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Lt. Arthur M. Vetter
100th BG Photo Archives
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| 2ND LT ARTHUR M. VETTER |
P |
EVADEE |
15 SEP 43 |
PARIS (RENAULT – FLAK) SN# 0-795862 |
| 2ND LT DONALD G. SMITH |
CP |
EVADEE |
15 SEP 43 |
PARIS (RENAULT – FLAK) SN# 0-741943 |
| 2ND LT WENDELL K. McCONNAHA |
NAV |
EVADEE |
15 SEP 43 |
PARIS (RENAULT – FLAK) SN# 0-734944
KILLED EVADING - SEE NOTES |
| 2ND LT JAMES G. BORMUTH |
BOM |
EVADEE |
15 SEP 43 |
PARIS (RENAULT – FLAK) SN# 0-676542 |
| T/SGT JOHN M. WAGNER |
ROG |
EVADEE |
15 SEP 43 |
PARIS (RENAULT – FLAK) SN# 33237317 |
| S/SGT EDWARD W. FONTAINE |
BTG |
EVADEE |
15 SEP 43 |
PARIS (RENAULT – FLAK) SN# 31172594 |
| S/SGT HOBART C. TRIGG |
RWG |
EVADEE |
15 SEP 43 |
PARIS (RENAULT – FLAK) SN# 16073581 |
| S/SGT WILLIAM D. EDWARDS |
LWG |
POW |
4 OCT 43 |
HANAU SN# 19083107
(WITH HAROLD HELSTROM CREW) |
| S/SGT EDWARD M. DALY |
TG |
EVADEE |
15 SEP 43 |
PARIS (RENAULT – FLAK) SN# 32560807 |
350TH SQDN. . CREW, AS ABOVE, JOINED THE 100TH ON 25 AUG 1943.
THIS WAS THE FOURTH MISSION FOR THIS CREW, WITH THE RENAULT WORKS AT PARIS AS THE TARGET.
EYEWITNESS:
"A/C 452 (42-3452 LN-Z. . SEE MACR 645, MICRO-FICHE 213) WAS HIT IN THE #2 ENGINE AT 1900 BETWEEN THE IP AND THE PT AND THE RALLY POINT (RIGHT OVER PARIS). NO CHUTES, NO EAC, BELIEVE HE DROPPED HIS BOMBS. LAST SEEN DROPPING BACK APPARENTLY UNDER CONTROL. " LT
GORMLEY
ON 15 SEP 43 T/SGT ORVAL L. PARSONS WAS FLYING AS TTE, HE WAS WOUNDED IN THE LEG BEFORE BAILING OUT AND WAS TAKEN POW. S/SGT WARREN G. LUSH WAS FLYING AS A REPLACEMENT FOR W. D. EDWARDS AND BECAME AN EVADEE. LUSH WAS FROM THE J. T. GRIFFIN CREW.
APPARENTLY McCONNAHA DIED OF EXPOSURE WHEN HE FELL FROM A CLIFF IN THE PYRENEES AS HE WAS GOING INTO SPAIN (JAN 1944).
"AT 1901 OVER LAGNY, RIGHT WING (VETTER) LOST ALTITUDE. #2 AND #3 ENGINES SMOKING. DISAPPEARED INTO CLOUDS"… CAPT DeMARCO
MISSIONS OF CREW:
| NBR |
DATE |
TARGET |
| 01 |
03/09/43 |
PARIS |
| 02 |
15/09/43 |
PARIS (SHOT DOWN) |
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