COMMENTS & NOTES
MEMO 1:
CREW
2nd Lt Charles R.Sanford P FEH CREW FLYING AT END OF HOSTILITIES
2nd Lt Robert E.Morehead CP FEH
2nd Lt Arthur T.Blachly NAV FEH
2nd Lt Dale F.Watterson BOM KIA 31 MAR 45 ZIETZ (WITH THE A.G. LARSON CREW)
T/Sgt Herman G.Larson TTE FEH TAPS: 9 JAN 1956
Cpl Santo Emmanuele ROG FEH
S/Sgt Louis A.Lehrmann,Jr. BTG KIA 7 APR 45 BUCHEN (With W.S.Howard crew)
S/Sgt.James D.Barger WG FEH SN# 33920989
Cpl William F.McWey TG FEH
349th Sqdn. Crew,as above,jolned the 100th Group on 24/12/44.
S/Sgt. Barger flew 23 missions, Lt Watterson and S/Sgt Lehrmann were KIA as replacements on other crews.
Mission Log and Notes of S/Sgt James Barger
1. 28 JAN 45 DUISBURG, GER.
2. 29 JAN 45 KASSEL, GER.
1-2 FEB 45 PASS TO LONDON
3. 3 FEB 45 BERLIN (MAJ. ROSENTHAL SHOT DOWN)
4 FEB 45 PRACTICE MISSION-ENGINE TROUBLE
5 FEB 45 MUNICH (MISSION SCRUBBED)
8 FEB 45 MISSION SCRUBBED
4. 9 FEB 45 WEIMAR, GER.
10 FEB 45 HANOVER (MISSION SCRUBBED)
11 FEB 45 HANOVER (MISSION SCRUBBED)
12 FEB 45 MISSION SCRUBBED
13 FEB 45 MISSION SCRUBBED
5. 14 FEB 45 CHEMNITZ, GER.
6. 15 FEB 45 COTTBUS, GER.
16-18 FEB 45 PASS, STAYED AT BASE
19 FEB 45 OSNABRUCK, GER. (CREW FLEW MISSION, SGT BARGER GROUNDED FOR SOAR THROAT)
7. 20 FEB 45 NURNBURG, GER.
8. 21 FEB 45 NURNBURG, GER.
9. 23 FEB 45 TREUCHTLINGEN, GER.
24 FEB 45 BREMEN (PLANE TROUBLE)
10. 25 FEB 45 MUNICH, GER.
26 FEB 45 GUN CAMERA MISSION OVER ENGLAND
27 FEB 45 TWO PRACTICE MISSIONS OVER ENGLAND
28 FEB 45 WENT TO NORWICH
1 MAR 45 RECEIVED AIR MEDAL
2-4 MAR 45 PASS TO LONDON
5 MAR 45 PRACTICE MISSION OVER ENGLAND
6 MAR 45 PRACTICE MISSION OVER ENGLAND
7 MAR 45 GUNNERY TRAINING
11. 8 MAR 45 LANGENDREER, GER.
12. 9 MAR 45 FRANKFORT, GER
13. 10 MAR 45 DORTMUND, GER.
14. 12 MAR 45 SWINEMUNDE, GER.
13 MAR 45 SANFORD GROUNDED (SINUS)
14-16 MAR 45 SCHOOL
17-19 MAR 45 PASS TO ROCHESTER
15. 21 MAR 45 PLAUEN, GER. (HIT BY JET FIGHTERS)
16. 23 MAR 45 MARBURG, GER. (PILOT WAS CAPT. NAAR)
17. 24 MAR 45 STEENWIJK, HOLLAND (PILOT WAS CAPT. NAAR
18. 28 MAR 45 HANOVER, GER, (PILOT WAS CAPT NAAR)
30 MAR 45 MADE S/SGT.
31 MAR-APRIL 2, 45 PASS TO ROCHESTER
3-6 APR 45 SCHOOL AND LECTURES
7 APR 45 LONIE L. SHOT DOWN NEAR HAMBURG
# 274 LANGENDREER 8 MARCH,1945 SANFORD 532 G 15, B-SQDN HIGH FLGT. 44-8532 XR-G "KLEEN SWEEP"
HARDSTAND # 15
# 275 FRANKFURT 9 MARCH,1945 SANFORD 608 A 19, A-SQDN, HIGH FLGT. 44-6608 XR-A HARDSTAND # 19 …..
# 276 DORTMUND 10 MARCH,1945 SANFORD 841 H 16, C-SQDN, LEAD FLGT. 44-6841 - H -
# 278 SWINEMUNDE 12 MARCH,1945 SANFORD 532 G 15, B-SQDN, LOW FLGT. 44-8532 XR-G "KLEEN SWEEP"
13 MARCH, 1945 LT. SANFORD GROUNDED
CREW
2ND LT WILLIAM E. HOWARD P POW 7 APR 45 BUCHEN sn# 0-775364
2ND LT GENARO DELGADO CP POW 7 APR 45 BUCHEN
2ND LT DOUGLAS R. JONES NAV POW 7 APR 45 BUCHEN
CPL MICHAEL MATY ROG KIA 7 APR 45 BUCHEN
CPL EDWARD E. HALL TTE POW 7 APR 45 BUCHEN
CPL EDWARD T. TRUITT BTG NOC
CPL SAMUEL C. LUNSFORD, JR. TOG POW 7 APR 45 BUCHEN
CPL RUSSELL E. BOLDING WG POW 7 APR 45 BUCHEN
CPL GEORGE F. THOMAS TG KIA 7 APR 45 BUCHEN
349th Sqdn. Crew, as above, joined the 100th Goup on 30 Dec 44.
On the 7 Apr 45 Buchen mission, S/Sgt Louis A. Lehrmann from the the C.R. Sanford crew flew in place of Edward Truitt and was KIA.
EYEWITNESS: "A/C -# 44-8334 XR-M was attacked by an ME 109. The #3 engine caught fire and the pilot peeled out of formation to the left and feathered #3 engine. The fire appeared to go out in the engine but the wheel well was blazing. The bombs were salvoed, the aircraft completed a 180 fegree turn and headed back alone. It was last seen diving into a cloud bank. There were 40 to 50 enemy fighters in the area."
For most of the crew it was the 21st to 24 th missions, many of the surviving crewmembers feel Michael Maty, Louis A. Lehrmann and George F. Thomas were murdered by German civilians when they landed.. Lt Howard was captured within 15 minutes of landing. He ended up in Stalag Luft 1.
MEMO 2:
POW/KIA notes: Bailed out, may have been killed by civilians.
