COMMENTS & NOTES
MEMO 1:
CREW
S/SGT RAYMOND AUSTIN-assigned to the crew of Lt Stanton Lawrence Jr in Mid January 1945 and stayed with them through the completion of their missions . Ray Austin was injured for a second time (not with this crew) and sent back to the States. He had been injured 6 months prior to the Lawrence crew coming to the ETO.
2ND LT STANTON T. LAWRENCE, JR P CPT 17 MAR 45 PLAUEN
2ND LT JAY L.. POWELL CP CPT 17 MAR 45 PLAUEN
2ND LT ALFRED L. DENKEWALTER NAV CPT 17 MAR 45 PLAUEN
F/O MARVIN BERG BOM WIA 24 DEC 44 BILBIS (wounded in action)(CPT 17 MAR 45 PLAUEN)
CPL ROBERT L. WOLF ROG CPT 17 MAR 45 PLAUEN
CPL JOSEPH BODEN TTE NOC
CPL RAYMOND L. WILSON BTG CPT 17 MAR 45 PLAUEN
CPL ALEXANDER NAZEMETZ WG CPT 14 MAR 45 HANOVER
CPL ADOLPH W. CARUSO WG XFR TO 15TH A.F. ITALY
CPL RICHARD M. KORPALSKI TG CPT 17 MAR 45 PLAUEN
350th Sqdn... Joined the 100th on 21 Oct 1944.
S/Sgt Ray Wilson became the TTE in Mid January when Joe Boden was relieved from flight duties due to constant air sickness after 8 missions. Joe continued to be a substitute Gunner and flew 26 missions. S/Sgt Wilsons postion at BTG was filled by Ray Austin.
List of Missions as provided by S/Sgt Alex Nazemetz:
09/11/44 Saarbrucken 6hrs, 8 1,000pound bombs, Metz PT-bad weather, diverted to ST
10/11/44 Weisbaden 6hrs, 36 100lb Gereral purpose bombs
20/11/44 Mersberg/Osnabruck 7hrs, 12 500lb delayed action general purpose bombs
26/11/44 Hamm 6hrs, 6 1000lb Gereral purpose
30/11/44 Merseberg 8hrs, 20 250lb General purpose bombs
11/12/44 Koblenz 7hrs, 12 500lb General purpose
24/12/44 Biblis 7:30 hrs, 38 100lb General purpose
25/12/44 Kaiserlauten 8hrs, 10- 500lb General purpose, 2 incendiary Clusters
27/12/44 Fulda 8hrs, 12-500lb General purpose
29/12/44 Frankfurt 7hrs, 45min-16-300lb General purpose
30/12/44 Kassel 8hrs, 20-250lb General Purpose
31/1244 Hamburg 7hrs, 20-250lb General Purpose-100th Lost 12 A/C on this mission
02/01/45 Bad Krueznack 7hrs 10-500lb Gerneral purpose, 2 Incendiary Clusters
03/01/45 Fulda 8hrs, 16-300lb General Purpose,
07/01/45 Colonge 8hrs, 6-1000lb General Purpose
10/01/45 Colonge 6hrs, 30 minutes, 6-1000lb General Purpose
14/01/45 Derben 8hrs, 6-1000lb General Purpose
17/01/45 Hamburg 8hrs, 12-500lb General Purpose
28/01/45 Duisburg 6hrs, 6-1000lb General Purpose
29/01/45 Kassel 7hrs, 30 minutes-chaff only
03/02/45 BERLIN 8hrs, 15 minutes-10 500lb General Purpose
Feb 7-14, 1944 FLAK LEAVE
17/02/45 Frankfurt/Geissen 7hrs, 30 minutes-10-500lb General Purpose
20/02/45 Nuremberg 9hrs-4-Incendiary, 10-250lb General Purpose
21/02/45 Nuremberg 8hrs-5-M-17s, 5-500lb Gereral Purpose
22/02/45 Kritenzen 8hrs, 45mins, 12-500lb General Purpose
25/02/45 Munich 8hrs, 45mins, 6-M-17s & 6-500lb General Purpose
26/02/45 BERLIN 8hrs, 10mins, 6-M-17s, 6-500lb General Purpose
28/02/45 Kassel 6hrs, 14-500lb General Purpose
07/03/45 Siegen 7hrs, 30min-14-500lb General Purpose
09/03/45 Frankfurt 7hrs, 10-M-17s, 18-100lb General Purpose
10/03/45 Dortmund 7hrs, 38-100lb General Purpose
11/03/45 Hamburg 7hrs, 30min. 12-300lb General Purpose
14/03/45 Hanover 7hrs 32-100lb General Purpose-Sgt Nazemetz was wounded byflak over the target just at "Bombs Away" did not fly final two missions with crew.
15/03/45 Oranienburg
17/03/45 Plauen
MEMO 2: