| 2ND LT EDWARD N. McKAY |
P |
CPT |
25APR 44 |
DIJON, FR. |
SN#0745717 |
| 2ND LT THOMAS H. MULLEN |
CP |
CPT |
25APR 44 |
DIJON, FR. |
-- |
| 2ND LT JACK A. YOUNG |
NAV |
CPT |
25APR 44 |
DIJON, FR. |
-- |
| 2ND LT STUART W. McFEELY |
BOM |
CPT |
25APR 44 |
DIJON, FR. |
-- |
| S/SGT JOHN E. TROUT |
RWG |
POW |
24 MAY 44 |
BERLIN |
J.R. GEARY CREW |
| SGT LOUIS P. PALTRINERI |
ROG |
POW |
24 MAY 44 |
BERLIN |
J.R. GEARY CREW |
| SGT FRANCIS ACKER |
TTE |
POW |
24 MAY 44 |
BERLIN |
J.R. GEARY CREW |
| SGT CARL F. SCHUSTER |
BTG |
POW |
24 MAY 44 |
BERLIN |
J.R. GEARY CREW |
| SGT JACK W. DOMENIG |
LWG |
POW |
24 MAY 44 |
BERLIN |
J.R. GEARY CREW |
| SGT RALPH T. GRAHAM |
TG |
CPT |
29 JUN 44 |
BOHLEN |
-- |
Note: Trout, Paltrineri, and Domenig, above, were also WIA.
350TH SQDN...CREW, AS ABOVE, JOINED THE 100TH ON October 15, 1943
A/C "Big Stoop" #941 (flew last 4-5 missions on this plane), A/C Alice
from Dallas II (flew 15 plus missions).
Crew spent Dec 44 doing practice missions. C.O. wanted each man to have
at least 50 hours of practice missions before going into combat. (Lt McKay
march 2001)
Crew completed tour, Officers were given new assignments in the States
but the enlisted men volunteered for five more missions.
Lt McKay felt the enlisted men should have taken a leave before
starting a second tour. Lt McKay ended up in the hospital after his last
mission with Pneumonia and was moved to a private hospital near High
Wycombe.
Naming the Plane: "The radio operator Sgt Paltrineri named the plane.
During the war Milton Caniff had a cartoon in Stars and Stripes called
Steve Canyon. One of his girlfriends was called Delta and her bodyguard
was called "Big Stoop" and he would rescue her and protect her from
danger. Sgt Paltrineri thought that would make a good name for the plane
because the Plane would always bring the crew home from danger. This was
never painted on the plane." Lt Edward McKay March 2001 (mpf)
List of Missions for 2nd Lt Edward McKay (mpf 2001)
01) 19/11/44 GELSENKIRCHEN -flying with Lt. Herb Devore
Crew w/Col. Chick Harding as command pilot
02) 14/01/44 NO-BALL-FRANCE
03) 21/01/44 NO-BALL-FRANCE
04) 24/01/44 FRANKFURT
05) 03/02/44 WILHELMSHAVEN
06) 05/02/44 ROMILLY sur SEINE
07) 13/02/44 NO-BALL-LIVOSSART
08) 24/02/44 ROSTOCK & POSEN
09) 25/02/44 REGENSBURG -(ROG stitched the tail of the horizontal
stabilizer)
10) 28/02/44 NO-BALL-FRANCE
11) 02/03/44 CHARTES
12) 03/03/44 BERLIN-weather recall
13) 15/03/44 BRUNSWICK
14) 16/03/44 AUGSBURG
15) 18/03/44 MUNICH
16) 19/03/44 NO-BALL-FRANCE
17) 23/03/44 BRUNSWICK
18) 27/O3/44 BORDEAUX
19) 28/03/44 CHATEAUDUN
----FLAK LEAVE-----
20) 11/04/44 POSEN & ROSTOCK
21) 12/04/44 LEIPZIG
22) 18/04/44 BERLIN
23) 19/04/44 LIPPSTADT
24) 20/04/44 MARQUENVILLE
25) 25/04/44 DIJON
Lt McKay says that his Lucky Bastard Certificate has him completing 26
missions, can only account for 25.
Enlisted men flew the following “extra” missions before being shot down:
Date Aircraft #Target
5/11/1944 - 31941 LIEGE
5/12/1944 - 31941 BRUX, OIL REFINERY
5/13/1944 - 31941 OSNABRUCK
5/20/1944 - 31412 BRUSSELS
5/24/1944 - 97845 BERLIN (SHOT DOWN)
| Capt James R. Geary |
P |
POW |
24/5/44 |
Berlin |
-- |
| 1st Lt Arthur J. Harris |
CP |
POW |
24/5/44 |
Berlin |
Flying as TG |
| Major Maurice J. Fitzgerald |
CMP |
POW |
24/5/44 |
Berlin |
-- |
| 1st Lt A. Edwin Stern, Jr |
BOM |
POW |
24/5/44 |
Berlin |
-- |
| 2nd Lt Dort B. Payne |
NAV |
POW |
24/5/44 |
Berlin |
-- |
| T/Sgt Louis Paltrineri |
ROG |
POW/WIA |
24/5/44 |
Berlin |
From the E. McKay crew |
| T/Sgt Francis Acker |
TTE |
POW |
24/5/44 |
Berlin |
From the E. McKay crew |
| S/Sgt Carl F. Schuster |
BTG |
POW |
24/5/44 |
Berlin |
From the E. McKay crew |
| S/Sgt John E. Trout |
RWG |
POW/WIA |
24/5/44 |
Berlin |
From the E. McKay crew |
| S/Sgt Jack W. Domenig |
LWG |
POW/WIA |
24/5/44 |
Berlin |
From the E. McKay crew |
350th Sqdn) On 24/5/44 this was the lead ship of the Group formation.
Major Fitzgerald was C.O. of the 350th and Capt Geary was a pilot who had
completed a tour of operations with the 390th Bomb Group and then been
assigned to the 100th. Lt. A. J.Harris, as pilot of his own crew had been
interned in Sweden on 20/2/44 with his crew but apparently had gotten back
to Thorpe Abbotts by some means. It seems most unusual that he would have
been allowed to fly over Europe again because ,for security reasons,
Evadees & Internees were invariably sent back to the U.S.A.
This crew bailed out over Ludwigslust, Germany and all were captured.
The 100th lost nine aircraft this day. MIGHTY EIGHTH WAR DIARY (p.249)
says "Opposed by some 200 E/A,100BG became separated from bomber stream by
weather and contrails and were subjected to heavy attack."
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