Pilot |
Captain |
Robert Blaine Clay |
Brigham City |
Utah |
Co pilot |
1st. Lt. |
Frank Hatten |
Ranger |
Texas |
Navigator |
1st. Lt. |
Marshall Ray Pullen |
Pittsburg |
Texas |
Bombardier |
1st. Lt. |
George Walker Arnold |
Seattle |
Washington |
Top turret |
T/Sgt. |
Charles Bernard Jilcott |
Spokane |
Washington |
Radio |
T/Sgt. |
Frank Heward Belsinger |
Philadelphia |
Pennsylvania |
Left waist |
S/Sgt. |
Daniel Harvey Surprise |
Wichita |
Kansas |
Right waist |
S/Sgt. |
Franklin Leroy Travis |
Newton |
NorthCarolina |
Ball Turret |
S/Sgt. |
Michael De'Marie |
White Plains |
New York |
Tail gunner |
1st. Lt. |
James Hareld Wimmer |
Omaha |
Nebraska |
351st. Bomb Group |
509th. Bomb Squadron |
Mission No. |
Date 1944 |
Target |
Pilot |
1 |
21/1 |
V-bombe site |
Lt. D. E. McCafferty |
2 | 29/1 | Frankfurt | Lt. M. A. Brooksby |
3 | 30/1 | Brunswick | Lt. C. E. Wolcott |
4 | 4/2 | Frankfurt | Lt. R. B. Clay |
5 | 11/2 | Frankfurt | Lt. T. E. Myers |
6 | 20/2 | Leipzig | Lt. M. A. Brooksby |
7 | 2/3 | Frankfurt | Lt. M. A. Brooksby |
8 | 4/3 | Bonn | Lt. W. R. Logan |
9 | 6/3 | Berlin | Lt. A. Bartzocas |
10 |
18/3 |
Landsberg |
Lt. M. A. Brooksby |
11 |
27/3 |
Tours |
Lt. W. R. Logan |
12 | 11/4 | Arnimswalde | Lt. C. E. Wolcott |
13 | 19/4 | Kassel | Lt. M. A. Brooksby (Mission leader) |
14 | 20/4 | V-Bomb site | Cap. D. L. Harris |
15 | 22/4 | Hamm | Lt. J. S. Nesmith |
16 | 26/4 | Brunswick |
Cap. R. B. Clay (Mission leader) |
17 | 27/4 | V-Bomb site |
Cap. M. A. Brooksby |
18 | 1/5 | V-Bomb site | Lt. P. G. Anderson |
19 | 4/5 | Berlin | Cap. M. A. Brooksby |
20 | 7/5 | Berlin | Cap. R. B. Clay |
21 | 9/5 | Luxemburg | Cap. M. A. Brooksby (Mission leader) |
22 | 245 | Berlin | Cap. R. B. Clay (Mission leader) |
Mission
18
Two
missions flown that day. Cap. R. B. Clay was mission leader on B-17 with serial
no. 42-97193
“Star
Duster”
Mission
19
Weather
recall, mission credited