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 The 350th
Lawrence W. Riegel Crew (left to right)
Standing: Edgar L. Herrick - KIA, Charles L Dolby - POW, Joseph R.
Johnson - KIA, George H. Prater - POW
Kneeling: Jewell D. Spruell - KIA, Phillip D. Mangan - KIA, Ray S. Deming,
Jr - KIA
Nestor A. Celleghin - POW and Ralph Jacobson - WG - Removed from crew at
reduction to nine.
This crew
was lost at Ruhland September 11, 1944 with six members KIA -
100th Photo Archives
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1st Lt |
Lawrence W. Riegel |
P |
KIA |
11-Sep-44 |
Ruhland |
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2nd Lt |
Joseph R. Johnson |
CP |
KIA |
11-Sep-44 |
Ruhland |
| 2nd Lt |
George H. Prater |
NAV |
POW |
11-Sep-44 |
Ruhland |
| 2nd Lt |
Charles L. Dolby |
BOM |
POW |
11-Sep-44 |
Ruhland |
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T/Sgt |
Ray S. Deming, Jr |
ROG |
KIA |
11-Sep-44 |
Ruhland |
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T/Sgt |
Edgar L. Herrick |
TTE |
KIA |
11-Sep-44 |
Ruhland |
| S/Sgt |
Nestor A. Celleghin |
BTG |
POW |
11-Sep-44 |
Ruhland |
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S/Sgt |
Phillip D. Mangan |
WG |
KIA |
11-Sep-44 |
Ruhland |
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S/Sgt |
Jewell D. Spruell |
TG |
KIA |
11-Sep-44 |
Ruhland |
350th Sqdn. Crew, as above, joined the 100th Group on 4/7/44. A/C #44-6089
- MACR #8811, Micro-fiche 3234Following is a statement by Lt. Dolby
in a letter dated 23 July 1945.
"We were attacked by German fighters, Southeast of Dresden, Germany,
while on a mission to Ruhland,
Germany on Sept.11, 1944 at about 12:20. After the first attack we had our
interphone knocked out and the oxygen supply under the pilots compartment
was on fire.. Due to lack of interphone we could not carry on a
conversation and I know nothing of what took place in the rear of the
ship. The Navigator, Lt.
Prater and I jumped due to the burning condition of the plane. According
to our ball turret gunner who I met at Camp Lucky Strike in France, he
said he was blown out of his turret and parachuted to safety, also he
mentioned that our vertical stabilizer and horizontal stabilizers were
blown off." He is S/Sgt
Nestor Celleghin. |
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