LT Foy E. READ |
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UNIT: 351st BOMB Sqdn | POSITION: CP | |
SERIAL #: O-823632 | STATUS: POW | |
MACR: 10357 | CR: 10357 | |
Comments1: 5 NOV 44 THIONVILLE (MEMPHIS, TN) FLAK |
COMMENTS & NOTES
MEMO 1:CREW 2nd Lt Oren E. Hopkins P POW 5 NOV 44 THIONVILLE 2nd Lt Foy E. Read CP POW 5 NOV 44 THIONVILLE see note below 2nd Lt Forrest Gordon NAV POW 5 NOV 44 THIONVILLE 2nd Lt Eugene E. Lockhart BOM KIA 3 FEB 45 BERLIN with the Ernst PFF crew; see below Cpl Henry B. Marlette TTE POW 5 NOV 44 THIONVILLE Sgt Kenneth E. Yeater ROG POW 5 NOV 44 THIONVILLE Cpl Arthur B. Crush, Jr. BTG POW 5 NOV 44 THIONVILLE Cpl Harold Farlow WG POW 5 NOV 44 THIONVILLE Cpl Charles W. Koons, Jr. WG CPT 15 MAR 45 (Crew unknown..pw) Cpl Eugene E. Jamison TG POW 5 NOV 44 THIONVILLE 351st Sqdn. Crew , as above, joined the 100th Group on 4/8/44. On 5/11/44. Lt Robert J. Doucette, BOM from the crew of J.P.Ernst (see below), was flying with this crew and became a POW. Lt Eugene E. Lockhart was flying with the Pathfinder crew of J.P.Ernst on 3/2/45 when he was KIA. Charles W. Koons, Jr. was removed at the crew reduction to nine men.. EYEWITNESS: "A/C #520 appeared to be in trouble shortly after leaving the I.P. at 1102 hours. Bombs were salvoed and one engine feathered. The A/C stayed in formation to the R.P. (rally point...pw) where another engine was feathered and the aircraft began a gradual controlled descent. When last seen the aircraft was below the cloud level at six or seven thousand feet, heading in a westerly direction under apparent control." German report in the MACR is to the effect this aircraft, badly damaged by flak, made an emergency landing and seven (7) crew members were captured. Other documents list all nine of the crew as captured and Sgt. Kenneth E. Yeater in the hospital. (Lt Robert J. Doucette's original crew - Ernst crew shown here as they joined the 100th Lt John P. Ernst P POW 3/2/45 Berlin Lt James P. Olmsted CP SWA 10/1/45 Cologne Lt Seymour G. Passen NAV CPT 3/2/45 Berlin Lt Robert J. Doucette BOM POW 5/11/44 (With crew of O.E. Hopkins) Thionville Charles H. Webber ROG CPT 3/2/45 Berlin Duyger C. West TTE POW 3/2/45 Berlin Warren Winters BTG POW 3/2/45 Berlin Orrell J. Brooks WG NOC George Windisch TG CPT 3/2/45 Berlin Anthony A. Covino WG NOC 351st Sqdn. Crew, as above, joined the 100th Group on 23/7/44. MACR #12046, A/C#44 8379. When this crew went down on 3/2/44, John Ernst Pathfinder crew of 3 Feb 1945 (Eugene E. Lockhart with this crew when KIA) Maj Robert Rosenthal Command P Capt John Ernst P 1st Lt Arthur I..Jacobson CP (from crew of G. Brown) 1st Lt Stewart J. Gillison Command N 1st Lt Louis C. Chappel NAV 1st Lt Robert H. Stropp Radar NAV 1st Lt Eugene E. Lockhart BOM (KIA) T/Sgt Charles E. Webber ROG T/Sgt Dugger C. West TTE S/Sgt Warren Winters WG S/Sgt G.A. Windisch TG Ernst's leg amputated in German Hospital night of 3/2/45 & he was soon exchanged. See "CONTRAILS" p.131 & S.O.C. p.95. Also p.219/223 of "FLYING FORTRESS" by E.Jablonski. EYEWITNESS REPORT from MACR # "A/C #44 8379 was hit by flak,reported to be a ground rocket a few seconds before bombs away. A/C continued on run and dropped bombs. Fire and dense white smoke was seen in the fuselage and bomb bay,including the cockpit. Bomb bay doors closed and then reopened.Pilot opened his window and peeled gently off to the right,directing deputy leader to take over on VHF. A/C headed NE and flew level for a few moments while six members bailed out (3 appeared to come from waist or tail and 3 from bomb bay..There was a small explosion in #3 engine nacelle and thd A/C headed down,burning and beginning to spin when last seen at 15/000 feet. Observers believe entire crew had an excellent chance to bail out." MEMO MAJOR FOY E. READ SWORN INTO THE SERVICE AT MIAMI BEACH, FLA ATTENDED UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSE AT KNOXVILLE, TN TRAINED AT AUGUSTA AND BAINBRIDGE, GA WITH ADVANCED AT OCALA, FL GRADUATED AT MAXWELL AFB FROM CADET TO 1ST LT. POW FOR 11 MONTHS STARTING WITH THE 5 NOV 44 MISSION TO LUDWIGSHAVEN.. LIBERATED BY GENERAL PATTONS THIRD ARMY. RECALLED DURING THE KOREAN WAR SELECTED TO "WHO'S WHO IN THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST IN 1974 AND IS VERY ACTIVE IN CIVIC AFFAIRS IN THE MEMPHIS AREA. OPERATIONAL SORTIES OF MAJOR FOY E. READ 24 AUG 44 RUHLAND 25 AUG 44 POLITZ 30 AUG 44 BREMAN 03 SEP 44 CROZON, FRANCE 08 SEP 44 MAINZ 09 SEP 44 DUSSELDORF 10 SEP 44 NURNBERG 11 SEP 44 RUHLAND 12 SEP 44 MADGEBURG 25 SEP 44 LUDWIGSHAVEN 26 SEP 44 BREMAN 28 SEP 44 MERSEBURG 02 OCT 44 KASSEL 06 OCT 44 BERLIN 07 OCT 44 BOHLEN 09 OCT 44 MAINZ 12 OCT 44 BREMAN 15 OCT 44 COLOGNE 18 OCT 44 KASSEL 22 OCT 44 MUNSTER 05 NOV 44 LUDWIGSHAVEN CRASH LANDED ON 05 NOV 44 MISSION TO LUDWIGSHAVEN IN B-17, NO# 44-6520 AND WAS TAKEN PRISONER ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE CREW.. -30-MEMO 2:
KIA / MIA / EVA / INT INFORMATION:
TARGET: Thionville | DATE: 1944-11-05 | |
AIRCRAFT: "Going My Way" (44-6520) | CAUSE: FLAK-Crash Landed |
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The Oren E. Hopkins Crew photographed at Thorpe Abbotts after landing from a mission over Europe. This crew flew the Russian Shuttle missions. Detailed Information (100th Photo Archives)