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SGT  David M. BERRY

UNIT: 350th BOMB Sqdn POSITION: BTG
SERIAL #: STATUS: FEH
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Comments1: McKEESPORT, PA

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CREW

2ND LT NORBERT C. ETZEL            P FEH
2ND LT HOWARD P. GRIFFITH        CP FEH
2ND LT WILLIAM F. KRUMPHOLZ  NAV FEH
CPL LEVANT P. DeWOLF, JR        ROG FEH
CPL DONALD L. CIMMERS            TTE FEH
CPL DAVID M. BERRY                 BTG FEH
CPL WORTH E. HOLDER              WG FEH SN# 34172625
CPL CHARLES J. LEFLER               NG FEH
CPL STEPHEN  LUKSON               TG FEH

350th Sqdn.. ..Crew, as above joined the 100th on 14 Mar 45

Information provided by Jack O'Leary to Randy Holder (son of W.E. Holder, March 2002 mpf)

Hi Rodney...
Well,after going over my records for info on your dadscrew (1st Lt. NORBERT C.ETZEL)Here's what I have...As I mentioned to you already, your dads crew arrivedat Thorpe Abbotts the SAME day as mine (GRIS SMITH)..The 2nd Lt.(then)ETZEL crew were transferred from 69thHq. 70th Reinforcement Depot on 10 MAY 1945 your dadscrew were Cr33 (APO 19047 CA33) which was used as their mailing address also...the SMITH crew wereCr22(APO 19047 CA22)...Your dad was the only MOS # (612) on the crew,so I SUSPECT he had some armorers training,like my dad who was the only 612 on their 9-man crew...As you already known he was THE waist gunner (only oneon the 9 man aircrew this late in war...There was ashortage of aerial gunners also...Your dads crew (and mine) BOTH arrived at ThorpeAbbotts on 14 MARCH 1945...Who knows MAYBE on the SAME night train to ThorpeAbbotts(Diss station) that arrived in the earlymorning hours...My dads crew had to STAND in thepacked train for the two hour trip...Yours probablydid also...Rodney,I SUSPECT your dads crew flew MOST(not all)ofthe SAME missions as my dads crew..(I will send you bye-mail a listing of their missions that I have info onso you can get an idea of what your dads crew were on).

MISSIONS for the ETZEL crew by Target,Date,aircraftserial #,Name,if any known...FROM OLEARY GRIS SMITH CREW PROJECT,work inprogress,+15 years and counting...
BUCHEN,APRIL 7,1945..#338975 LN-Z AIRCRAFT # 5 C-SQDN
EGER,APRIL 8,1945..#337994 LN-D AIRCRAFT # 10 D-SQDN...TAIL END CHARLIE'
BURG-bei-MAGDEBURG  Me-262 JET AIRFIELD..APRIL 10,1945..#337994 LN-D AIRCRAFT # 9 A-SQDN
LANDSHUT, APRIL 11TH,1945...#44-8226..LN-B "JIMBO"AIRCRAFT # 6 C-SQDN
STRAUBING,APRIL 18,1945.. #338383 LN-F AIRCRAFT # 2 B-SQDN
COMBAT MISSION scrubbed,practice,APRIL 19,1945 # 44-6805 LN-O "FLAMIN MAMIE" 
CHOWHOUND,MAY 3,1945...#338414 LN-Y "HEAVEN SENT"AIRCRAFT # 8, B-SQDN
CHOWHOUND,(HILVERSUM)MAY 5,1945...#338383 LN-FAIRCRAFT # 3 A-SQDND
 FERRY FROM AUSTRIA TO PARIS,JUNE 3,1945..#44-8260 LN-E AIRCRAFT # 4 A-SQDN

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