Personnel

CREW



2ND LT WILLIAM A. RYAN, JR.        P CPT 3 SEP 44 BREST

2ND LT ROBERT W. MAU             CP NOC

2ND LT MICHAEL G. KOBASKY    NAV CPT  3 SEP 44 BREST

2ND LT ROBERT E. NIETZ         BOM CPT 3 SEP 44 BREST TAPS: 29 MAY 1976

S/SGT ALBERT G. HEALY           ROG CPT 3 SEP 44 BREST

S/SGT KENNETH E. FOSTER      TTE CPT 3 SEP 44 BREST

SGT JOSEPH F. KEENAN           BTG CPT 3 SEP 44 BREST

SGT OSCAR A. RILEY, JR.          WG CPT 3 SEP 44 BREST TAPS: 25 NOV 1967

SGT JOHN A. BELL                    WG NOC    TAPS: 10 SEP 1976

SGT JOSEPH W. ROBSTOCK        TG CPT 3 SEP 44 BREST TAPS: 10 FEB 1981



418TH SQDN.. CREW, AS ABOVE, JOINED THE 100TH ON 12 APR 1944

CREW FLEW IN 42-97071 ANDY'S DANDY'S



Mission Log of William A. Ryan Crew (Courtesy of Joseph F. Keenan)



 Date  Target     Aircraft #

 4/26/44 Brunswick    97071

 4/27/44 Flottemanville    97071

 4/28/44 Sottevast    97071

 4/29/44 Berlin     97071

 5/1/44  Wizernes    97071

 5/7/44  Berlin     97071

 5/8/44  Berlin     97071

 5/9/44  Laon     97071

 5/19/44 Berlin     97071

 5/24/44 Berlin     97071

 5/25/44 Brussels    97071

 5/27/44 Stasbourg    97071

 5/31/44 Osnabruck    97071

 6/2/44  Archeres    97071

 6/4/44  Boulogne    97071

 6/5/44  Boulogne    97071

 6/6/44  D-Day     97071

 6/7/44  Nantes     97071

 6/11/44 Brecke-Sur-Mer   97071

 6/18/44 Brunsbuttkoog    97071

 6/20/44 Fallersleben    97071

 6/29/44 Bohlen     97071

 7/6/44  Fleury     97071

 7/7/44  Mersburg    97071

 7/8/44  Le Lente    97071

 7/11/44 Munich     97071

 7/12/44 Munich     97071

 7/14/44 Haute-Savoie Maquis   97071

 7/17/44 Montgourney    97071

 8/2/44  Beautor    97071

 8/3/44  Troyes     97071

 8/4/44  Hamburg    97071

 8/8/44  St. Sylvain    97071

 8/14/44 Ludwigshafen    97071

 9/3/44  Brest     97071





Here are the details of my father's missions (Lt William Ryan) which he wrote into a smallnotebookthat I presume he carried with him. I have transcribed it just as he wroteit, inform, punctuation and capitalization ( Robert P. Ryan [mailto:rryan@guamcell.net] mpf 2001



#1 April 25, 1944

Dijon, France

Airfield

10-500 pound G.P. Bombs

Flack over Paris and coast on return



#2 Wed, April 26, 1944

Brunswick, Germany

42-100 lb Inc.Heavy flack 

two holes in ship

Alt 19000 ft 

P.F.F.



#3 Thurs, April 27, 1944

Rocket Installation at Cherbourg, France

Heavy flack

Bomb load 16-500 lb G.P. Armor Piercing

Alt 20,000



#4 Friday, April 28, 1944

Heavy weapon installation at Cherbourg, France

Very Heavy Flack

Lost Colonel Kelley

Bomb load 6-1000 lb G.P.

Altitude 21,000



#5 Saturday, April 29, 1944

Berlin, Germany

Heavy Flack

Bomb Load 3-1000 lb G.P., 5-500 lb Inc. Clus.

Ran low on oxygen and gas

Bomb racks malfunction

Altitude 27,000 ft



#6 Monday, May 1, 1944

St. Omer, France

Very little flack

Bomb load 6-1000 lb G.P.

Altitude 25,000 ft.



#7 Sun, May 7, 1944

Berlin, Germany

Heavy Flack

Bomb Load 10-500 lb G.P.

Altitude 25,000 ft.



#8 Mon, May 8, 1944

Berlin, Germany

Super Heavy Flack

Bomb Load 10-500 lb Inc. Cluster

Altitude 27,500 ft.



#9 Friday, May 19, 1944

Berlin, Germany

Heavy & Accurate Flack

Bomb Load 5-1000 lb G.P.

Altitude 24,000

Attacked by 12 FW 190

Bombadier got one on head on attack



#10 Saturday, May 20, 1944

Brussels, Belgium

Bomb Load 12-500 lb G.P.

Altitude 20,000

Flack Inaccurate



#11 Wed, May 24, 1944

Berlin, Germany

Heavy Flack

30 FW 190 attack, Lost 9 aircraft

Bomb Load 10-500 lb G.P.

Altitude 26,000 ft



#12 Saturday, May 27, 1944

Strasbourg, France

Engine Factory - Smeared It

Med. Flack

Bomb Load 10-500 lb G.P.

Altitude 24,000 ft



#12B Wednesday, May 31, 1944

Osnabruck, Germany

Marshalling yard

Heavy Flack

Bomb load 6-1000 lb G.P.

Altitude 24,000 ft



#14 Friday, June 2, 1944

Paris, France

Railroad Yards

Heavy Flack over target & Seine River on route out

Bomb load 12-500 lb G.P.

Altitude 21,000 ft.



#15 Sunday, June 4, 1944

Boulogne, France

A.A. Installation

Bomb load 12-500 lb G.P.

Altitude 24,000 ft.

No Flak



#16 Mon, June 5, 1944

Invasion Coast five miles South of Boulogne, France

Bomb load 12-500 lb G.P.

Altitude 25,000 ft.

Light Flak



#17 Tues, June 6, 1944

Invasion Coast at Caen, France

Bombs away at 0719

Bomb load 12-500 lb G.P. 2-1000 lb G.P. 

Ext.Altitude 14,000 ft.



#18 Wed, June 7, 1944

Nantes, France

R.R. Bridge

Bomb load 2-2000 lb G.P.

Altitude 21,000

Med Flak



#19 Sunday, June11, 1944

Gun Emplacement on Coast 20 miles N.W. of Abbyville

Bomb load 22-250 lb G.P.

Altitude 21,000



#20 Wed, June 14, 1944

Airfield 20 mi. S.E. of Brussels, France (Did he mean Belgiumhere?)

Bomb load 38-100 lb G.B.

Altitude 23,000



#21 Fri, June 16, 1944

Oil Refinery at Bruxbuttlehaven, Germany

Accurate & Heavy Flak

Bomb load 12-500 lb G.P.



#22 Thursday, June 29, 1944

Oil Refinery - Leipzig, Germany

Med. Flak - Very Accurate

Bomb load 20-250 lb G.P.

Altitude 23,500

Crew knocked down three M.E. 109's



#23 Thursday July 6, 1944

Critieyl France,Rocket Bomb Ins.

Bomb Load 20-250 lb G.P.

No Flak

Altitude 24,000



#24 Friday July 7, 1944

Oil RefineryLeipzig Germany

Heavy Flak

Bomb load 10-500 lb G.P.

Altitude 27,000 ft.



#25 Saturday July 8, 1944

R.R. BridgeNo Flak

Bomb load 2-2000 lb G.P.

Altitude 18,500 ft



#26 Tuesday July 11, 1944

Munich Germany

Heavy Flak

Bomb load 5-1000 lb G.P.

Altitude 25,000 ft.

Lead low sqdn.



#27 Wed. July 12, 1944

Munich Germany

Heavy Flak

Bomb load 4-500 lb G.P. 6-500 lb Inc. Clus.

Altitude 26,000 ft



.#28 Friday July 14, 1944

Secret Mission, Maquis Supply Drop, France

Bomb load 12-250 lb Containers

No FlakAltitude 

75 ft. above ground



#29 Mon July 17, 1944

Rocket Inst. in France

Bomb load 2-2000 lb G.P.

Heavy accurate flak

Damaged wing and engine

Altitude 23,000 ft.



#30 Wed. Aug 2, 1944

R.R. BridgeLa Fere France

Light Flak

Bomb load 6-1000 lb G.P.

Altitude 19,000 ft.



#31 Thursday Aug 3, 1944

R.R. Junction & Bridge Troyes, France

Light Flak

Bomb load 20-250 lb G.P.

Altitude 15,000



#32 Friday Aug 4, 1944

Oil Refinery, Hamburg Germany

Heavy Flak

Bomb load 20-250 lb G.P.

Altitude 24,000 ft.



#33 Aug 8, 1944 

St. Sylvain France

Enemy Lines

Very Heavy Accurate Flak

Bomb load 12-500 lb G.P. 2-1000 lb G.P.External racks

Altitude 12,000 ft.



#34 Mon. Aug 14, 1944

Ludwigshaven Germany

Oil Refinery

Heavy Flack

Bomb Load 6-1000 lb G.P.

Altitude 25,000 ft.



#35 Brest FranceSept. 3, 1944

No Flak

Bomb load 12-500 pound S.A.P.

Altitude 7,500 feet