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2nd Lt Mark G,Gummersall        P   CPT 12/05/44 BRUX

 2nd Lt Reginald C.Holliday       CP  CPT 13/05/44 OSNABRUCK (as CP with Lt Haralson/Lt Forsythe Crew)

 2nd Lt Frank W.Roberts,Jr.  NAV   CPT 19/03/44 MARQUISE, MIMOYEQUES (NOBALL)

2nd Lt Edward P.Carr          BOM   CPT 13/04/44 AUGSBURG

S/Sgt Henry W.Bieze           ROG   CPT 19/03/44 MARQUISE, MIMOYEQUES (NOBALL)

S/Sgt John R.Gensel            TTE   CPT 19/03/44 MARQUISE, MIMOYEQUES (NOBALL)

Sgt Matthew H.Boguminski   BTG  CPT  23/03/44 BRUNSWICK

Sgt James T.Penny             LWG  CPT  23/03/44 BRUNSWICK 

Sgt James J.Daly                 RWG  CPT 23/03/44 BRUNSWICK 

Sgt Robert L.Braswell             TG  CPT 23/03/44 BRUNSWICK



418th Sqdn. Crew,as above,joined the 100th Group on 28/11/43. Appears on Combat crew roster of 3/3/44 as 

Crew #74. Crew flew A/C 230091 "Blivit" B-17F model and "Miss Chief" B-17G model



Incomplete Missions of Capt. M.G. Gummersall: 



Date          Last Name     Initial Rank Position Aircraft Nbr Target

3/3/1944   GUMMERSALL M.G. LT     P         31895        BERLIN

3/4/1944   GUMMERSALL M.G. LT     P         31895        BERLIN

3/6/1944   GUMMERSALL M.G. LT     P         31895        BERLIN

3/15/1944 GUMMERSALL M.G. LT     P         31404        BRUNSWICK

3/16/1944 GUMMERSALL M.G. LT     P         31404        AUGSBURG

3/17/1944 GUMMERSALL M.G. LT     P         31895        MUNICH

3/18/1944 GUMMERSALL M.G. LT     P         31895        MUNICH

3/19/1944 GUMMERSALL M.G. LT     P         31895        MARQUIS, MIMMOYEQUES

5/11/1944 GUMMERSALL M.G. CAPT COM    32090         LIEGE

5/12/1944 GUMMERSALL M.G. CAPT COM    106986       BRUX, OIL REFINERY



Missions of T/Sgt James J. Daly: SN3 121509037



1. 16/12/43 Bremen

2. 22/12/43 Munster

3. 24/12/43 No Ball

4. 04/01/44 Kiel

5. 05/01/44 Neuss

6. 21/01/44 Cross Bow-No Ball-France

7. 24/01/44 Frankfurt

8. 29/01/44 Frankfurt

9. 30/01/44 Brunswick

10. 03/02/44 Wilhelmshaven

11. 04/02/44 Frankfurt

12. 06/02/44 Evreux

13. 10/02/44 Brunswick

14. 20/02/44 Stettin "Big Week begins"

15. 21/02/44 Alhorn "2nd day  Big Week"

16. 24/02/44 Rostock-5day of Big Week

17. 25/02/44 Regensburg 6 day of Big Week

18. 02/03/44 Chartres'

19. 03/03/44 BERLIN-recall

20. 04/03/44 BERLIN

21. 06/03/44 BERLIN

22. 15/03/44 Brunswick

23. 16/03/44 Augsburg-destroyed ME110

24. 18/03/44 Munich

25. 19/03/44 Pas De Calais (Boulogne)

26. 23/03/44 Brunswick (Herb Alf is Pilot on this mission)

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LT REGINALD COYD HOLLIDAY RECORD AND MISSION LIST



1/43-3/43 - RANKIN AERO ACADEMY, TULARE CA.               PRIMARY PILOT TRAINING

3/43-5/43 - MERCED ARMY FLYING SCHOOL, MERCED CA. BASIC PILOT TRAINING

5/43-7/43 - FT. SUMNER AAF, NEW MEXICO                          ADVANCED PILOT TRAINING

14 AUG. 43 - 5 SEPT. 43 -  EPHRATA AAB, WASH, 398th BOMB GP CO-PILOT

06 SEPT. 43 - 10 OCT 43 -  RAPID CITY AAB, SOUTH DAKOTA, 601st BS, 398th BOMB GP, CO-PILOT

27 NOV. 43 - 17 MAY 44 - 418th BS, 100th BOMB GP, THORPE ABBOTS,  CO-PILOT

16 MAY  44 - 09 JUN 44 -  31st STATION COMP.  SQ, FLYING CONTOL -  385th BOMB GP, GREAT ASHFIELD

10 JUN. 44 - 12 JUN  44 -  HQ, 3RD AIR DIVISION, ELVEDEN HALL

13 JUN  44 -     JULY 44 -  RAF WATCH FIELD TO LEARN FLYING CONTOL

09 AUG. 44 - 31 DEC. 44 - 330th STATION COMP. FLYING CONTROL - 493rd BOMB GP. DEBACH

01 JAN. 44 - 15 APR. 44 -  330th STATION COMP. FLYING CONTROL - 493rd BOMB GP. DEBACH

16 APR 45 -  19 JUN 44  -  HQ & BASE SERVICE SQ; 420th AIR SERVICE GROUP- FLYING CONTOL

07 JUL  45                            RETURN TO USA, 



Mission list for Lt Reginald C. Holliday , CP on Lt Gummersall Crew  SN# O-751964



1.     16/12/1943     BREMEN, GER.

2.     22/12/1943    MUNSTER, GER

3.     24/12/1943    ST.JOSEPH au BOIS (NOBALL), FR

4.     04/01/1944    KIEL, GER

5.     05/01/1944    NUESS, GER

6.     21/01/1944    BOIS D'ESQUERDES (NOBALL) FR

7.     24/01/1944    FRANKFURT, GER (RECALL)

8.     29/01/1944    FRANKFURT, GER

9.     30/01/1944    BRUNSWICK, GER

10.   03/02/1944    WILHELMSHAVEN, GER

11.   04/02/1944    FRANKFURT, GER

12.   06/02/1944    EVREUX, FR  

13.   10/02/1944    BRUNSWICK, GER

14.   20/02/1944    STETTIN, GER

15.   21/02/1944   ALHORN, GER

16.   02/03/1944   CHARTRES, FR

17.   03/03/1944   BERLIN, GER (RECALL)

18.   04/03/1944   BERLIN, GER

19.   06/03/1944   BERLIN, GER

20    15/03/1944   BRUNSWICK, GER

21.   16/03/1944   AUGSBURG, GER

22.   18/03/1944   MUNICH, GER

23     19/03/1944  MARQUISE, MIMOYEQUES (NOBALL), FR

24.    23/03/1944  BRUNSWICK, GER  (Last Mission with Lt Gummersall Crew)

25.    01/05/1944  WIZERNES (NOBALL) FR

26     11/05/1944   LIEGE, BEL

27.    12/05/1944   BRUX, CZECH

28.    13/05/1944   OSNABRUCK, GER  



All missions in May were flown as copilot on  Lt Prescott H. Haralson Crew. He had taken over as first pilot on Lt Forsythe's crew on April 13, 1944. 





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