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S/SGT  Donald L. HIDER

UNIT: 351st BOMB Sqdn POSITION: BTG
SERIAL #: STATUS: FEH
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Comments1: DEARBORN, MI

COMMENTS & NOTES

MEMO 1:

CREW:

1ST  LT JAMES W. JOHNSON, JR      P FEH
2ND LT ARIEL S. BEAN                  CP FEH
2ND LT EUGENE A. CARPENTER   NAV FEH
S/SGT HOLLY G. HAWORTH      ROG FEH
S/SGT LeROY C. ZIMMERMAN    TTE FEH
S/SGT DONALD L. HIDER          BTG FEH
S/SGT THEODORE R. PARKER    WG FEH
S/SGT THOMAS GOLESKI         TOG FEH
S/SGT STANLEY L. PODKOWA    TG FEH

351ST SQDN..  CREW, AS ABOVE, JOINED THE 100TH ON 04 MAR 45
THE NAME OF THEIR AIRCRAFT "THE SUPER GOOSE"  43-39424 (per info from Lt Johnson in Oct 2007) Near the end of our tour we were given a brand new B-17G and told that if we took her up and tested her out, she would be our plane. We flew her on our last two missions and two Chowhounds.  

The artwork was suppose to be a Fist with a Thumb straight Up which was designed by the Navigator.  According to Lt Johnson, he flew two missions as a CP with other crews before flying his first misson with his own Crew.  He said his first mission was to Berlin and he had gas so bad he was afraid to pass gas in fear of soiling his pants.  He would never live it down.  On his first mission with his Crew, March 18, 1945, he witnessed 3 B-17's  get hit by Me252's and go down in flames.  He could not believe his aircraft was not hit in the atack.  Lt Carpenter was the dry wit of the Crew.  Carpenter would say things like, "Hey Lt, you’re here in Combat yet  your not old enough to vote" or when flak would come up, he would say "I don't think these people like us over here" and Lt Carpenter would refer to flak as "Black Black Flares"    

 MISSIONS OF 2ND LT EUGENE A. CARPENTER (mpf 2001)

#   Date       Target                                A/C #     A/C Name
1.  18/03/45 BERLIN 
2.  22/03/45 ALHORN 
3.  24/03/45 STEENWIJK                         231767 OUR GAL SAL
4.  24/03/45 HAVELTE                            231767 OUR GAL SAL 
5.. 28/03/45 HANOVER                           337815 "YOU CAN'T LOSE" 
6. 30/03/45 HAMBURG 
7. 31/03/45 ZEITZ 
8.   3/04/45 KIEL                                   337815 "YOU CAN'T LOSE" 
9.   4/04/45 KIEL                                   297126  THE LATEST RUMOR 
10. 5/04/45 NURNBURG                            48836  ST LOUIS WOMAN 
11. 6/04/45 LEIPZIG                               297126  THE LATEST RUMOR 
12. 7/04/45 BUCHEN                               338852  NO NAME 
13. 8/04/45 EGER 
14. 9/04/45 MUNICH                                338963  NO NAME 
15.14/04/45 ROYAN                                339424 "THE SUPER GOOSE" 
16. 15/04/45 ROYAN 
17. 16/04/45 POINT DeGRAVE, ROYAN 
18. 20/04/45 ORANIENBURG                    339424 "THE SUPER GOOSE" 

MAY 1, 1945 CHOWHOUND                     339424 "THE SUPER GOOSE' 
MAY 5, 1945 CHOWHOUND                     339424 "THE SUPER GOOSE"

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