COMMENTS & NOTES
MEMO 1:
CREW:
HARTE FRANK W. LT PILOT KIA 22 APR 44 HAMM
COPPINGER JOHN J. 2nd LT CO PILOT POW 22 APR 44 HAMM
KING BERYL L. F/O NAVIGATOR CPT 5 SEP 44 STUTTGART (with Austin Dunlap Lead Crew)
CONLEY CARL F. 2nd LT BOMARDIER KIA 22 APR 44 HAMM (flew as Navigator)
MCMULLIN GEORGE W. S/SGT TAIL GUNNER POW 22 APR 44 HAMM
COLEY EDWARD T. S/SGT LEFT WAIST GUNNER POW/WIA 22 APR 44 HAMM
MCDONALD THOMAS C. S/SGT RIGHT WAIST GUNNER KIA 22 APR 44 HAMM
ECK JOSEPH A. S/SGT BALL TURRET GUNNER KIA 28 APR 44 SOTTEVAST (with Lt McGuire Crew, Tog)
CARLSON PAUL V. "SWEDE" S/SGT TOP TURRET ENGINEER POW/WIA 22 APR 44 HAMM
GLASSER LOUIS .P. S/SGT RADIO OPERATOR GUNNER EVA 24 JUL 44 ST LO (with Lt Townsend Crew)
349TH BS, Crew assinged to the 100th BG in March 44.
F/O BERYL L. KING comes off the Crew after 13 APR 44 mission to AUGSBURG and is replaced by the Bombardier, 2ND LT CONLEY. T/Sgt Meyer's from Lt Henington's crew becomes TOGG on the Crew and is POW on 22 Apr. 44 Hamm mission.
CREW ON 22 APR 44 HAMM MISSION
1st Lt Frank W.Harte P KIA 22/4/44 HAMM
2nd Lt John J.Coppinger CP POW 22/4/44 HAMM THE ENTIRE CREW WAS ON THIS MISSION
2nd Lt Carl F.Conley NAV KIA 22/4/44 HAMM (original Bomb on Lt Harte Crew)
T/Sgt Wallace J.Meyer TOG POW/ WIA 22/4/44 HAMM (From Lt Henington Crew)
T/Sgt Weston H.Rodkey ROG POW 22/4/44 HAMM (From the R.C.Koper crew)
T/Sgt Paul V. "Swede" Carlson TTE POW/WIA 22/4/44 HAMM
S/Sgt Felix W.McIntosh BTG POW 22/4/44 HAMM
S/Sgt Thomas C.McDonald RWG KIA 22/4/44 HAMM MACR #4166,Micro fiche #1475
S/Sgt Edward T.Coley LWG POW/WIA 22/4/44 HAMM A/C #42 37783 "DODIE"
S/Sgt George W.McMullin TG POW 22/4/44 HAMM
349th Sqdn. Crew,as above, taken from the MACR. This was the Twelveth mission for this crew. Plane was named after Frank Harte's Girlfriend.
It appears that on 22/4/44, fighters damaged this A/C,particularly #3 engine,and it began to lag.
Witnesses saw the crew attempting to jettison equipment from a/c. It appears that all ten men did
bail out although Sgt.McDonald was badly wounded before leaving the ship. Some of the crew felt that Lt
Harte & Lt Conley may have been killed by German civilians or soldiers after they landed.
MISSIONS FOR LT HARTE CREW:
Date Crew Nbr Mission Nbr Last Name Initial Rank Position Aircraft Nbr Target
1.
3/17/1944 09 131 ECK J.A. S/SGT BTG 31534 MUNICH
3/17/1944 09 131 MCMULLIN G.W. S/SGT TG 31534 MUNICH
3/17/1944 09 131 MCDONALD T.C. S/SGT RWG 31534 MUNICH
3/17/1944 09 131 CARLSON P.V. S/SGT TTE 31534 MUNICH
3/17/1944 09 131 GLASSER L.P. S/SGT ROG 31534 MUNICH
3/17/1944 09 131 KING B.L. F/O NAV 31534 MUNICH
3/17/1944 09 131 COPPINGER J.J. LT CP 31534 MUNICH
3/17/1944 09 131 HARTE F.W. LT P 31534 MUNICH
3/17/1944 09 131 COLEY E.T. S/SGT LWG 31534 MUNICH
3/17/1944 09 131 CRAVEN J.L. T/SGT TOG 31534 MUNICH
2.
3/18/1944 09 132 CRAVEN J.L. T/SGT TOG 31249 MUNCIH
3/18/1944 09 132 MCMULLIN G.W. S/SGT TG 31249 MUNCIH
3/18/1944 09 132 COLEY E.T. S/SGT LWG 31249 MUNCIH
3/18/1944 09 132 MCDONALD T.C. S/SGT RWG 31249 MUNCIH
3/18/1944 09 132 ECK J.A. S/SGT BTG 31249 MUNCIH
3/18/1944 09 132 GLASSER L.P. S/SGT ROG 31249 MUNCIH
3/18/1944 09 132 KING B.L. F/O NAV 31249 MUNCIH
3/18/1944 09 132 COPPINGER J.J. LT CP 31249 MUNCIH
3/18/1944 09 132 HARTE F.W. LT P 31249 MUNCIH
3/18/1944 09 132 CARLSON P.V. S/SGT TTE 31249 MUNCIH
3.
3/19/1944 09 133 CARLSON P.V. S/SGT TTE 487 MARQUIS, MIMMOYEQUES
3/19/1944 09 133 KING B.L. F/O NAV 487 MARQUIS, MIMMOYEQUES
3/19/1944 09 133 MCMULLIN G.W. S/SGT TG 487 MARQUIS, MIMMOYEQUES
3/19/1944 09 133 COLEY E.T. S/SGT LWG 487 MARQUIS, MIMMOYEQUES
3/19/1944 09 133 MCDONALD T.C. S/SGT RWG 487 MARQUIS, MIMMOYEQUES
3/19/1944 09 133 ECK J.A. S/SGT BTG 487 MARQUIS, MIMMOYEQUES
3/19/1944 09 133 CONLEY C.F. LT BOM 487 MARQUIS, MIMMOYEQUES
3/19/1944 09 133 GLASSER L.P. S/SGT ROG 487 MARQUIS, MIMMOYEQUES
3/19/1944 09 133 COPPINGER J.J. LT CP 487 MARQUIS, MIMMOYEQUES
3/19/1944 09 133 HARTE F.W. LT P 487 MARQUIS, MIMMOYEQUES
4.
3/23/1944 09 135 GLASSER L.P. S/SGT ROG 957 BRUNSWICK/ WAGGUM
3/23/1944 09 135 MCMULLIN G.W. S/SGT TG 957 BRUNSWICK/ WAGGUM
3/23/1944 09 135 COLEY E.T. S/SGT LWG 957 BRUNSWICK/ WAGGUM
3/23/1944 09 135 MCDONALD T.C. S/SGT RWG 957 BRUNSWICK/ WAGGUM
3/23/1944 09 135 CARLSON P.V. S/SGT TTE 957 BRUNSWICK/ WAGGUM
3/23/1944 09 135 CONLEY C.F. LT BOM 957 BRUNSWICK/ WAGGUM
3/23/1944 09 135 KING B.L. F/O NAV 957 BRUNSWICK/ WAGGUM
3/23/1944 09 135 COPPINGER J.J. LT CP 957 BRUNSWICK/ WAGGUM
3/23/1944 09 135 HARTE F.W. LT P 957 BRUNSWICK/ WAGGUM
3/23/1944 09 135 MCINTOSH A.L. S/SGT BTG 957 BRUNSWICK/ WAGGUM
5.
3/26/1944 09 136 HARTE F.W. LT P 37783 SCHKEUDITZ/JU-88 PLANT
3/26/1944 09 136 CARLSON P.V. S/SGT TTE 37783 SCHKEUDITZ/JU-88 PLANT
3/26/1944 09 136 COLEY E.T. S/SGT LWG 37783 SCHKEUDITZ/JU-88 PLANT
3/26/1944 09 136 MCDONALD T.C. S/SGT RWG 37783 SCHKEUDITZ/JU-88 PLANT
3/26/1944 09 136 MCMULLIN G.W. S/SGT TG 957 SCHKEUDITZ/JU-88 PLANT
3/26/1944 09 136 MCINTOSH A.L. S/SGT BTG 37783 SCHKEUDITZ/JU-88 PLANT
3/26/1944 09 136 GLASSER L.P. S/SGT ROG 37783 SCHKEUDITZ/JU-88 PLANT
3/26/1944 09 136 CONLEY C.F. LT BOM 37783 SCHKEUDITZ/JU-88 PLANT
3/26/1944 09 136 COPPINGER J.J. LT CP 37783 SCHKEUDITZ/JU-88 PLANT
3/26/1944 09 136 KING B.L. F/O NAV 37783 SCHKEUDITZ/JU-88 PLANT
6.
3/27/1944 09 137 MCMULLIN G.W. S/SGT TG 37783 BORDEAUX/ MERIGNAC
3/27/1944 09 137 CONLEY C.F. LT BOM 37783 BORDEAUX/ MERIGNAC
3/27/1944 09 137 HARTE F.W. LT P 37783 BORDEAUX/ MERIGNAC
3/27/1944 09 137 KING B.L. F/O NAV 37783 BORDEAUX/ MERIGNAC
3/27/1944 09 137 GLASSER L.P. S/SGT ROG 37783 BORDEAUX/ MERIGNAC
3/27/1944 09 137 CARLSON P.V. S/SGT TTE 37783 BORDEAUX/ MERIGNAC
3/27/1944 09 137 MCINTOSH A.L. S/SGT BTG 37783 BORDEAUX/ MERIGNAC
3/27/1944 09 137 MCDONALD T.C. S/SGT RWG 37783 BORDEAUX/ MERIGNAC
3/27/1944 09 137 COLEY E.T. S/SGT LWG 37783 BORDEAUX/ MERIGNAC
3/27/1944 09 137 COPPINGER J.J. LT CP 37783 BORDEAUX/ MERIGNAC
3/31/1944 09 139 COPPINGER J.J. LT CP 37783 LUDWIGSHAFEN /RECALLED
3/31/1944 09 139 KING B.L. F/O NAV 37783 LUDWIGSHAFEN /RECALLED
3/31/1944 09 139 CONLEY C.F. LT BOM 37783 LUDWIGSHAFEN /RECALLED
3/31/1944 09 139 GLASSER L.P. S/SGT ROG 37783 LUDWIGSHAFEN /RECALLED
3/31/1944 09 139 CARLSON P.V. S/SGT TTE 37783 LUDWIGSHAFEN /RECALLED
3/31/1944 09 139 MCINTOSH A.L. S/SGT BTG 37783 LUDWIGSHAFEN /RECALLED
3/31/1944 09 139 MCDONALD T.C. S/SGT RWG 37783 LUDWIGSHAFEN /RECALLED
3/31/1944 09 139 COLEY E.T. S/SGT LWG 37783 LUDWIGSHAFEN /RECALLED
3/31/1944 09 139 MCMULLIN G.W. S/SGT TG 37783 LUDWIGSHAFEN/RECALLED
3/31/1944 09 139 HARTE F.W. LT P 37783 LUDWIGSHAFEN /RECALLED
7.
4/7/1944 09 141 KING B.L. F/O NAV 37783 QUACKENBRUCK
4/7/1944 09 141 HARTE F.W. LT P 37783 QUACKENBRUCK
4/7/1944 09 141 MCMULLIN G.W. S/SGT TG 37783 QUACKENBRUCK
4/7/1944 09 141 COLEY E.T. S/SGT LWG 37783 QUACKENBRUCK
4/7/1944 09 141 MCDONALD T.C. S/SGT RWG 37783 QUACKENBRUCK
4/7/1944 09 141 CORTELLETTY J B S/SGT BTG 37783 QUACKENBRUCK
4/7/1944 09 141 CARLSON P.V. S/SGT TTE 37783 QUACKENBRUCK
4/7/1944 09 141 CONLEY C.F. LT BOM 37783 QUACKENBRUCK
4/7/1944 09 141 COPPINGER J.J. LT CP 37783 QUACKENBRUCK
4/7/1944 09 141 GLASSER L.P. S/SGT ROG 37783 QUACKENBRUCK
8.
4/9/1944 09 143 CORTELLETTY J B S/SGT BTG 37783 KRZESINKI (POSEN)
4/9/1944 09 143 COLEY E.T. S/SGT LWG 37783 KRZESINKI (POSEN)
4/9/1944 09 143 KING B.L. F/O NAV 37783 KRZESINKI (POSEN)
4/9/1944 09 143 CONLEY C.F. LT BOM 37783 KRZESINKI (POSEN)
4/9/1944 09 143 CARLSON P.V. S/SGT TTE 37783 KRZESINKI (POSEN)
4/9/1944 09 143 HARTE F.W. LT P 37783 KRZESINKI (POSEN)
4/9/1944 09 143 MCDONALD T.C. S/SGT RWG 37783 KRZESINKI (POSEN)
4/9/1944 09 143 COPPINGER J.J. LT CP 37783 KRZESINKI (POSEN)
4/9/1944 09 143 MCMULLIN G.W. S/SGT TG 37783 KRZESINKI (POSEN)
4/9/1944 09 143 GLASSER L.P. S/SGT ROG 37783 KRZESINKI (POSEN)
9.
4/10/1944 09 144 KING B.L. F/O NAV 37783 RHEIMS/ CHAMPAGNE
4/10/1944 09 144 COLEY E.T. S/SGT LWG 37783 RHEIMS/ CHAMPAGNE
4/10/1944 09 144 MCMULLIN G.W. S/SGT TG 37783 RHEIMS/ CHAMPAGNE
4/10/1944 09 144 MCDONALD T.C. S/SGT RWG 37783 RHEIMS/ CHAMPAGNE
4/10/1944 09 144 CORTELLETTY J B S/SGT BTG 37783 RHEIMS/ CHAMPAGNE
4/10/1944 09 144 CARLSON P.V. S/SGT TTE 37783 RHEIMS/ CHAMPAGNE
4/10/1944 09 144 CONLEY C.F. LT BOM 37783 RHEIMS/ CHAMPAGNE
4/10/1944 09 144 COPPINGER J.J. LT CP 37783 RHEIMS/ CHAMPAGNE
4/10/1944 09 144 HARTE F.W. LT P 37783 RHEIMS/ CHAMPAGNE
4/10/1944 09 144 GLASSER L.P. S/SGT ROG 37783 RHEIMS/ CHAMPAGNE
10.
4/11/1944 09 145 MCMULLIN G.W. S/SGT TG 607 POSEN / ROSTOCK T.O.
4/11/1944 09 145 HARTE F.W. LT P 607 POSEN / ROSTOCK T.O.
4/11/1944 09 145 MCDONALD T.C. S/SGT RWG 607 POSEN / ROSTOCK T.O.
4/11/1944 09 145 CORTELLETTY J B S/SGT BTG 607 POSEN / ROSTOCK T.O.
4/11/1944 09 145 CARLSON P.V. S/SGT TTE 607 POSEN / ROSTOCK T.O.
4/11/1944 09 145 GLASSER L.P. S/SGT ROG 607 POSEN / ROSTOCK T.O.
4/11/1944 09 145 CONLEY C.F. LT BOM 607 POSEN / ROSTOCK T.O.
4/11/1944 09 145 KING B.L. F/O NAV 607 POSEN / ROSTOCK T.O.
4/11/1944 09 145 COLEY E.T. S/SGT LWG 607 POSEN / ROSTOCK T.O.
4/11/1944 09 145 COPPINGER J.J. LT CP 607 POSEN / ROSTOCK T.O.
4/12/1944 09 146 MCDONALD T.C. S/SGT RWG 97534 SCHEUDITZ (RECALL)
4/12/1944 09 146 CORTELLETTY J B S/SGT BTG 97534 SCHEUDITZ (RECALL)
4/12/1944 09 146 CARLSON P.V. S/SGT TTE 97534 SCHEUDITZ (RECALL)
4/12/1944 09 146 GLASSER L.P. S/SGT ROG 97534 SCHEUDITZ (RECALL)
4/12/1944 09 146 CONLEY C.F. LT BOM 97534 SCHEUDITZ (RECALL)
4/12/1944 09 146 KING B.L. F/O NAV 97534 SCHEUDITZ (RECALL)
4/12/1944 09 146 COPPINGER J.J. LT CP 97534 SCHEUDITZ (RECALL)
4/12/1944 09 146 HARTE F.W. LT P 97534 SCHEUDITZ (RECALL)
4/12/1944 09 146 COLEY E.T. S/SGT LWG 97534 SCHEUDITZ (RECALL)
4/12/1944 09 146 MCMULLIN G.W. S/SGT TG 97534 SCHEUDITZ (RECALL)
11.
4/13/1944 09 147 HARTE F.W. LT P 347 AUGSBURG
4/13/1944 09 147 COLEY E.T. S/SGT LWG 347 AUGSBURG
4/13/1944 09 147 MCDONALD T.C. S/SGT RWG 347 AUGSBURG
4/13/1944 09 147 CORTELLETTY J B S/SGT BTG 347 AUGSBURG
4/13/1944 09 147 CARLSON P.V. S/SGT TTE 347 AUGSBURG
4/13/1944 09 147 GLASSER L.P. S/SGT ROG 347 AUGSBURG
4/13/1944 09 147 CONLEY C.F. LT BOM 347 AUGSBURG
4/13/1944 09 147 COPPINGER J.J. LT CP 347 AUGSBURG
4/13/1944 09 147 MCMULLIN G.W. S/SGT TG 347 AUGSBURG
4/13/1944 09 147 KING B.L. F/O NAV 347 AUGSBURG
12.
CREW ON 22 APR 44 HAMM MISSION
1st Lt Frank W.Harte P KIA 22/4/44 HAMM
2nd Lt John J.Coppinger CP POW 22/4/44 HAMM THE ENTIRE CREW WAS ON THIS MISSION
2nd Lt Carl F.Conley NAV KIA 22/4/44 HAMM
T/Sgt Wallace J.Meyer TOG POW/ WIA 22/4/44 HAMM (From Lt Henington Crew)
T/Sgt Weston H.Rodkey ROG POW 22/4/44 HAMM (From the R.C.Koper crew)
T/Sgt Paul V. "Swede" Carlson TTE POW/WIA 22/4/44 HAMM
S/Sgt Felix W.McIntosh BTG POW 22/4/44 HAMM
S/Sgt Thomas C.McDonald RWG KIA 22/4/44 HAMM MACR #4166,Micro fiche #1475
S/Sgt Edward T.Coley LWG POW/WIA 22/4/44 HAMM A/C #42 37783 "DODIE"
S/Sgt George W.McMullin TG POW 22/4/44 HAMM
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CREW
2nd Lt James W. McGuire P KlA 28 APR 44 SOTTEVAST (NOBALL)
2nd Lt Randell I. Bradley CP POW 28 APR 44 SOTTEVAST (NOBALL)
2nd Lt John M. Jones BOM POW 28 APR 44 SOTTEVAST (NOBALL) (flew as Navigator on this mission)
T/Sgt Frank T. DeGeorge TT E POW 28 APR 44 SOTTEVAST (NOBALL) sn 12148386
T/Sgt Rodney McCaughin ROG KIA 28 APR 44 SOTTEVAST (NOBALL)
S/Sgt Joseph A. Eck TOG KIA 28 APR 44 SOTTEVAST (NOBALL) (from Lt Harte Original Crew)
S/Sgt John R. Ribuffo BTG KIA 28 APR 44 SOTTEVAST (NOBALL)
S/Sgt Alan R. Dill WG KIA 28 APR 44 SOTTEVAST (NOBALL)
S/Sgt Donald E. Kuntz WG KIA 28 APR 44 SOTTEVAST (NOBALL)
S/Sgt John . Sabotka TG KIA 28 APR 44 SOTTEVAST (NOBALL)
349th Sqdn. Crew joined group in May 1944. See SPLASHER SI (p. 4 Spring 1975) Also see John Miller letter 17/3/81.
McGuire and Eck both buried at Omaha Beach. 12th mission for crew except Eck who was on his
2nd misslon with this crew. S/Sgt Eck was from Lt Harte's Crew MACR #4238, Microfiche #1503, A/C #42-107056.
Lt Jones was the bombardier of this crew but on 28/04/44 he Was flying as navigator.
Navigator of this crew when it joined the 100th was Lt Eluid J. Knapp who CPT in Aug. 1944.
After completing his tour, Knapp was transferred to S2 (Intelligence). Phone call from
Knapp OII 21/5/85…jb
Eyewitness: "A/C #056 received a direct flak hit on the # 1 engine. Knocked engine back on wing catching the wing on fire. A/c peeled off into the second element disrupting it and gliding down into the clouds. Two (2) chutes seen. A/C hit at 1020 hours / 4932N and 0130W.
Lt. C.H. Cowan
Lt. R.W. Wright
From statements by John M. Jones and Randell L. Bradley after release from POW camp, it is apparent the A/C exploded before all crew members had sufficient time to bail out. Jones, the Bombardier, flew this mission as the Navigator and broke a leg upon landing. On 02 May 1944, the seven KIAs in this aircraft were buried in the "English Cementary in Cherbourg." This aircraft and that of Col. Kelly and Capt William Lakin were shot down near Tamerville (three (3) miles north of Valognes)
List of Missions of T/Sgt Frank T. DeGeorge (mpf 2001)
1. 1/4/44 LUDWIGSHAVEN
2. 8/4/44 QUACKENBRUCH
3. 10/4/44 MALDEGEM
4. 11/4/44 ROSTOCK
5. 12/4/44 SCHKEUDITZ
6. 13/4/44 AUGSBURG
7. 19/4/44 LIPPSTADT
8. 20/4/44 MARQUENVILLE
9. 25/4/44 DIJON
10. 27/4/44 FLATTENANVILLE
11. 27/4/44 LeCULOT
12. 28/4/44 SOTTEVAST
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CAPT. BERYL L. KING MISSIONS:
Date Crew Nbr Mission Nbr Last Name Initial Rank Position Aircraft Nbr Target
1. 3/17/1944 09 131 KING B.L. F/O NAV 31534 MUNICH
2. 3/18/1944 09 132 KING B.L. F/O NAV 31249 MUNCIH
3. 3/19/1944 09 133 KING B.L. F/O NAV 487 MARQUIS, MIMMOYEQUES
4. 3/23/1944 09 135 KING B.L. F/O NAV 957 BRUNSWICK/ WAGGUM
5. 3/26/1944 09 136 KING B.L. F/O NAV 37783 SCHKEUDITZ/JU-88 PLANT
6. 3/27/1944 09 137 KING B.L. F/O NAV 37783 BORDEAUX/ MERIGNAC
3/31/1944 09 139 KING B.L. F/O NAV 37783 LUDWIGSHAFEN /RECALLED
7. 4/7/1944 09 141 KING B.L. F/O NAV 37783 QUACKENBRUCK
8. 4/9/1944 09 143 KING B.L. F/O NAV 37783 KRZESINKI (POSEN)
9. 4/10/1944 09 144 KING B.L. F/O NAV 37783 RHEIMS/ CHAMPAGNE
10. 4/11/1944 09 145 KING B.L. F/O NAV 607 POSEN / ROSTOCK T.O.
4/12/1944 09 146 KING B.L. F/O NAV 97534 SCHEUDITZ (RECALL)
11. 4/13/1944 09 147 KING B.L. F/O NAV 347 AUGSBURG
12. 5/9/1944 07 114 KING B.L. F/O NAV 107230 LAON/COUVRON; ANTHIES
13. 5/12/1944 07 116 KING B.L. F/O NAV 97127 BRUX, OIL REFINERY
14. 5/12/1944 45 116 KING B.L. LT NAV 97607 BRUX, OIL REFINERY
15. 5/29/1944 12 125 KING B.L. LT NAV 97393 LEIPZIG
16. 5/31/1944 12 127 KING B.L. LT NAV 97393 OSNABRUCK
17. 6/2/1944 UNK 128 KING B.L. LT NAV 107095 BOULOGNE
18. 6/4/1944 45 130 KING B.L. LT NAV 107137 BOULOGNE
19. 6/5/1944 39 131 KING B.L. LT NAV 97393 BOULOGNE
20. 6/6/1944 39 -132 KING B.L. LT NAV 97393 OUISTREHAM
21. 6/6/1944 45 -132 KING B.L. LT NAV 107137 FALAISE
23. 6/7/1944 39 -135 KING B.L. LT NAV 97393 NANTES (BRIDGES)
24. 6/12/1944 07 -138 KING B.L. LT NAV 107211 ROSIERES & DUNKIRK
25. 6/15/1944 07 -140 KING B.L. LT NAV 107211 MITBURG & WILSTER
26 6/21/1944 KING B.L. LT NAV RUHLAND (RUSSIAN SHUTTLE)
27. 6/26/1944 01 149 KING B.L. LT NAV 31986 DROHOBY, CZ (RUSSIAN SHUTTLE)
28. 7/13/1944 01 159 KING B.L. LT NAV 37823 MUNICH (JET ENGINES)
29. 7/17/1944 01 161 KING B.L. LT NAV 37823 AUXERRE & MONTGOURNOY
30. 7/24/1944 01 166 KING B.L. LT NAV 37823 ST LO (GND SUPPORT)
31. 7/25/1944 01 167 KING B.L. LT NAV 37823 ST LO (GND SUPPORT)
32. 9/5/1944 PFF 190 KING B.L. LT PFF 770 STUTTGART (AERO ENGS)
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CREW
2nd Lt Lawrence E.Townsend P POW 25/7/44 ST LO TAPS: 1982
2nd Lt Edward H.Fehrenkamp CP REC 11/9/44 RUHLAND (with Lt Herres Crew) TAPS: 30 AUG 1988
2nd Lt Arnold I.Holmes NAV EVADEE 25/7/44 ST LO Flew 35 missions according to Escape and Evasion report
2nd Lt George D.Gardner BOM POW 25/7/44 ST LO TAPS: 1984
Cpl.Tracey Fisher TTE Annoxia on way over to England, Died upon landing.
S/Sgt Robert H.Dunbar ROG NOC On Crew till April 12, transferred to Lt G.S. Allen Crew
Sgt Chalmers M.Anderson BTG POW 25/7/44 ST LO TAPS: 1988
S/Sgt Gordon M.Lane WG POW 25/7/44 ST LO
Sgt Walter W.Kolar WG EVADEE 25/7/44 ST LO (became TTE when Fisher died,)
Sgt Earl C.Milam TG POW 25/7/44 ST LO TAPS: 1957
349th Sqdn. Crew,as above,joined the 100th Group on 9/3/44.
Lt Burkhart was from the crew of S.D. Eichen and replaced Lt Edward H. Fehrenkamp 25 Jul 1944. T/Sgt Glasser (from Lt Frank Harte Crew) took over as ROG on the Crew on May 7, 1944 Berlin mission. S/Sgt Robert H. Dunbar flew missions with Townsend Crew until April 12, 1944 then went with Lt G.S. Allen Crew. T/Sgt Glasser became an EVADEE and 2nd Lt Andrew J.Burkhart was a POW.
Lt Fehrenkamp flies 9 missions with this crew and then is replaced with different CP's from 1 May 44 until 19 Jun 44. He returns to the Crew on 20 June 44 and continues flying missions with this crew until 14 June 44. He is replaced on the Crew by Lt Burkhart from the crew of S.D. Eichen.Lt Fehrenkamp flew his last mission with Lt Herres on Sept 11, 1944 mission to Ruhland. S/Sgt John A. Miller took over as WG when Walter Kolar became TTE.
During May and early June, the following co-pilots flew with the Lt Townsend Crew:
F/O P.V. Lammers May 1, 1944
Lt F.W. Craft- May 7, 1944
Lt H.A. Debbern May 8, 1944
Lt P.L. Mitchell May 12,1944 & June 6, 7, 1944
Lt D.L. Roth May 13, 19, 20, 1944 & June 2, 1944
Missions for Lt Lawrence E. Townsend
Date A/C# & Name Target
1. 3/22/1944 957 Horny II ORANIENBURG (BERLIN)
2. 3/23/1944 710 The Savage BRUNSWICK/ WAGGUM
3. 3/28/1944 088 Squawkin Hawk CHATEAUDUN/ EVREUX
4. 4/1/1944 347 Billy Boy LUDWIGSHAFEN
4/7/1944 347 Billy Boy QUACKENBRUCK (SCRB)
5. 4/8/1944 347 Billy Boy QUACKENBRUCK
4/9/1944 347 Billy Boy KRZESINKI (POSEN) (RECALL)
6. 4/10/1944 347 Billy Boy RHEIMS/ CHAMPAGNE
7. 4/11/1944 347 Billy Boy POSEN / ROSTOCK T.O.
4/12/1944 347 Billy Boy SCHEUDITZ (RECALL)
8. 4/18/1944 BERLIN
9. 4/19/1944 LIPPSTADT
10. 4/20/1944 MARQUENVILLE & FLOTTEMANVILLE-HAGUE
11. 4/22/1944 HAMM Hamm
12. 4/24/1944 FRIEDRICHSHAFEN
13. 4/28/1944 SOTTEVAST (NOBALL) LOST COL KELLY
14. 5/1/1944 957 Horny II SAARGUEMINES/WIZERNES
15. 5/7/1944 107230 Yehudi BERLIN
16. 5/8/1944 107230 Yehudi BERLIN & LAGLACERIE
17. 5/12/1944 107230 Yehudi BRUX, OIL REFINERY
18. 5/13/1944 107230 Yehudi OSNABRUCK
19. 5/19/1944 107230 Yehudi BERLIN
20. 5/20/1944 31987 Shilaylee BRUSSELS
21. 6/6/1944 102416 Lady Luck FALAISE/OUISTREHAM
22. 6/7/1944 102416 Lady Luck NANTES (BRIDGES)
23. 6/19/1944 102416 Lady Luck CORME ECLUSE, AF
24. 6/20/1944 102416 Lady Luck FALLERSLEBEN
25. 6/21/1944 102416 Lady Luck RUHLAND (START OF RUSSIAN SHUTTLE)
26. 6/26/1944 102416 Lady Luck DROHOBYCZ (from Russia)
27. 7/3/1944 102416 Lady Luck ARAD (RUMANIA) (from Russia, Landed in Italy)
28. 7/5/1944 102416 Lady Luck BEZIER (FROM ITLAY, Landed in England)
29. 7/7/1944 102416 Lady Luck BOHLEN/MERSEBURG
30. 7/12/1944 102416 Lady Luck MUNICH (IND. AREA)
31. 7/14/1944 97806 Now An' Then SOUTH OF FRANCE
32. 7/17/1944 97806 Now An' Then AUXERRE & MONTGOURNOY
33. 7/19/1944 97806 Now An' Then SCHWEINFURT & DUREN
34. 7/24/1944 102416 Lady Luck ST LO (GND SUPPORT)
35. 7/25/1944 102416 Lady Luck ST LO (GND SUPPORT)
EYEWITNESS: A/C #416 was believed to have been hit by flak from St. Lo shortly after bombs away and before reaching
the R.P. (Rally Point) . Fire broke out inside the A/C and #2 engine began to smoke. Crewmen began bailing out of the ship
which appeared to be flying on APCE. Nine chutes were seen, this would account for the entire crew.
This was the 35th mission for this crew. S/Sgt Walter W. Kolar, evaded the Germans
for a few days until the advancing Allied Forces reached his position. He then joined a tank crew and fought until
wounded . His new found armored buddies took him to the aid station, where the medical personell discovered S/Sgt Kolar
was Army Air Force. They terminated his short but popular ground combat career and placed him in the hospital.
He must have been one of the 100th's most intrepid warriors..
See SPLASHER SIX (Spring 1977 page 3 & Summer 1978 "TAPS" for Arnold Holmes.Also see S.O.C. p.71.
Hello,
I am a french historian in the Paris aera.
From our sources, the B-17 "Lady Luck" 349th BS was crashed in the Paris aera on the 25 july44.
But from your sources, the plane was crashed near St Lô in Normandie, about 400 km…. Do you know anything about it. A eventual picture of the "Lady Luck"
Best Regards.
Bruno Renoult.
bruno.renoult@club-internet.fr
SOME BRIEF NOTES ON
T/SGT WALTER W. KOLAR
TTE WITH LARRY TOWNSEND CREW
Walter W. Kolar enlisted on September 29, 1942 at Camp New Cumberland Gap, PA after the Pearl Harbor event and decided to join the Air Corp. He did his basic training at Miami and attended a series of gunnery schools from May to June 1943 at Lowrey Field and from July to September at Laredo, Texas. In November 1943 he was at the 395th Combat Crew School in Ardmore, Okla. before joining the Larry Townsend crew
After a series of training flights in the United States, the crew of Larry Townsend embarked for England and the Eighth Air Force on March 7, 1944. The crew at that time was made up of the following:
Pilot Lawrence E. Townsend
C0-Pilot Edward H. Fehrenkamp
Navigator Arnold I. Holmes
Bombardier George D. Gardner
Radio Robert H. Dunbar
Engineer Tracey Fisher
Waist Gunner Gordon M. Lane
Waist Gunner Walter W. Kolar
Tail Gunner Earl C. Milam
Ball Turret Chalmers Anderson
On the flight over the North Atlantic, from Goose Bay Labrador, the plane ran into a sever thunderstorm and was forced to climb to an altitude of 35,000 feet. The entire crew was on oxygen during this time. At one point, without informing anybody, Mr. Fisher climbed out of his top turret position and proceeded to move toward the waist of the plane. He was half-way there when he collapsed from lack of oxygen. He was noticed by both Mr. Lane and Mr. Kolar when he collapsed and they both moved to assist Mr. Fisher and get an extra oxygen mask on him. The pilot immediately began a step descent to get down to about 10,00 feet where oxygen would not be necessary. Both Mr. Kolar and Mr. Lane began CPR on Mr. Fisher and worked on him constantly until an emergency landing was made in Ireland at which time emergency medical personnel were waiting to take over the revitalization of Mr. Fisher. Unfortunately, all attempts were unsuccessful and Tracey Fisher became the first casualty of the Larry Townsend crew.
On March 9, 1944, the crew flew into Thorpe Abbots, near Diss, and became officially attached to the 100 Bomb Group, 349th Squadron. Walter W. Kolar was made Engineer/Top Turret Gunner at that point. John A. Miller joined the crew as the second waist gunner. Thus, the make-up of the crew when it began flying missions was:
Pilot Lawrence E. Townsend
Co-Pilot Edward H. Fehrenkamp
Navigator Arnold I. Holmes
Bombardier George D. Gardener
Engineer/TTE Walter W. Kolar
Radio Robert H. Dunbar
Waist Gunner Gordon M. Lane
Waist Gunner John A. Miller
Tail Gunner Earl C. Milam
Ball Turret Gunner Chalmers Anderson
After a week of practice missions the Larry Townsend crew undertook its very first mission into enemy territory, joining the 8th Air Force in bombing Berlin on March 22, 1944. According to the personal diary of Walter Kolar, the crew flew on 35 official missions and was subsequently shot down by enemy flak on the 25th of July, 1944 while providing ground support for ground troops in and around St. Lo, France. One of the early planes for the Townsend crew was “Miss Minookie”. During these missions, Kolar was credited with shooting down one and one-half German planes.
The diary of Walter W. Kolar shows the following list of missions in 1944:
1. 3/22 Berlin
2. 3/23 Brunswick
3. 3/28 Chateaudun
4. 4/1 Ludwigshaven
5. 4/8 Quackenbruck
4/9 Krzesinki (recalled no credit for Mission)
6. 4/10 Rheims
7. 4/11 Rostock
8. 4/18 Berlin
9. 4/19 Lippstadt
10. 4/20 Marquenville & Flottemanville-Hague
11. 4/22 Hamm
12. 4/24 Friedrichshafen
13. 4/28 Sottevast
14. 5/1 Saarguemines
15. 5/7 Berlin
16. 5/8 Berlin
17. 5/12 Brux
18. 5/13 Osnabruck
19. 5/19 Berlin
20. 5/20 Brussells
21. 6/3 Bolougne
22. 6/6 D-Day (2 missions)-Falaise
23. 6/6 D-Day-Ouistreham
24. 6/7 Nantes
25. 6/19 Corme Ecluse
26. 6/21 Ruhland (Russian Shuttle Mission)
27. 6/26 Drohobycz, Poland(From Russia)
28. 7/3 Arad – Romania (From Italy)
29. 7/5 Bezier (From Italy – back to England)
30. 7/12 Munich
31. 7/14 South France, Maquis Supply Drop
32. 7/17 Auxerre
33. 7/19 Duren-Schweinfurt
34. 7/24 St. Lo Ground support
35. 7/25 St. Lo Ground support (shot & evaded capture )
Walter W. Kolar, with the Larry Townsend crew, flew a total of 35 missions.
THE FATEFUL 35th…
On July 25, 1944, The crew had an early awakening, went to a briefing where they discovered that they would be participating in what was termed “A Milk Run”. The mission was to provide ground support for troops who
would be advancing into and through St. Lo, France later that day.
To the best of my recollection, we approached the IP (Initial Point) at an altitude of 21,000 feet and shortly thereafter the bomb bay released its full load of bombs. It seemed that, within seconds following the release of the bombs, the plane, Lady Luck, was struck by flak with a full burst in the bombay and waist positions of the plane. There was an immediate great ball of fire that engulfed the entire area and the alarm was sounded that the ship was badly hit and a large fire raged throughout. Pilot Larry Townsend then gave the orders for all to bail out. He put the plane on automatic pilot and apparently it flew to the outskirts of Paris before it finally crashed.
This was a nine member crew for the flight and all bailed out safely.
Six of the nine members were captured by the German forces and wound up in prison camps for the duration. Navigator Arnold Holmes became an evadee and several days later joined American ground forces. Radio man Louis Glasser likewise became an evadee and joined with American forces on July 29, 1944.
Walter W. Kolar, made a free fall to almost 1,000 feet before attempting to open his parachute. Imagine his surprise when he pulled on the red handle and it hung loose in his right hand with no chute coming out! He then frantically began tearing the covering of the chute and actually throwing out the silken folds of the parachute which gradually began to take hold when he was already approaching close to the ground. He came crashing down through an apple tree which arrested much of his momentum along with the now-opened parachute. He quickly gathered the parachute and scrambled into a rather large hedgerow at the edge of the orchard. At time, he could see German soldiers scouting the area, obviously looking for the downed airman. Kolar hid in the hedgerow all day. He buried the parachute. When hunger set in he ventured out in the evening and picked a few green apples he gobbled up as a delicacy.
After spending a cool night in the hedgerow Kolar felt he had to do something; he just couldn’t sit in the hedgerow. About seven AM the next morning he heard the sounds of an approaching wagon. Looking out, he saw a young woman leading a horse and a cart on which an old man sat holding the reins. Making a quick decision, he felt he could overpower the woman if need be, and do the same with the old man if that became necessary. At the precise moment when the wagon approached his hiding place, Kolar jumped out of the hedgerow, in front of the young woman and holding his hands high in the air declared in his high school French, “Je suis Americain! Je suis Americain!”
The young woman immediately understood the situation. She ran up to Kolar and in part English and part French was able to convey that he was very welcome. She indicated that he should return to his hedgerow hiding place and that she would return later that day, in the evening, True to her word, as dusk fell, she and the old man appeared at the hedgerow and brought food in a briefcase in the form of a loaf of bread, a bottle of red wine, and a large hunk of salami. Needless to say, the food was delicious!
The old man then showed him some old clothes that he brought and indicated that Kolar should change from his flying gear and into some civilian garb. He also brought a warm blanket. They took his flying suit and promised to burn it and get rid of it. They then told Kolar that they would be back the next morning with some papers and some miscellaneous paraphernalia. At this time they indicated that they were part of the French underground resistance movement and expressed their deep appreciation for the support of the Americans. The name of the young woman was Simone Gillette, a school teacher. The old man was Christel Julien.
True to their word, the young woman and the old man returned the next morning and delivered some official-looking papers that identified the carrier of these papers that he was a person with the name of Rene Noel.
twenty two years old, becoming a deaf mute as a result of some terrible bombing by the Americans in the vicinity of St. Lo which apparently knocked out his ear drums. The old man gave him a wheelbarrow containing a spade, a rake and a hoe, to push around during the day. He also brought a warm blanket. Kolar was stopped once by a German officer, but when he showed him his new papers, the officer simply grunted and gave them back to him and dismissed him with a wave of his hand, indicating, be gone! Kolar spent most of the morning pushing the wheelbarrow around the outskirts of St. Lo.
This was on July 27, 1944… and a look back…
What the 100th Bomb Group did was to provide ground support for troops on the 24th and 25th of July 1944. Operation Cobra was to get started on the 24th of July. After a one day postponement because of bad weather, Cobra got underway on the morning of July 25th. Both the U.S. 2nd Armored Division and the 1st Infantry Division, under the command of General Omar Bradley, joined together for the attack. They reached one of Cobra’s first objectives on the morning of the 26th, a road junction north of Le Mesnil-Herman. The VIII Corps entered the battle, led by the 8th and 90th Infantry divisions. They rolled into St. Lo by noon on July 27th, having cleared organized German resistance, and were advancing rapidly.
This was when Kolar met the American troops, took out his dog tags which he had hidden in the heels of one of his shoes, and identified himself as an American. A gunner on one of the tanks pointed a 50 caliber machine gun at him until he identified himself as an American (he was dressed in ragged old civilian clothes given to him by the old man). He was invited to join the troops and rode in an open Jeep as the entire convoy moved forward in a rapid thrust to the East.
Things became a bit hazy from this point on. Kolar remembers riding in the jeep for a couple of hours, witnessing several small skirmishes. At some point in the late afternoon, the word came around that a large number of German prisoners had been taken and volunteers were needed to take them back into the American held territory. Kolar volunteered, feeling he didn’t want to continue into Germany with the tank corps. He already had a bunch of flak wounds from the direct hit on the plane and felt he should be seeking some medical attention.
Still riding in the open jeep and with a convoy of trucks loaded with German prisoners, the group embarked upon the return trip back to American lines.
Someplace along the way the convoy was ambushed by a group of Germans. Kolar was shot in the chest. The driver of the jeep was shot in the throat. Both tumbled out of the jeep and into a small gutter alongside the road.
Kolar remembers trying to tie a handkerchief around the man’s neck to help stop the bleeding. Then nothing…blackness…
The next thing he seems to remember is a medic working over him and a priest giving him the last rites. Then again…nothing…
He next remembers waking up in the American hospital where he spent the next couple of weeks, recuperating.
In the meantime his mother had received a telegram informing her that her son was missing in action. Two weeks later she received a telegram advising her that her son was missing in action and presumed dead. One of the first things Kolar thought of was to inform his mother, and his fiancée, that he was O.K., injured but recuperating in an American hospital in France. For a couple years after the war ended, his Alma Mater, Duquesne University, listed his name on a monument on campus as one of those alumni who gave his life for his country.
It was back to England, to Thorpe Abbots, and a series of debriefings. Kolar was offered a lieutenant’s commission if he would become a lecturer on escape and evasion methods.. He declined, feeling he had had enough of the war. He was sent back to the states for a month’s leave, after which he was assigned as a gunnery instructor at Westover Field. During his one month’s leave, he married his sweetheart, Jennie Peternac, and they spent most of the month at Atlantic City where Kolar was assigned prior to Westover Field, and where he spent the remainder of the war until being honorably discharged at the Separation Center, Fort Devens, Mass. On August 22, 1945.
During his tour of duty, Walter W. Kolar earned the following awards:
Air Medals 9
Distinguished Flying Cross-2
Purple Heart-1
Presidential Citation: 2
Today, his son, David, carries as his middle name “Rene” – David Rene Kolar, and his granddaughter carries “Noelle” as her middle name – Jennie Noelle Kolar.- a couple of remembrances from 70 years ago!
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Missions for T/Sgt R.H. Dunbar
Date Crew Nbr Mission Nbr Last Name Initial Rank Position Aircraft Nbr Target
3/17/1944 05 131 DUNBAR R.H. S/SGT ROG 710 MUNICH (ERROR)
3/18/1944 05 132 DUNBAR R.H. S/SGT ROG 710 MUNICH
3/22/1944 05 134 DUNBAR R.H. S/SGT ROG 957 ORANIENBURG (BERLIN)
3/23/1944 05 135 DUNBAR R.H. S/SGT ROG 710 BRUNSWICK/ WAGGUM
3/28/1944 05 138 DUNBAR R.H. S/SGT ROG 88 CHATEAUDUN/ EVREUX
4/1/1944 05 140 DUNBAR R.H. S/SGT ROG 347 LUDWIGSHAFEN
4/7/1944 05 141 DUNBAR R.H. S/SGT ROG 347 QUACKENBRUCK (SCRB)
4/8/1944 05 142 DUNBAR R.H. S/SGT ROG 347 QUACKENBRUCK
4/9/1944 05 143 DUNBAR R.H. S/SGT ROG 347 KRZESINKI (POSEN)
4/10/1944 05 144 DUNBAR R.H. S/SGT ROG 347 RHEIMS/ CHAMPAGNE
4/11/1944 05 145 DUNBAR R.H. S/SGT ROG 347 POSEN / ROSTOCK T.O.
4/12/1944 05 146 DUNBAR R.H. S/SGT ROG 347 SCHEUDITZ (RECALL)
5/25/1944 12 122 DUNBAR R.H. T/SGT ROG 97393 BRUSSELS
5/27/1944 12 123 DUNBAR R.H. T/SGT ROG 97393 STRASBOURG
5/28/1944 12 124 DUNBAR R.H. T/SGT ROG 97393 MAGDEBURG
5/29/1944 12 125 DUNBAR R.H. T/SGT ROG 97393 LEIPZIG
8/27/1944 12 186 DUNBAR R.H. T/SGT ROG 6306 BERLIN (RECALL)
8/30/1944 12 187 DUNBAR R.H. T/SGT ROG 6306 BREMEN
9/8/1944 12 191 DUNBAR R.H. T/SGT ROG 6306 MAINZ
9/9/1944 12 192 DUNBAR R.H. T/SGT ROG 6306 DUSSELDORF
9/27/1944 01 201 DUNBAR R.H. T/SGT ROG 98015 MAINZ
05 is Lt Lawrence Townsend Crew
12 is Lt G.S. Allen Crew
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Date Crew Nbr Mission Nbr Last Name Initial Rank Position Aircraft Nbr Target
3/17/1944 09 131 GLASSER L.P. S/SGT ROG 31534 MUNICH (ERROR)
3/18/1944 09 132 GLASSER L.P. S/SGT ROG 31249 MUNICH
3/19/1944 09 133 GLASSER L.P. S/SGT ROG 487 MARQUIS, MIMMOYEQUES
3/23/1944 09 135 GLASSER L.P. S/SGT ROG 957 BRUNSWICK/ WAGGUM
3/26/1944 09 136 GLASSER L.P. S/SGT ROG 37783 SCHKEUDITZ/JU-88 PLANT
3/27/1944 09 137 GLASSER L.P. S/SGT ROG 37783 BORDEAUX/ MERIGNAC
3/31/1944 09 139 GLASSER L.P. S/SGT ROG 37783 LUDWIGSHAFEN /RECALLED
4/7/1944 09 141 GLASSER L.P. S/SGT ROG 37783 QUACKENBRUCK
4/9/1944 09 143 GLASSER L.P. S/SGT ROG 37783 KRZESINKI (POSEN)
4/10/1944 09 144 GLASSER L.P. S/SGT ROG 37783 RHEIMS/ CHAMPAGNE
4/11/1944 09 145 GLASSER L.P. S/SGT ROG 607 POSEN / ROSTOCK T.O.
5/7/1944 05 111 GLASSER L.P. T/SGT ROG 107230 BERLIN
5/8/1944 05 112 GLASSER L.P. T/SGT ROG 107230 BERLIN & LAGLACERIE
5/12/1944 05 116 GLASSER L.P. T/SGT ROG 107230 BRUX, OIL REFINERY
5/13/1944 05 117 GLASSER L.P. T/SGT ROG 107230 OSNABRUCK
5/19/1944 05 118 GLASSER L.P. T/SGT ROG 107230 BERLIN
5/20/1944 05 119 GLASSER L.P. T/SGT ROG 31987 BRUSSELS
6/2/1944 05 128 GLASSER L.P. T/SGT ROG 102416 BOULOGNE
6/6/1944 05 -132 GLASSER L.P. T/SGT ROG 102416 FALAISE/OUISTREHAM
6/7/1944 05 -135 GLASSER L.P. T/SGT ROG 102416 NANTES (BRIDGES)
6/19/1944 05 -142 GLASSER L.P. T/SGT ROG 102416 CORME ECLUSE, AF
6/20/1944 05 -143 GLASSER L.P. T/SGT ROG 102416 FALLERSLEBEN
6/21/1944 05 149 GLASSER L.P. T/SGT ROG 102416 RUHLAND (START OF RUSSIAN SHUTTLE)
6/26/1944 05 149 GLASSER L.P. T/SGT ROG 102416 DROHOBYCZ
7/3/1944 05 151 GLASSER L.P. T/SGT ROG 102416 ARAD (RUMANIA)
7/5/1944 05 153 GLASSER L.P. T/SGT ROG 102416 BEZIER (FROM ITALY)
7/7/1944 05 155 GLASSER L.P. T/SGT ROG 102416 BOHLEN/MERSEBURG
7/12/1944 05 158 GLASSER L.P. T/SGT ROG 102416 MUNICH (IND. AREA)
7/14/1944 05 160 GLASSER L.P. T/SGT ROG 97806 SOUTH OF FRANCE
7/17/1944 05 161 GLASSER L.P. T/SGT ROG 97806 AUXERRE & MONTGOURNOY
7/19/1944 05 163 GLASSER L.P. T/SGT ROG 97806 SCHWEINFURT & DUREN
7/24/1944 05 166 GLASSER L.P. T/SGT ROG 102416 ST LO (GND SUPPORT)
7/25/1944 05 167 GLASSER L.P. T/SGT ROG 102416 ST LO (GND SUPPORT)
09 is Lt Frank Harte Crew
05 is Lt Lawrence Townsend Crew
MEMO 2:
