Personnel

CREW



2ND LT ROY N. KALLSTRAND       P FEH

2ND LT JOHN H. LEYH               CP FEH

2ND LT WALTER T. FERRY       NAV FEH

F/O JOHN H. CLINTON, JR        BOM FEH   TAPS: SOMETIME IN THE FIFTIES 

CPL JULIUS GOLDEN                ROG FEH

CPL JOHN W. PUCKETT,JR        WG FEH   TAPS 29 SEP 1984

SGT J.P. JUDD                        WG FEH   REPLACED PUCKETT WHEN HE BECAME TOG/NG (from Lt Appleton Crew)

CPL FRANK W. DICKER              TG FEH

CPL JESSIE D. MAGGARD          BTG FEH

CPL JAMES G. XEDES                TTE FEH   TAPS: 13 MAR 1989



418TH SQDN.. CREW, AS ABOVE, JOINED THE 100TH  08 JAN 1945



F/O CLINTON WAS TAKEN OFF CREW FOR PPF AFTER A FEW MISSIONS AND PUCKETT JR. WAS MADE A TOG/NG AND J.P. JUDD (FROM THE LT WILLIAM APPLETON CREW) CAME ON AS WG.



MISSIONS OF LT ROY N. KALLSTRAND:



MISSION & DATE TARGET  A/C



1.  1/29/45  KASSEL  636-LD-W

2.  2/6/45  CHEMNITZ  636

3.  2/9/45  WEIMAR  636

4.  2/14/45  CHEMNITZ  636

5.  2/17/45  FRANKFURT  636

6.  2/22/45  KITSENGEN  636

7.  2/23/45  TREUCHTLINGEN 636

8.  2/24/45  BREMEN  636

9.  2/26/45  BERLIN   841-XR-H

10. 2/28/45  KASSEL  162

11. 3/2/45  RUHLAND  495? NO LISTING FOR THIS A/C

12. 3/3/45  BRUNSWICK  636

13. 3/9/45  FRANKFURT  636

14. 3/11/45  HAMBURG  636

15. 3/12/45  SWEINMUNDE  821

16. 3/14/45  HANOVER  636

17. 3/17/45  PLAUEN  636

18. 3/18/45  BERLIN   636

19. 3/22/45  ALHORN   636

20. 3/23/45  UNNA   636

21. 3/24/45  ZIEGENHAIN  636

22. 3/28/45  HANOVER  636

23. 3/31/45  ZEITZ   636

24. 4/6/45  LEIPZIG  821

25. 4/7/45  BUCHEN  817-LD-S

26. 4/8/45  EGER   945-EP-F DUFFY'S TUFFYS

27. 4/9/45  MUNICH  815-XR-

28. 4/10/45  MAGDEBURG  821



       5/2/45  CHOWHOUND   525-LD-A MISS CON DUCT

      5/3/45  CHOWHOUND  162-LD-U GINGER

      5/7/45  CHOWHOUND  945-EP-F DUFFY'S TUFFYS







Frank W. Dicker, Lt. Col. US ARMY, (ret.) age 82,passed away in peace Sunday, 14 Sept,2003 in Albuquerque,NM.

Mentions his 100th BG service as well as serving two tours in Vietnam. TG on the Roy N. Kallstrand crew,418thBS,arrived at T/A 8 JAN,1945, FEH



DICKER -- Frank W. Dicker, Lt. Col., US Army (ret), age 82, passed away in peace on Sunday, September 14, 2003 in Albuquerque. Frank, a resident of Albuquerque is survived by his wife, Dolores Dicker; sons, Michael Dicker of Albuquerque, Thomas Dicker of Tullahoma, TN, Paul Dicker of San Antonio, TX and Joseph Dicker of Albuquerque. He is also survived by nine grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Frank was a decorated career soldier. As a WWII combat veteran, he served in Europe with the 8th Air Force as a B-17 crewmember in the elite 100th Bomb Group. Frank also served two combat tours in Vietnam. After retiring from the Army, Frank worked with the Navajo Nation. Frank was a loving father and husband, adventurous, bold, and lived life to the fullest. He left a legacy; a model for his children to follow.