ADDENDUM: Vietor listed as co-pilot and with a rank of Captain in OO-11, 4 July 1943 (Reel B0427 page 999). Dave Garnham advises me that Vietor left for B-17's before deployment of the 391st. NOTES: Although these names come from a ferry mission, I believe that the airmen may have stayed with this pilot. SOURCE: OO-5, 391st Bombardment Group (UNREADABLE), Myrtle Beach, SC, Par. Apparently, all survived, although the plane was Cat. NOTES: Lt Stubbs, flying in 42-95813, had an engine failure on takeoff on 08/26/44. SOURCE: Miscellaneous Sources, April 1944. Love, Campbell, and Means are also shown with Danforth for the flight over. I do not know who the other crew members were. Herr gave me his own name at the 98 reunion. NOTES: On 09/01/44, Lt Love, either transferred to or flying with the 573rd Squadron, lost an engine on takeoff in 43-34148 and crashed, destroying the aircraft.
The number of the aircraft ferried comes from this Ops Order. In most cases, a Navigator was detached from some stateside unit to fly over with each crew and then return to the ZI. Operations Order #259, Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL, lists crews that flew overseas in the A-26. The 391st Bomb Group converted to the Douglas A-26 in the spring of 1945. NOTES: 43-22608 was an A-26, and the crew is an A-26 crew. SOURCE: SO-41, Hqs, 391st Bombardment Group, Par. Brockway, Jr., 2Lt, 0795351, who flew overseas in the original deployment as Lt Engelking's co-pilot. I do not know whether Brockway is the Hobart M. F., and Armorer Gunners named Evelyn and Small. Other individuals names in this section of the CCR are Navigators named Reil and Peters, H.
#B 24 bomber crew listings serial numbers#
The individuals with first names and serial numbers shown were on SO-126, Hqs 391st, 09/24/44. NOTES: This crew is shown as an "extra" crew on the 572nd Combat Crew roster of 03/13/45. SOURCE: 572nd Combat Crew Roster of March 13, 1945. Brown as BN (formerly of Chapin's crew) along with Gibson and Keller (whose particulars come from Dave Garnham). The 572nd Combat Crew Roster of 03/13/45 shows Lt K. On 02/24/45, in 43-34427, Lt Bonde's nose wheel collapsed on landing. Bonde advised me that Wegenek and Perry were the nucleus of his crew. Lts Bonde and Wegenek's data come from the referenced order. The taxi sheet for 02/10/45 shows Gates flying as first pilot, and he is so listed elsewhere the Combat Crew Roster of 03/13/45 shows Gates as Allen's co-pilot. The referenced order shows the RG's name as Economopouhos, which I believe to be wrong. Chuck Allen became an IP after Jose Phalon left. SOURCE: SO-126, Hqs, 391st Bombardment Group, Par.
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