDSON
|
CP |
KIA |
31 DEC 44 |
HAMBURG |
BURIED CAMBRIDGE
ENGLAND |
| F/O RODMAN B. PORTER |
NAV |
RFS |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 2ND LT ALFRED V. PATERNO
|
BOM |
|
-- |
-- |
ASSIGNED TO LEAD CREW
OF JESSE WOFFORD |
| T/SGT JACK H. PARKER |
ROG |
SWA |
31 DEC 44 |
HAMBURG |
FLAK WOUND |
| T/SGT ANTHONY C. SAPPER
|
TTE |
CPT |
-- |
-- |
DATE & MISSION UNK |
| S/SGT GEORGE D. MAST |
WG |
CPT |
-- |
-- |
DATE & MISSION UNK |
| S/SGT JOSEPH W. KAMPER, JR
|
BTG |
CPT |
-- |
-- |
DATE & MISSION UNK |
| S/SGT WILLIAM R. TAYLOR
|
TG |
CPT |
08 APR 45 |
EGER (CZECH) |
-- |
351ST SQDN. . CREW JOINED THE 100TH ON 20 OCT 1944
THIS WITH SOME PERSONNEL CHANGES BECAME A LEAD CREW. LT’s NORMAN
GRAHAM & ARTHUR ZEMSKE FROM THE P. B. BATTERMAN CREW REPLACED PORTER
AND PATERNO. LT GRAHAM JOINS LT HUTCHINSON’S LEAD CREW AS NAV. AFTER
12 DEC 45 AND LT ZEMSKE JOINS HUTCHINSON CREW IN LATE FEB 45 WHEN LT
PATERNO JOINS WOFFORD CREW. LATER P. B. BATTERMAN, HIMSELF, JOINED
AS CO-PILOT (MOSTLY FLYING TAIL GUNNER). ALSO SGT TOM FAGAN (ROG)
FROM THE BATTERMAN CREW REPLACED THE WOUNDED JACK PARKER.
IN A LETTER TO JIM BROWN IN 1983 NORMAN GRAHAM EXPRESSED THE
BELIEF THAT ALFRED PATERNO WAS ASSIGNED TO A LEAD CREW PILOTED BY
JESSE WOFFORD. . pw THIS HAPPENED IN LATE FEB 45.
LEAD CREW (mpf 2000)
| 2ND LT DAVID E. HUTCHINSON
|
P |
FEH |
|
| 2ND LT PAUL B. BATTERMAN
|
CP |
FEH |
|
| 2ND LT NORMAN GRAHAM |
NAV |
FEH |
|
| 2ND LT ARTHUR ZEMSKE |
BOM |
CPT |
06 APR 45 LEIPZIG |
| SGT THOMAS FAGAN |
ROG |
FEH |
|
| T/SGT ANTHONY C. SAPPER
|
TTE |
CPT |
DATE & MISSION UNK |
| S/SGT GEORGE D. MAST |
WG |
CPT |
DATE & MISSION UNK |
| S/SGT JOSEPH W. KAMPER, JR
|
BTG |
CPT |
DATE & MISSION UNK |
| S/SGT WILLIAM R. TAYLOR
|
TG |
CPT |
08 APR 45 EGER (CZECH) |
INCOMPLETE LIST OF MISSIONS FOR LT DAVID HUTCHINSON CREW
|
DATE |
TARGET |
A/C # |
A/C
CODE & NAME |
POSITION |
COM P
COM NAV |
| 05/12/44
|
BERLIN |
42-31530 |
EP-X
QUITTIN TIME |
-- |
-- |
| 12/12/44
|
DARMSTADT |
43-38610 |
EP-T PFF |
-- |
-- |
| 25/12/44
|
KAISERLAUTERN |
43-38610 |
EP-T PFF |
-- |
-- |
| 30/12/44
|
KASSEL |
43-38610 |
EP-T PFF |
-- |
-- |
| 31/12/44
|
HAMBURG |
43-38610 |
EP-T PFF |
-- |
-- |
| 10/01/45
|
COLOGNE |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 02/03/45
|
RUHLAND/DRESDEN |
44-8776 |
LN-U PFF |
C-SQDN
LEAD |
STIVERS |
| 08/03/45
|
GIESSEN |
44-8717 |
EP-J
MISS SWEETNESS PFF |
C-SQDN
LEAD |
SWAIN |
| 10/03/45
|
DORTMUND |
44-8183 |
LD-Q PFF |
A-SQDN
LEAD FLT, # 2 |
|
| 19/03/45
|
JENA |
44-8209 |
EP-A
THE BRASS HAT PFF |
C-SQDN
LEAD |
ROBBS |
| 21/03/45
|
RUHLAND |
44-8209 |
EP-A
THE BRASS HAT PFF |
-- |
-- |
| 04/04/45
|
KIEL |
44-8705 |
EP-Z PFF |
C-SQDN
LEAD |
-- |
| 06/04/45
|
LEIPZIG |
44-8209 |
EP-A
THE BRASS HAT PFF |
|
-- |
| 07/04/45
|
BUCHEN |
44-8794 |
LD-B PFF |
A-SQDN
LEAD |
GIBBONS
CROTTY |
| 10/04/45
|
BURG-BEI-MAGDEBURG |
44-8790 |
LD-V PFF |
A-SQDN
GROUP LEAD |
CRUVER
CROTTY |
| 11/04/45
|
LANDSHUT |
44-8705 |
EP-Z PFF |
B-SQDN
LEAD |
ROBINSON |
CHOWHOUND MISSIONS. . ( FOOD DROPS ))
| 3 MAY, 1945 |
BERGEN/HILVERSUM |
44-8183 |
LD-Q PFF |
B-SQDN LEAD |
ROBINSON |
| 6 MAY, 1945 |
BERGEN/HILVERSUM |
44-8183 |
LD-Q PFF |
B-SQDN LEAD |
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