| 2ND LT EDWARD O. TALMAGE, JR. |
P |
CPT |
24 FEB 45 |
BREMEN |
| 2ND LT WALTER E. KARUTZ |
CP |
CPT |
24 FEB 45 |
BREMEN |
| 2ND LT MORRIS KATZ |
NAV |
NOC |
-- |
LEFT CREW AFTER 3 MISSIONS |
| 2ND LT EVIN L. PERDUE |
NAV |
CPT |
10 JAN45 |
COLOGNE CARL G. GUSTAFSON CREW |
| 2ND LT GEORGE PEEK |
BOM |
NOC |
-- |
LEFT CREW AFTER 3 MISSIONS |
| 2ND LT RALPH SMITH |
BOM |
NOC |
-- |
FROM WILFORD MURRAY
CREW
BECAME GROUP BOM |
| T/SGT NORMAND G. NADEAU |
ROG |
CPT |
24 FEB 45 |
BREMEN |
| T/SGT EUGENE J. BRADY |
TTE |
CPT |
24 FEB 45 |
BREMEN |
| S/SGT LOUIS KEREKES |
WG |
CPT |
UNKNOWN |
UNKNOWN |
| S/SGT CONSTANTINE M. MACIOLEK |
WG |
CPT |
24 FEB 45 |
BREMEN |
| S/SGT CYRUS J. "CASSIE" CACIOPPO |
BTG |
CPT |
14 MAR 45 |
SEELZE & HANOVER |
| T/SGT LOUIS ZUPAN |
TG |
CPT |
10 JAN 45 |
COLOGNE
TAPS: 13 AUG 1990 |
349TH SQDN. CREW JOINED THE 100TH ON 15 SEP 1944.
THIS CREW WAS ORIGINALLY ASSIGNED TO THE 95TH BG BUT THE DAY AFTER THEY
GOT TO HORHAM, THEY WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE 100TH BG BECAUSE OF THE LOSSES
ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1944 RUHLAND MISSION.
LT E. L. PERDUE JOINED THE ABOVE CREW AS A NAVIGATOR APPROX SEPT 1944;
FLEW ABOUT TWENTY MISSIONS WITH THE TALMAGE CREW. . .
LT RALPH SMITH JOINED THE CREW WHEN THEY BECAME A DEPUTY LEAD . AFTER
WE COMPLETED OUR TOUR, LT SMITH WENT ON TO BECOME GROUP BOMBARDIER. BOTH
PERDUE AND SMITH HAD BEEN INJURED AND WERE TOO FAR BEHIND IN MISSIONS TO
CATCH UP TO THEIR ORIGINAL CREWS.
PLANES FLOWN:
A/C 43-38215 XR-P "GRUMBLIN GREMLIN" NAMED BY CREW (WENT DOWN WITH LT
BILLY BLACKMAN CREW ON DEC 31, 1944)
A/C 43-38602 XR-P "GRUMBLIN GREMLIN II" (RUNAWAY PROP, LANDED IN FRANCE
JAN 8, 45)
A/C 43-38681 XR-V "GRUMBLIN GREMLIN III" (ASSIGNED CREW ON JAN 10, 45
AND COMPLETED TOUR IN IT)
"THE WORST MISSION WAS JAN 28, 1945 TO DUISBURG. WE TOOK OFF IN A
SNOWSTORM BUT DID MANAGE TO ASSEMBLE ON TOP. THE FLAK WAS HEAVY AND
ACCURATE OVER THE TARGET AND WE RECEIVED HEAVY BATTLE DAMAGE. WE FEATHERED
#3 OVER THE TARGET AND #2 WAS ONLY ABLE TO PUT OUT PARTIAL POWER FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT. THEN WE HAD TO DEAL WITH THE SNOWSTORM WHICH WAS
STILL THERE BUT WE WERE ABLE TO SNEAK INTO THORPE ABBOTTS"
LT WALTER KARUTZ
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