Personnel

CREW



2ND LT ROBERT W.WILKES          P CPT 20 APR 45    ORANIENBURG

2ND LT GEORGE W. BAUGHER     CP CPT 20 APR 45    ORANIENBURG

2ND LT JAMES R. RASMUSSEN   NAV CPT 20 APR 45   ORANIENBURG

    CPL RAYMOND HYVONEN     TOG CPT 20 APR 45    ORANIENBURG

    CPL ROY J. DUTHU               ROG CPT 20 APR 45   ORANIENBURG

    CPL ANDREW J. CLINE           TTE CPT 20 APR 45   ORANIENBURG

    CPL JAMES R. CASHEN           BTG CPT 20 APR 45   ORANIENBURG

    CPL BERNARD M. ADAMS         WG CPT 20 APR 45   ORANIENBURG

    CPL PLEASANT H. AULDS         TG CPT 20 APR 45   ORANIENBURG



Crew, as above, joined the 100th on 03 Dec 1944, assigned to the 349th Squadron and finished 20 Apr 1945.   On their first mission (05 Jan 1945) to Frankfurt, they ran out of gas and landed at a fighter base at Etain, where they spent six days.  Finished with 33 misisons.



XR-R  "44-8514" LASSIE COME HOME"



list of missions provided by Jim Cashen:



1. 05/01/45 Frankfurt

2. 13/01/45 Mainz

3. 14/01/45 Derben

4. 17/01/45 Hamburg

5. 28/01/45 Duisburg

6. 03/02/45 BERLIN

7. 09/02/45 Bohlen

8. 14/02/45 Chemnitz

9. 19/02/45 Osnabruck

10. 20/02/45 Nurnburg

11. 21/02/45 Nurnburg

12. 23/02/45 Treuchtlingen

13. 24/02/45 Bremen

14. 25/02/45 Munich

15. 04/03/45 Baumanheim

16. 18/03/45 Berlin

17. 19/03/45 Lutzkendorf

18. 21/03/45 Ruhland

19. 23/03/45 Unna

20. 24/03/45 Ziegenhain

21. 31/03/45 Zeita

22. 03/04/45 Kiel

23. 04/04/45 Kiel

24. 05/04/45 Nurnburg

25. 06/04/45 Leipzig

26. 07/04/45 Buchen

27. 08/04/45 Eger

28. 10/04/45 Burg-bei

29. 15/04/45 Royan

30. 16/04/45 Royan

31. 17/04/45 Aussig

32. 18/04/45 Tabor

33. 20/04/45 Oranienburg



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James R. Cashen 

James R. Cashen, 87, of Xenia, passed away Wednesday evening, December 31, 2008, at Atrium Medical Center, Franklin. He was born April 2, 1921, in Haskins, Ohio, the son of Robert and Orpha Alger Cashen. 



He was a veteran of the US Air Force, serving in World War II, and was retired as a manager of Huber Management in Kettering. 



He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Mary Frances (Hyde) Cashen, on February 14, 1992, and by a daughter, Jill Cashen. He is survived by a two daughters and sons-in-law, Robin (Dennis) Pugh, Columbus, and Lisa (Gary) Cobb, Middletown, seven grandchildren, Bailey Pugh, Alison Pugh, Donovan Pugh, Grady Cobb, Ginny Cobb, Gayle Cobb, and Garrett Cobb, and a brother, Jerry Cashen, of Toledo. 



Services will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, January 8, 2009, at Neeld Funeral Home, 1276 N. Detroit St., Xenia. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. Thursday until service time. Burial will be in Valley View Memorial Gardens