A/C #42 39934 "MY ACHING BACK"
Capt Magee Fuller Command Pilot

350th Bomb Squadron

350th Bomb Squadron

350th Sqdn. This crew joined the 100th Group on 28/11/43.

On March 4, 1944, T/Sgt Harold Stearns shot down the first fighter over BERLIN in a daylight attack. The 100th BG was flying with the 95th BG when a recall was heard. Elements of the 95th BG and 100th BG felt this recall was a German ploy since it was not given correctly and continued with the Mission to Berlin.

350th SQDN,, CREW, AS ABOVE, JOINED thE 100th ON 28 NOV 1943.

350th SQD...CREW JOINED thE 100th ON 01 DEC 1943.

349th Sqdn. Crew, as above, joined the 100th Group on 21 Feb 1944.

It was in February, 1944, as a replacement crew in the 349th Squadron, that we first met Shilaylee. We flew our first mission in her on February 29th to Brunswick, but it was the missions to Berlin on March 3, 4, 6, and 8 that really broke us in. We got hit so often that the ground crew were grateful for our white side walls. If Mark dropped the wheels down early, it was a sign we were in trouble. The ground crew saw the white wheels and got ready in advance for a lot of work. Shilaylee was a great plane; it brought us back 20 times.

350th Sqdn.. Crew, as above, joined the 100th in late July or August 1943.

Mark Cope went on to become the 350th Operations Officer.

350th SQDN...CREW, AS ABOVE, JOINED thE 100th ON 21 FEB 1944. OFTEN APPEARS ON COMBAT CREW ROSTERS AS CREW # 12. thEY WERE LOST ON thEIR 26th MISSION--EIGHT OF WHICH WERE TO BERLIN (There were actually nine, the 03 Mar 1944 one was recalled; it is likely in view of the fact Malooly flew 7:00 hrs that day, they came very close or may have actually bombed Berlin. By all accounts this crew must be credited with eight (8) and likely nine (9) Berlin bombings. I know of no other 100th crew that made as many trips to the dreaded "Big B")...paul west

350th SQDN... CREW, AS ABOVE, JOINED thE 100th ON 24 FEB 1944.

A/C 42-38016 SEATON’S SAD SACK
MACR #3024 Micro-fiche # 1022

350th Bomb Squadron

This plane apparently damaged by enemy a/c and crew, except possibly Sgt.Hull, bailed out over village of Kesseling (District of Ahrweiler) and became POWs.

From a German report the following is quoted: "On 4 Mar 1944 at 1500 hours, a four engine enemy aircraft crashed ,approximately 1 kl north of the village of Kesseling (District of Ahrweiler). The a/c exploded on the ground when it crashed. It burned completely and could not be salvaged. Type unknown. Leming Hu11,35671600 T 43 S Sgt DEAD. The rest of the crew bailed out and were captured. They were sent to Stulag (Luft) Oberursel on 5 Mar 1944.

349th Sqdn. Crew, as above, joined the 100th Group on 6 Jan 44

351st Sqdn. Crew, as above, joined the 100th Gp on 1 Dec 1943.

T/Sgt William F. Teaff died as a POW, 12 JUL 44 from rheumatic fever.
Sgt Arthur J. Pallas flying as WG on Mar 6, 1944.

On 6 Mar 44 Lt Thomas Leslie from the crew of L.G. Lacy replaced Lt Alley and was KIA (Buried in Oldenburg, Grave 277). Sgt Robyn Fulton (on his 17th mission) of the C.W.Floyd crew flew as BTG. Sgt Elliott, the crews regular BTG, flew as a WG. Sgt Howard T. Larimore (on his 15th mission) flew as WG in place of Orville A. Knapp and became a POW. According to Lt Brannan, the crew flew 13 missions. Brannan says he lost three planes during his time with the 100th BG.