| 1ST LT CHARLES L. DUNCAN |
P |
POW |
10 JUL 43 |
PARIS-Le BOURGET |
| 2ND LT ARCHIBALD L. ROBERTSON |
CP |
EVA |
10 JUL 43 |
PARIS-Le BOURGET |
| 1ST LT OLIVER M. CHIESL |
NAV |
POW |
10 JUL 43 |
PARIS-Le BOURGET |
| 1ST LT WILLIAM H. FORBES |
BOM |
POW |
10 JUL 43 |
PARIS-Le BOURGET |
| T/SGT ERNEST De Los SANTOS |
TTE |
POW |
10 JUL 43 |
PARIS-Le BOURGET |
| S/SGT BERNARD I. HANOVER |
WG |
POW |
10 JUL 43 |
PARIS-Le BOURGET |
| T/SGT JOHN K. BEARD |
ROG |
CPT |
29 JAN 44 |
FRANKFURT |
| S/SGT GENE F. FRANK |
BTG |
POW |
10 JUL 43 |
PARIS-Le BOURGET |
| S/SGT GEORGE R. APPLETON |
WG |
NOC |
DID NOT FLY OVERSEAS
WITH CREW |
| S/SGT WILLIAM D. WHITLEY |
TG |
POW |
10 JUL 43 |
PARIS-Le BOURGET |
ORIGINAL 100TH BG CREW
DATE: 10 July 1943 350th Sqdn. A/C# 42-30050 "Judy E"
MISSION: Paris (Le Bourget AF) MACR #268, Micro-fiche 89
| 1ST LT CHARLES L. DUNCAN |
P |
POW |
| 2ND LT ARCHIBALD L. ROBERTSON |
CP |
EVADEE |
| 2ND LT OLIVER M. CHIESL |
N |
POW |
| 1ST LT WILLIAM H. FORBES |
B |
POW |
| T/SGT ERNEST DE LOS SANTOS |
E |
POW |
| SGT EDMUND A. OLIVER |
R |
POW (From Capt Mark Carnell's Crew #10) |
| S/SGT GENE F. FRANK |
BT |
POW |
| S/SGT BERNARD L. HANOVER |
WG |
POW |
| SGT PARRISH REYNOLDS |
WG |
POW & ESCAPE |
| S/SGT WILLIAM D. WHITLEY |
TG |
POW |
EYE WITNESSES:
Major J. C. Egan - "Duncan's ship went down in France near coast. Saw
8 chutes. Plane broke into flames. "
1st Lt. R. C. King - "A/C #050, #1 engine on fire dropped below
formation and circled. Six chutes seen all bailed out over land between
Dieppe & FeCamp. After six bailed out ship headed approximately 180
degrees True and disappeared in a cloud. "
1st Lt. C. R. Biddick - Saw 10 chutes at 27, 000 ft. Landed, we think,
on the ground.
Parrish Reynolds was a
replacement for Sgt Clifford Starkey and Sgt. Oliver was replacing T/Sgt
John K. Beard. Apparently, S/Sgt George Appleton (original WG on Duncan
Crew) did not fly to England with this Crew and was replaced by a T/Sgt
James C. Brown (Special order #103, last page, May 25, 1943). Sgt Brown
was in the 418th ground crew in October 1942 at Boise, Idaho. Sgt. Brown
was KIA April 28, 1944 in aircraft flown by Capt W. G. Lakin and new C. O.
Col. Robert Kelly. Soon after arrival in England, it seems that Sgt Brown
was put into a gunner’s pool and did not fly one mission with this Crew. A
Sgt Clifford Starkey flew as WG on the first two missions with Lt Duncan
then was replaced on the June 28, 1943 mission to St Nazaire by Sgt
Reynolds. Sgt Reynolds was flying as a waist gunner on July 10, 1943. He
was briefly a POW but somehow managed to escape. After many months, he was
returned to England with the help of the French Underground.
Bill Forbes told this writer (1979) the "Judy E" was named for 1st Lt
Charles Duncan's infant daughter. The crew was returning from the target
when jumped by FW 190s. Engine and wing on fire. No chance to get to
England or crash land in channel so bailed out. Ollie Chiesl became stuck
in escape hatch & Forbes had to literally kick him out. "
S. O. C. p. 7 states that Bernard Hanover was the first man in the
100th to get a Purple Heart (St. Nazaire 28 June 1943). However, the first
100th man to WIN a Purple Heart had to be from one of the three crews of
the 349th Sqdn. that went down on 25/6/43.
Mission List of 1st Lt Charles Duncan
June 25, 1943-Bremen
June 26, 1943-LeMans
June 28, 1943-St Nazaire (nick named Flak City) first mission of Sgt. Parrish Reynolds
June 29, 1943-Le Mans
July 10, 1943-LeBourget (Paris)
Navigator Oliver M. Chiesl wrote a book published in 1948 entitled
"Clipped Wings", experiences as P. O. W in Stalag Luft 3.
Interesting note: B-17 42-30050 was later displayed in a German museum
near Paris (forward section). |
