Personnel

CREW

2nd Lt Harold B.Bayley            P    FEH sn# O-777087

F/0 Thomas C.Beisser             CP   FEH sn# T-64097

2nd Lt Shirley M.Weeks       BOM   FEH sn# O-2070327

2nd Lt William E.Harlan        NAV   FEH sn# O-2070025

   Cpl William L.Donlea         TTE    FEH sn# 16037332

   Cpl Victor F.Schweer         TG   FEH sn# 37678790

   Cpl Helmer A.Sundblad    BTG   FEH sn# 39709448

   Cpl James A.Janousok      WG  FEH sn# 36757117

   Cpl William Slonimsky       ROG FEH sn# 32975620 (changed last name to Sloan)

                                    

418th Sqdn.  Joined 100th Bomb  Group on 30/12/44. Crew 254

2nd Lt Harlan retired from the USAF a Lt Col. sn#35478A



  Missions of 2nd Lt William E. Harlan...mpf



1. 20/1/45  HEILBRON

2. 21/1/45  MANNHEIM

3. 28/1/45  DUISBURG

4. 29/1/45  KASSEL

5.   9/2/45  WEIMAR

6. 14.2.45  CHEMNITZ

7. 17/2/45  FRANKFURT

8. 20/2/45  NURNBURG

9. 22/2/45  DONAUESCHINGEN

10. 23/2/45  TREUCHTLINGEN

11. 28/2/45  KASSEL

12.   2/3/45  RUHLAND

13.   3/3/45  BRUNSWICK

14.   7/3/45  SIEGEN

15.   9/3/45  FRANKFURT

16. 14/3/45  HANOVER

17. 17/3/45  PLAUEN

18. 18/3/45  BERLIN

19. 19/3/45  JENA

20. 23/3/45  ALHORN

21. 28/3/45  HANOVER

22. 30/3/45  HAMBURG

23. 31/3/45  ZEITZ

24.   3/4/45  KIEL

25.   4/4/45  KEIL

26. 16/4/45  POINT DeGRAVE, FRANCE/ROYAN

27. 17/4/45  AUSSIG, CZ

28. 18/4/45  STRAUBING

William E. Harlan   

418th Squadron   

Died: June 6, 2016

William was the Navigator  on the Harold

 Bayley crew, arriving at the 100th

 BG on Dec 30, 1944.  The crew went on to fly

 28 combat missions, and was still flying at end of

 hostilities.  William remained in the service until 1966,

 retiring at the rank of Lt Colonel