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 Officers of the Mark Cope Crew (left to right)
Herb Pryor (BOM), Tom Cryan (Original CP), Mark Cope (P)
Festus Bryant (NAV), Martin Tashjian (Replacement CP) |
| LT MARK COPE |
P |
CPT |
-- |
-- |
| LT THOMAS CRYAN (SEE BELOW)
|
CP |
KIA |
18 MAR 44 |
MUNICH |
| LT FESTUS BRYANT |
NAV |
CPT |
-- |
-- |
| LT HERBERT G. PRYOR |
BOM |
CPT |
-- |
-- |
| SGT JOHN VERBOVSKI |
TTE |
CPT |
-- |
-- |
| SGT JOHN C. ELING |
ROG |
CPT |
-- |
-- |
| SGT RICHARD E. DONNELLY |
BTG |
CPT |
-- |
-- |
| SGT JAMES E. MORRISON |
WG |
CPT |
-- |
-- |
| SGT DONALD E. WALKER |
WG |
WIA |
6 MAR 44 |
BERLIN |
| SGT RAYMOND BRYAN |
TG |
WIA |
6 MAR 44 |
BERLIN |
350th Sqdn. . Crew, as above, joined the 100th in late July or August
1943. Lt. Martin Tashjian flew a few missions with this crew as CP in
place of Thomas Cryan
Crew flew in "Superstitious Aloysious".
Mark Cope went on to become the 350th Operations Officer.
DATE: 18 March 1944 350th Sqdn. A/C#42-39830
MISSION: Augsburg/Munich MACR#3234, Micro-flche#1105
"BERLIN PLAYBOY"
| 2ND LT PAUL A.
MARTIN crew page |
P |
KIA |
| 1ST LT THOMAS
CRYAN
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CP |
KIA |
| 2ND LT ALBERT F.
RACZ |
BOM |
KIA |
| 2ND LT TOM F.
HUGHES |
NAV |
KIA |
| T/SGT RUSSELL E.
LONGDON |
ROG |
KIA |
| T/SGT LEVI O.
TONN |
TTE |
KIA |
| S/SGT RICHARD J. FAULKNER |
BTG |
EVADEE |
| S/SGT VERYL A.
LUND |
RWG |
KIA |
| S/SGT LONNIE J.
ALBIN |
LWG |
KIA |
| S/SGT JOHN E.
HOWLEY |
TG |
KIA |
The crew joined the 100th on March 10, 1944. The crew flew 5 training
missions and its exact composition is as above except the original CP was
2nd Lt Paul Mitchell. It is known that Thomas Cryan was from the crew of
Mark Cope. This was the crew’s first mission. (mpf nov 2000)
Summary of Eyewitness reports: "A/C #830 and A/C #913 (Flown by D. J.
Stuke) collided over France at 1210 hour near (?) . #830 broke up while
#913 pulled away, badly damaged but apparently under control. One chute
was seen to come from #830. The ship going down under control had two port
engines torn out, and only #4 was operating. The nose of this A/C also was
sheared off. The collision resulted when the Group leader aborted and the
formation scattered and reformed. "
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