LT COL CHANNING BURTON (C. B. ) EMBERSON 0-406725
487TH BOMB GROUP OPERATIONS OFFICER (Feb 16 1944-May 6, 1944)
351st BOMB SQUADRON CO (June 14, 1944 to Dec 25, 1944)
Logbook Entries Certified Correct by Stanley E. Stuber, Capt. USAAF (date
unknown)
|
DATE |
TYPE |
TARGET |
MISSION # |
REMARKS |
| 5/1/1944 |
B-17G |
Belgium |
01 |
Bombing - Combat |
| 5/19/1944 |
B-17G |
Berlin, Germany |
02 |
Bombing - Combat (Good) |
| 5/20/1944 |
B-17G |
Brussels, Belgium |
03 |
Bombing - Combat |
| 5/25/1944 |
B-17G |
Brussels, Belgium |
04 |
Bombing - Combat |
| 5/30/1944 |
B-17G |
Troyes, France |
05 |
Combat (Very Good) |
| 5/31/1944 |
B-17G |
Osnabruck, Germany |
06 |
Combat (Fair) |
| 6/2/1944 |
B-17G |
Paris, France |
07 |
Combat (Very Good) |
| 6/4/1944 |
B-17G |
Bologne, France |
08 |
Combat (Excellent) |
| 6/6/1944 |
B-17G |
France |
09 |
Combat - D-Day |
| 6/19/1944 |
B-17G |
Ecluse, France |
10 |
Combat (Very Good) |
| 6/24/1944 |
B-17G |
Rouen, France |
11 |
Combat |
| 7/11/1944 |
B-17G |
Munich, Germany |
12 |
Combat - PFF |
| 7/18/1944 |
B-17G |
Kiel, Germany |
13 |
Combat |
| 7/21/1944 |
B-17G |
Ludwigshaven, Germany |
14 |
Combat |
| 7/28/1944 |
B-17G |
Merseberg, Germany |
15 |
Combat |
| 8/4/1944 |
B-17G |
Hamburg, Germany |
16 |
Combat (Good) |
| 8/11/1944 |
B-17G |
Villa Coublay, France |
17 |
Combat (Excellent) |
| 8/15/1944 |
B-17G |
Venlo, Holland |
18 |
Combat (Very Good) |
| 8/24/1944 |
B-17G |
Ruhland, Germany |
19 |
Combat (Excellent) |
| 8/27/1944 |
B-17G |
Berlin, Germany |
20 |
Combat |
| 9/5/1944 |
B-17G |
Stuttgart, Germany |
21 |
Combat (Very Good) |
| 9/10/1944 |
B-17G |
Nurenberg, Germany |
22 |
Combat (Good) |
| 9/15/1944 |
B-17G |
England / England |
-- |
Recall from Warsaw |
| 9/18/1944 |
B-17G |
Warsaw/Russia |
23 |
Combat - Supplies to Polish Partisans |
| 9/19/1944 |
B-17G |
Russia/Szolnok, Hungary |
24 |
Combat - Shuttle to Italy |
| 9/28/1944 |
B-17G |
Merseberg, Germany |
25 |
Combat |
| 10/5/1944 |
B-17G |
Germany |
26 |
Combat |
| 10/12/1944 |
B-17G |
Bremen, Germany |
27 |
Combat (Good) |
| 10/22/1944 |
B-17G |
Munster, Germany |
28 |
Combat (Good) |
| 11/6/1944 |
B-17G |
Neumunster, Germany |
29 |
Combat (Fair) |
| 11/26/1944 |
B-17G |
Hamm, Germany |
30 |
Combat - Got Shot Down |
| 12/2/1944 |
B-17G |
Western Germany |
31 |
Combat |
| 12/25/1944 |
B-17G |
Kaiserlautern, Germany |
32 |
Combat (Excellent) |
| 1/1/1945 |
B-17G |
England |
-- |
Training |
| 1/2/1945 |
B-17G |
England |
-- |
Training |
| 1/4/1945 |
C-54 |
Scotland |
-- |
LG, USA, Great Britain - USA |
| 4/26/1945 |
C-45 |
Gulfport / Gulfport |
-- |
Training |
| 4/28/1945 |
AT-11 |
Gulfport / Gulfport |
-- |
Training |
| 4/29/1945 |
AT-11 |
Gulfport / Gulfport |
-- |
Training |
| 4/30/1945 |
AT-11 |
Gulfport / Gulfport |
-- |
Training |
| 5/7/1945 |
AT-11 |
Gulfport / Gulfport |
-- |
Training |
| 5/19/1945 |
B-17G |
Gulfport / Maxwell |
-- |
-- |
| 5/21/1945 |
AT-11 |
Gulfport / Maxwell |
-- |
-- |
| 5/22/1945 |
AT-6 |
Tenn |
-- |
-- |
| 5/25/1945 |
AT-6 |
Nashville |
-- |
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On 26 Nov 44, this PFF crew was as follows on a mission to
Hamm
| Lt. Col Channing Emberson |
Air Commander |
| Capt James Seamans |
Pilot |
| 1st Lt Clyde W. Lollis |
Copilot (formation officer in tail) |
| Capt George L. Rhoades |
Lead NAV |
| Capt William R. Brice |
Lead BOM |
| 1st Lt Seymour Passen |
Command NAV |
| 1st Lt Earl Frye |
Radar |
| T/Sgt Paul A. Ross |
TTE |
| T/Sgt Herbert A. Grand |
ROG |
| S/Sgt Homer Goodman |
RWG (original BTG on Seamans crew) |
| S/Sgt Edward J. Tatro |
LWG (original TG on Seamans crew) |
Lt Col Emberson Time line:
Enlisted from 21 June 1940 - 14 Mar 1941 Inclusive
Commissioned 15 March 1941 - 11 Oct 1945 Inclusive
His first Army Air Corps logbook entry is on: 9/20/40, for primary flying school
at Lindbergh Field in San Diego. Basic flying training commenced on 12/23/40 at
Randolph Field in Texas, and his Advanced Flying School time commenced on
3/14/41 at Kelly Field, Texas. He qualified and flew B-24s, (D, E and H) B-25s
(A, B, C, D), B-26s (C). He did mostly anti-sub patrol, starting in *. On
5/8/42, in a B-25A, he sank two Nazi subs, sank or damaged a Nazi sub on 6/7/42
(B-25B), flew anti sub patrol with/for the Queen Mary on 10/17/42…. Temp
promotion dated 5 Feb 1943 (his 24th birthday) from 1st Lt to Capt…. Special
orders dated 18 Feb 1944, looks like reassignment from the 359th Base Hq & AB
Sq, Alamogordo, NM, assigned 487th BG (H) effective on 16 Feb 1944. . Captain
Emberson was promoted to Group Operations Officer on Feb 16, 1944( Lt Col Beirne
Lay Jr took command of 487th BG on Feb 27). Temp promotion dated 13 March 1944
from Captain to Major. . . He arrived on base in England on 4/22/44 (arriving in
a B-24H) assigned to 487th Bomb Group at Lavenham. . . Lt Col Lay replaced him
as Operations Officer on May 6th. (A misjudgment on the part of Lay who in April
1945, admitted as much in a personal letter to Lt Col Emberson) The group had
not even flown one mission yet. His place was taken by a Major Pomeroy and
eventually by Captain Ernest Kiessling from the 100th BG on May 22nd 1944.
Special Order dated 14 June 1944:
"MAJ CHANNING B EMBERSON, 0406725, is reld fr dy in & asgmt to Hq 100th Bomb
Gp, reasgd to 351st Bomb Sq, & aptd CO thereof. " By order of Lt. Col Jeffrey
A credit/debit slip dated 12 July 1944 for a bicycle, bell, pump
and tool kit.
Handwritten recreation of promotion from Major to Lt. Col.
ordered by Lt General Doolittle (looking for the original)
Medals and Commendations:
-
A commendation for the 351st dated 03 Jan 1945 for outstanding
performance from 31 July to 2 Nov 1944, when the squadron participated in 52
consecutive missions without the loss of a single crew or aircraft signed by
Brig Gen N. B. Harbold.
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Award - DFC dated 4 Nov 1944- for heavy bombardment over Germany for period
ending 22 Oct 1944 (Munster was the last mission before this date) with TWO oak
leaf clusters
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Awarded Air Medal for flying more than 350 hrs in the Army Air Corp.
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An extract dated 20 July 1944: Awards & Decorations - Oak Leaf Cluster, for wear
with the Air Medal previously awarded. (heavy bombardment over Continental
Europe)
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Extract dated 24 July 1944 - Oak Leaf Cluster for Air Medal prev. awarded
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Extract dated 25 Aug 1944 - Oak Leaf Cluster for Air Medal prev. awarded
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Extract dated 29 Sept 1944 - Oak Leaf Cluster for Air Medal prev. awarded
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American Defense Medal
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American Theater Medal with one Battle Star (Battle of Atlantic)
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ETO Ribbon with 4 Battle Stars (Air Offensive Europe, Normandy, Northern France,
Battle of Germany)
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