Personnel

CREW



LT KENNETH J. DILLE               P CPT 24 JUL 44 ST LO GND SUPPORT

LT JOHN L. PASSERINO           CP CPT 25 JUL 44 ST LO GND SUPPORT

LT JOHN R. COOPER             NAV CPT 28JUL 44 MERSEBURG

LT VINCENT J. PEREZ           BOM CPT 25JUL 44 ST LO GND SUPPORT

S/SGT LEONARD M. KIRBY     ROG CPT 25JUL 44 ST LO GND SUPPORT

S/SGT GEORGE A. BAYTOS    TTE CPT 25 JUL 44 ST LO GND SUPPORT

SGT ALBERT A. ARREOLA       BTG CPT 25 JUL 44 ST LO GND SUPPORT

PVT THOMAS LAMADRID        WG NOC

SGT ANDY STANKOVICH        WG CPT 25 JUL 44 ST LO GND SUPPORT

SGT NELSON O. BERGER         TG CPT 25 JUL 44 ST LO GND SUPPORT  sn#35608074



351ST SQDN.. CREW JOINED THE 100TH ON MARCH 1944

Crew flew  A/C "The Latest Rumor"  SN # 297126



CREW ROSTERS OF 7 MAY 44 AND 11 MAY 44 SHOW S/SGT NICHOLAS PEROVICH (from original Monrad Crew) IN PLACE OF LaMADRID.  S/SGT PEROVICH CPT   04 MAR 45  BRUNSWICK.  Crew Roster of Lt Eichen on April 1, 1944 to Ludwigshaven shows Lt Dille flying as CP. At this point in the War, new pilots were  given combat experience by flying with a seasoned crew as CP before taking their own crew into combat.  This practice was not appreciated by veteran crews who disliked any change in the makeup of the crew, especially by a rookie, in case of trouble during a mission.  Other practices included veteran pilots flying with "green" crews on their first mission.  



Missions: (from log of Nelson O. Berger, 6/2000)



 1.  4-12-44  Recall after being over Belgium

 2.  4-13-44  Augsburg, Germany

 3.  4-20-44  Marquenneville, France

 4.  4-22-44  Hamm, Germany

 5.  4-24-44  Friedrichshafen, Germany

 6.  4-27-44  Flottameville, France

 7.  4-29-44  Berlin

 8.  5-07-44  Berlin

 9.  5-08-44  Berlin

10. 5-09-44  Laon-Couvron, France

11. 5-11-44  Liege, Belgium

12. 5-13-44  Osnabruck, Germany

13. 5-19-44  Berlin

14. 5-24-44  Berlin

15. 5-25-44  Brussels, Belgium

16. 5-30-44  Troyes, France

17. 5-31-44  Osnabruck, Germany

18. 6-02-44  Boulgue, France

19. 6-04-44  Boulgue, France

20. 6-05-44  Boulgue, France

21. 6-06-44  Caen, France-D-DAY

22. 6-07-44  Nantes, France

23. 6-12-44  Dunkirk, France

24. 6-14-44  La coulot,Belgium

25. 6-18-44  Brunsbuttlekogg, Germany

26. 6-20-44  Fallersleben, Germany

27. 6-21-44  Ruhland, Germany-Start of First Russian Shuttle Mission

28. 6-26-44  Drohabycz, Poland

29. 7-03-44  Arod, Rumania

30. 7-05-44  Beziers, France

31. 7-19-44  Schweinfurt, Germany

32. 7-20-44  Mersburg, Germany

33. 7-21-44  Ludwigshaffen, Germany

34. 7-24-44  St Lo, Northern France

35. 7-25-44  St Lo, Battle Lines in France



Reflections from Sgt Nelson Berger (dec 19, 2002)



Thirty five mission in 103 days.  Do not know if that is a record or not but must be close.  Those days included a week of R&R between missions 30-31.  One of the many things I remember about the tour I call coincidence or luck of the draw.  We flew on the first shuttle raid to Russia-Italy-England.  On the flight from russia to Italy the group landed at the wrong base.  While standing around on the flight line waiting for things to get straightened out two G.I.'s rode by on bicycles, George Baytos-TTE-said that one looked like his brother and sure enough it was!  They had not seen each other for nearly two years.  When we landed at the correct base which was only a short distance away George mentioned the event to the commanding officer.  He told George to go to the motor pool and check out a Jeep and go spend time with his brother. With us being in Italy for ten days he did get to visit several times.







---> SUBMITTER INFORMATION

SUBMITTER: Sharon Green (Dille)

EMAIL: gardenangel51@cox.net

PURPOSE: Report a death (TAPS)

INTEREST: I am the veteran's child



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VETERAN: Kenneth J Dille

DATE OF DEATH: 03/04/1985

FAMILY CONTACT: Sharon Green

872 Cooper Circle

Las Vegas, NV 89101-2324



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I have my fathers personal log from the missions. and some other

documentation. I will look through it and sort it out and submit some other

information and a picture at a later date.