COMMENTS & NOTES
MEMO 1:
CREW
LT CLEMENT H. COWAN P NOC
LT HANK A. DIBBERN CP CPT
LT FRED W. ROBERTSON NAV CPT
LT HAROLD L. HEYNEMAN BOM WIA 16 MAR 44 AUGSBURG (FLAK)
T/SGT SHERWYN W. "SPARKY" MEYERS ROG KIA 16 MAR 44 AUGSBURG
T/SGT MURRAY W. HOLDITCH TTE NOC
S/SGT WILLIAM A. GEIGLE BTG NOC
S/SGT ROBERT PATRICK RWG NOC
S/SGT JOHN A. MILLER RWG CPT 17 JUL 44 MONTGOURNEY (fill in gunner for only two missions)
S/SGT ADAM C. STOPPEL LWG NOC
S/SGT HORACE R. KEMBLE TG CPT
Crew joined the 100th BG, 349th BS on 8 Jan 44. This Crew flew "SPARKY" a/c 231723 XR-R
The following form contents were entered on 6th Aug 2002
EMAIL = Heine48@aol.com
UNAME = James P. Heyneman
CONNECTION = I am a relative of a 100th veteran
COMMENTS = My father Harold L. Heyneman passed away on March 28, 2002 and I have found the mission list for the Clement H. Cowan crew as written by my father and Lieutenant Hank Dibbern, co-pilot on the crew. My father, Lieutenant Harold L. Heyneman was the bombardier on the crew. All the missions listed were flown with Cowan as the pilot until April 29, 1944 when the crew flew with Wilson as pilot then Lunsford and later Trapnell.
Date: Plane Name and # Target
January 24, 1944 Plane-Section Eight #249 Frankfurt
February 3, 1944 Plane-Layden Maiden II #018 Wilhelmshaven
February 5, 1944, Plane-Squawkin Hawk #088 Villacoublay
February 13, 1944 Plane-Murderer's Row #239817 No Ball
February 20, 1944 Plane-(unknown), Posen, Poland
February 21,1944 Plane-Torchy III #4230487 Osnabruck
February 24, 1944 Plane-Section Eight #249 Posen, Poland
February 25, 1944, Plane-(unknown) Regensburg
February 28, 1944, Plane-(Sparky)#723 No Ball
February 29, 1944, Plane-(Sparky)#723 Brunswick
March 2, 1944, Plane-(Sparky) #723 Chartres
March 3, 1944, Plane-(Sparky) #723 Berlin
March 6, 1944, Plane-(Sparky) #723 Berlin (Bloody Monday) Lost from the 349th Squadron (Murry, Amiero, Koper and Montgomery)
March 9, 1944, Plane-(Sparky) #723 Berlin
March 15, 1944, Plane-(Sparky) #723 Brunswick
March 16, 1944, Plane-(Section Eight)#249 Augsburg
March 18, 1944, Plane-(Sparky) #723, Augsburg. S/Sgt Sherwyn (Sparks) Meyers killed on this mission
March 28, 1944, Plane-(A for Able)#987 Chateaudon. Sgt. J. P. Cooper new radio operator
April 10, 1944, Plane-(Sparky)#723 Paris (Airfield)
April 24, 1944, Plane-(Sparky)#723 Freidrickshaven
April 26, 1944, Plane-(Sparky)#723 Brunswick
April 27, 1944, Plane-(Sparky)#723 Cherbourg (Morning)
April 27, 1944, Plane-(Miss Ma Lovin)#788 Near Metz, Leculot, Airfield in France(Afternoon)
April 28, 1944, Plane-(Sparky) #723 Cherbourg (Sottevast-Lost Col Kelly)
April 29, 1944, Plane-(unknown) Berlin
May 9, 1944, Plane-(unknown) Laon/Couvron (airfield)
May 12, 1944, Plane-(unknown) Brux, Czechoslovakia
June 6, 1944, Plane-(unknown) D-Day (Somewhere in France)
July 11, 1944, Plane-(unknown) Munich
July 14, 1944, Plane-(unknown) Nancy, France (Maquis Supply Drop)
July 17, 1944, Plane-(Traps)#977 Auxerre, Plane caught fire enroute to target. Made it back to England where all bailed out safely.
349TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON (H) ARMY AIR FORCES
Office of the Operations Officer
APO 569
4 August 1944
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
On 17 July 1944 at 0925 hours the following Combat Crew, assigned to this organization, parachuted from an abandoned B-17G somewhere over England. Aircraft was abandoned account of fire.
1st Lt. Harold L. Heyneman 0-681539 (Bombardier)
2nd Lt. Joseph Trapnell IV 0-818761 (Pilot)
2nd Lt. Melvin L. Kodas 0-503283 (Copilot)
T/Sgt Murry W. Holditch 18178502 (Top Turret Gunner)
T/Sgt. John P. Cooper 32931713 (Radio Operator Gunner)
Sgt Adam C. Stoppel 17088192 (Left Waist Gunner)
S/Sgt. Robert Patrick 14065993 (Right Waist Gunner)
S/Sgt. William A. Geigle 33188079 (Ball Turret Gunner)
S/Sgt. Clare R. Harnden 16084649 (Tail Gunner)
S/Sgt. Byron R. Greene 31289048 (Toggelier)
FRED W. CRAFT JR.
1st Lt.. Air Corps.
Asst Ops Officer.
The aircraft on July 17, 1944 was A/C# 42-102977 was called "TRAPS".
Subj: 100th BG_Photo_Archivist
Date: 2/4/2002 7:28:22 PM Pacific Standard Time
From: Heine48
To: MPFaley
THE ERROR I AM REPORTING IS OF THE LT. CLEMENT H. COWAN CREW OF THE 349TH SQUADRON PAGE 4, 17TH PICTURE DOWN THE PAGE. THE PHOTOGRAPH OF LT. CLEMENT H. COWAN CREW IS INCORRECT. ACCORDING TO MY FATHER HAROLD L. HEYNEMAN WHO IS STILL LIVING ON THIS DATE OF 02-04-02 AND WAS THE BOMBARDIER ON THE CREW TELLS ME THAT THE BOTTOM ROW OF THE PICTURE IS CORRECT, LEFT TO RIGHT (CLEMENT H. COWAN,Pilot, HANK A.DIBBERN,CP, FRED W. ROBERTSON,NAV, HAROLD L. HEYNEMAN,BOM, THE TOP ROW LEFT TO RIGHT SHOULD BE MURRAY W.HOLDITCH,TTE, WILLIAM A. GEIGLE,BTG, SHERWYN W. MEYERS,ROG, ADAM C. STOPPEL,LWG, ROBERT PATRICK,RWG, AND HORACE R. KEMBLE,TG. MY FATHER TELLS ME THAT JOHN A. MILLER WAS ORIGINALLY ON 2ND LT. COY I. MONTGOMERY'S CREW BUT WAS THROWN OFF AFTER AN ARGUMENT AND WAS ONLY ON THE COWAN CREW FOR TWO MISSIONS WHILE ROBERT PATRICK WAS ON ANOTHER ASSIGNMENT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU CAN CONTACT MY FATHER WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE 100TH BOMB GROUP FOUNDATION, AT HIS RESIDENCE OF 827 WRIGHT AVE. TOLEDO, OHIO 43609 OR PHONE 419-382-7551
EMAIL = HEINE48@AOL.COM
UNAME = JAMES HEYNEMAN
CONNECTION = I am a relative of a 100th veteran
COMMENTS = On your crews page, you make note that you only list crew records of the pilots. My father LT. Harold L. Heyneman 349th squadron, Lt. Cowan crew (BOM)told me he flew with many different crews after his Augsburg raid of March 16, 1944 when his radio operator was killed and he never saw Lt.Cowan again after they landed at Thorpe Abbotts. He had been injured (flak). Would you have any additional information concerning my father that is not listed, such as missions, date he completed his missions or anything of regarding his service at Thorpe Abbotts. Thank You
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