Personnel

CREW



2nd Lt Milton Alvo                     P      FEH

2nd Lt David C.Tallichet Jr         CP      FEH

2nd Lt Donald E.Israel              NAV    FEH

1st Lt Walter M.Gibson,Jr         BOM    FEH

Cpl Boleslaw V.Bitel                  WG    FEH

Cpl George I.Murray                TTE     FEH

Cpl Farrell J.Davls                     ROG    FEH

Cpl Woodrow W.Wilson           BTG     FEH

Cpl Leonard G.Woodruff            TG     FEH



350th Sqdn.  Joined 100th Group on 15/2/45.



Crew flew 20 missions and Lt Tallichet flew 22 missions



 LT ALVO INCOMPLETE LIST OF  MISSIONS (from Jack O'Leary)



DATE                  TARGET         A/C #   A/C ID    A/C NAME                     POSITION IN FORMATION

 

9 MARCH,1945     FRANKFURT 42-31708    EP-R  "SKIPPER  II"                     B-SQDN,LOW FLGT

10 MARCH,1945    DORTMUND  44-8503    LN-A  "BABY BUNTY"                 A-SQDN, LEAD FLGT

14 MARCH,1945    HANOVER     44-6297    LN-X  "SPIRIT OF PITTWOOD"    B-SQDN, HIGH FLGT, SHIP # 2

23 MARCH,1945    UNNA           44-6297    LN-X  "SPIRIT OF PITTWOOD"    B-SQDN    (TEC)  tail end charlie

24  MARCH,1945   STEENWIJK   44-6297    LN-X "SPIRIT OF PITTWOOD"     A-SQDN, ELEMENT 3, SHIP # 3

28 MARCH,1945    HANOVER     44-6297    LN-X  "SPIRIT OF PITTWOOD"     D-SQDN, ELEMENT 2, SHIP # 2

3 APRIL,1945       KIEL              44-6297   LN-X  "SPIRIT OF PITTWOOD"     C-SQDN, ELEMENT 3, SHIP # 2

4 APRIL,1945       KIEL,           43-38383    LN-F                                         D-SQDN

8 APRIL,1945       EGER            44-6297    LN-X  "SPIRIT OF PITTWOOD"     D-SQDN,ELEMENT 1, SHIP # 3

9 APRIL, 1945      MUNICH, AF   44-6297    LN-X  "SPIRIT OF PITTWOOD"     B SQDN.ELEMENT 3, SHIP #3   Radio- B channel Poobah. 

10 APRIL,1945     BURG-bei-      44-6297    LN-X  "SPIRIT OF PITTWOOD"     A-SQDN,ELEMENT 2, SHIP # 2

                          MAGDEBURG        

11 APRIL,1945     LANDSHUT    44-6297    LN-X   "SPIRIT OF PITTWOOD"    C-SQDN,ELEMENT 1, SHIP # 2

14 APRIL,1945    ROYAN          44-6297    LN-X   "SPIRIT OF PITTWOOD"    D-SQDN, ELEMENT 3, SHIP # 3

18  APRIL, 1945  STRAUBING    44-6297    LN-X   "SPIRIT OF  PITTWOOD"  B-SQDN, ELEMENT  3 LEAD



25  APRIL,1945   CHOWHOUND 44-6297    LN-X " SPIRIT OF PITTWOOD"     CAMERA SHIP  FILMING  PRACTICE MISSION

                      PRACTICE MISSION      

 

4 JUNE,1945      GREEN SUPPORT   MISSION   (FERRY GI'S TO CASABLANCA)     42-97765   PFF  LN-S







Mike,

FYI

In case he doesn't have it here is the formation sheet from that mission9 April,1945 Munich a/f 

 

ALVO-B-SQDN

They were in Element 3, ship #3 on the Left Wing 



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From: timberlinedavis@gmail.com

To: mpfaley@aol.com, jan.riddling@gmail.com

Sent: 2/15/2011 9:43:15 A.M. Pacific Standard Time

Subj: Timberline Davis' new book... ~13~



 

     Hello Michael, 

                  The story part of my book ~13~ is complete. Now I am getting all the pictures 

                  together for the pages. Carol Tallichet is sending me some pictures from Calif. 

                  The pictures you sent were great. Thank you. I need a picture of a Nissen hut, 

                   (or Quonset) and a picture of a 100 BG sign. Here is another mission we flew...

                   Not on the list you sent me. 

                   9 Apr 45 Munich Airfield. Aircraft, 297 X 28. B SQDN. Radio- B channel Poobah. 

                   I don't know what our first missions were. 

                   Thanks again for all your help. 

                                                              Sincerely, 

                                                                            Farrell "Timberline" Davis



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David Tallichet Jr., noted WWII aircraft collector

Buffalo Evening News

Dec. 20, 1922 — Oct. 31, 2007 



David Tallichet Jr., founder of the Anaheim, Calif., company Specialty Restaurants Corp., which owns Shanghai Red’s, and once the foremost collector of flying World War II aircraft, died Wednesday. He was 84. 



Mr. Tallichet was born in Dallas and joined the Army Air Forces during World War II, serving in the 350th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bomb Group, in Britain. He and his crew flew 23 combat missions in B-17 bombers. Later, he flew transport aircraft during the initial stages of the rebuilding of war-torn Europe. 



He began working for Hilton Hotels Corp. after the war in a variety of staff positions while serving in the New Mexico Air National Guard so he could fly P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft. 



After serving as general manager of the Lafayette Hotel in Long Beach, Calif., Mr. Tallichet and two partners opened the Reef Restaurant in 1958, launching Specialty Restaurants, which would encompass more than 100 restaurants across the country. 



Shanghai Red’s, which was built on the site of the former Crawdaddy’s, also run by Specialty Restaurants, opened in October 2004 overlooking Erie Basin Marina. 



Mr. Tallichet’s main interest was collecting and restoring World War II aircraft to flying condition. That sometimes took him to remote areas of the globe to recover them, including overgrown jungle battlefields. 



Mr. Tallichet at one time held the largest collection of privately owned flying World War II aircraft, which were sometimes used in Hollywood productions. He flew a B-17 Flying Fortress across the Atlantic to Britain to take part in 1990’s “Memphis Belle” and participated in other films. 



In July 2007, Mr. Tallichet, a resident of Orange, Calif., took one of his B-17s to an air show in Michigan, where he was honored as the last World War II combat pilot still flying one of those rare aircraft. 



Survivors include his wife, the former Carol Margaret Schmidt, an Eden native; a daughter, Catherine Ann; and three sons, William Robert, John David and James Lee. 

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Published by Almon Funeral Home on Mar. 30, 2023.

Farrell Jack "Timberline" Davis

Farrell passed peacefully in his sleep on March 30, 2023. He was 98 years old.

Farrell was born November 19, 1924 in Holly Springs, Ga to Andrew Jackson Davis and Azzie Ann Roe Davis. Farrell's grandparents were Joe Davis and Mary Long and Ancil Roe and Eveline Cantrell. He lived with several relatives and friends until high school where he attended and graduated from the Martha Berry School for Boys in Rome, Ga.

Farrell enlisted in the Army Air Corp at age 16 and enrolled in flight training. However, his real interest was radios and electronics, and he was able to change his MOS and attend the Army Radio School at Camp Crowder, Missouri. After training, he was assigned to a B-17 Bomber crew as a radio operator and was stationed at Thorpe Abbots, England. He spent the remainder of his enlistment flying with the 8th Air Force, 100th Bomb Group (the Bloody Hundredth), 350 Squadron. His aircraft was "The Spirit Of Pittwood", a Boeing B-17. On his 13th mission, the "Spirit of Pittwood" was so battle damaged that it could not release its bomb load, and it returned to base. Because that mission did not count toward their mission total, the crew flew the 13th mission again a few days later. Not counting the aborted 13th mission, Farrell and the crew of "The Spirit of Pittwood" flew a total of 23 missions over Europe and Axis Countries by the time the war ended.

After VE Day, Farrell spent the next six months picking up prisoners of war from all over Europe and returning them for transfer back to the US. He once flew to North Africa with a cargo of footlockers filled with cash to pay troops including Gen. Patton's group, stationed there. Heading back to the US, his plane flew around Africa and crossed the Atlantic from Casablanca to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Farrell was discharged as a Lieutenant upon returning to his post in the US. He was awarded the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters.

Attending classes at the University of Missouri, he met and later married Juanita P. Elliott on March 2, 1944. After 68 years of marriage, Juanita preceded Farrell in death on August 1st, 2012.

Farrell graduated from Radio, TV and Radar Tech schools and held 1st Class broadcast station licenses. He also was a licensed Ham Radio operator for over 53 years.

Living in St. Louis, Atlanta and Carrollton, Farrell worked for TWA, Eastern and retired from Delta Air Lines after 20 years of service in 1979.

At age 82, Farrell developed a severe case of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. He promised his family that if he survived, he would write a book of his experiences. Writing under the pen name of "Timberline" Davis, he published 12 books. Farrell's writing ceased at age 96 because of his failing eyesight.