| 2ND LT HERBERT A. ALF |
P |
POW |
28/4/44 |
SOTTEVAST
WITH W. G. LAKIN CREW |
| 1ST LT KENNETH L. RASMUSSEN |
CP |
RFS |
-- |
MEDICAL
SEE GORDON LETTER BELOW |
| 2ND LT RAYMOND B. PHANEUF |
NAV |
NOC |
-- |
-- |
| 2ND LT ALBERT A. MARCHIONDO |
BOM |
INTERNEE |
20/2/44 |
POSEN & SETTIN
WITH A. J. HARRIS
CREW |
| SGT JIMISON T. PYLES |
TTE |
NOC |
-- |
-- |
| SGT CARMINE V.
ROBERTO |
ROG |
KIA |
29/7/44 |
MERSEBURG
WITH W. T. FITZROY CREW |
| SGT FRANCIS J. FLEMM, JR |
BTG |
NOC |
-- |
-- |
| SGT JEROME H. GORDON |
WG |
RFS |
-- |
MEDICAL |
| SGT HERSCHEL P. LOWE |
WG |
CPT |
17/7/44 |
AUXERRE & MONTGOURNOY
WITH D. C. RICE CREW |
| SGT JOSEPH C.
KRUSIENSKI |
TG |
KIA |
6/3/44 |
BERLIN
WITH
D. RADTKE
CREW |
418th Sqdn. Crew, as above, joined the 100th Group on 1/12/43
It would appear that this crew was "broken up" soon
after it came to the 100th. 2nd Lt Herb Alf became the co pilot
on Capt. David Miner Crew.
Letter from Gordon 26/1/91 says Rasmussen . RFS soon
after arrival in Eng. because of ulcers & returned to ZI. Crew then broken
up and members flew as replacements with other crews. Gordon flew 5
missions in three months then was grounded because of (anoxia?) despite
his official protest.
My dad (Jerome Gordon) was in the 100th. He originally
was in a crew headed by Herbert Alf but soon after his arrival was
transferred to a crew headed by Lt. Dean
Radtke. The co-pilot, Robert Digby, was killed in a mission over
Ludwigshafen and Radtke was wounded but got the plane back home. I am
trying to find any documentation on this crew, the aircraft and mission.
There is a small paragraph in the book Century Bombers about the mission
and crew but not much info. Any ideas where I might inquire?
Thanks…William Gordon
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