Personnel

CREW



 2nd Lt Ivan W.Champion           P     FEH

 2nd Lt James A.Plough             CP    FEH

 2nd Lt Robert J.Andris           NAV     FEH

     Cpl Herbert A.Krumwiede   ROG     FEH

     Cpl Howard E.Lodl             TTE     FEH 

     Cpl Barent B.Boicourt          TG     FEH

     Cpl George F.Holser            WG    CPT 9/4/45  MUNICH/REIM, AF

     Cpl Francis J.Finn                NG    FEH

     Cpl Ernest R.Spencer        BTG   FEH



350th Sqdn   Crew,as above, Joined 100th Group on 28/10/44, according 

to George F. Holser, 220 Coronado Drive, Aptos, CA 95003 (1983)



George Holser later flew as Navigator on the William J. Wilson, Jr. crew, this data from the personal diary of Robert E. Fitzgerald, the Bombardier on the Wilson crew. Fitzgerald reports that Hoser came overseas to the 100th as a gunner after having washed out of Navigation school.  Apparently the 350th Squadron commander, Arthur "Bucky" Elton, colorful and somewhat of a maverick in his own right, saw fit to right the error the Stateside Training Command had surely made in washing one of his people out of Navigation school. In any case Bucky assigned Holser to the Wilson crew as it;s Navigator.  pw



CREW



2ND LT WILLIAM J. WILSON, JR.             P CPT 17 MAR 45 PLAUEN  TAPS: 1962

F/O GOERGE KOBZAR                           CP CPT 17 MAR 45 PLAUEN 

2ND LT LOUIS C. CHAPPELL                NAV KIA 03 FEB 45 BERLIN  (WITH J.P. ERNST CREW)

F/O ROBERT E. FITZGERALD               BOM CPT 17 MAR 45 PLAUEN 

CPL ALPHONSO J. CEKUTIS                 ROG CPT 17 MAR 45 PLAUEN  TAPS: 27 NOV 1963

CPL ROBERT A. KING                          TTE CPT 17 MAR 45 PLAUEN 

CPL ROBERT N. BECK, JR.                   BTG CPT 17 MAR 45 PLAUEN 

CPL MERLE P. HEMBREE                      WG CPT 17 MAR 45 PLAUEN 

CPL SAMUEL W. ALLEN, JR                  WG CPT 17 MAR 45 PLAUEN 

CPL JOHN R. SAARI                            TG NOC     TAPS: 11 MAY 1986



418TH SQDN... CREW, AS ABOVE, JOINED THE 100TH ON 20 OCT 1944.. After a few days on base, this crew was assigned to the 350th BS.(per Robert King email)

Look in Airman for compete narrative of missions from Lt Robert Fitzgerald.  



After 6 Missions with this crew, Lt Chappell became a Lead Navigator and transferred from Crew.  Lt Robert Fitzgerald flew as Navigator for 5 Missions until the new Navigator Sgt George Holser is assigned.  Sgt Holser was washed out of Navigation school and came overseas to the 100th as a gunner.  His first Mission with the Crew was Frankfurt Dec 12, 1944.

 

Crew flew the following B-17G's: (mpf 2001)

#337517 "Heaven Can Wait"-one time

#46805   "Flamin Mame"-6 times

#338840 "The Little Rebel" 6 times

#337994 "My Blue Heaven" 2 times

#48834  "PooBah" 1 time

#338414 "Heaven Sent" 1 time 



ACCORDING TO R.E. FITZGERALD, WILLIAM WILSON WAS KILLED IN A AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT IN FRANCE  ON 03 JUN 1962..jb



Missions of Lt Robert E. Fitzgerald (mpf 2001)



1.     9/11/44 Saarbrucken

2.   10/11/44 Weisbaden

3.   16/11/44 Aachen/Duren

4.   26/11/44 Hamm

5.   30/11/44 Merseburg

6.     5/12/44 BERLIN

7.   11/12/44 Koblenz-1st Mission as Nav. (Lou Chappell became Lead Nav) until new Navigator is assigned

8.   18/12/44 Mainz

9.   24/12/44 Bilblis

10. 25/12/44 Kaiserslauten

11. 27/12/44 Fulda

12. 29/12/44 Frankfurt-New Navigator is assigned-Sgt George Holser.

13. 30/12/44 Kassel         #337517 "Heaven Can Wait

14.   5/01/45 Frankfurt     #46805   "Flamin Mame"

15.   6/01/45 Annweiler    #46805   "Flamin Mame"

16. 13/01/45 Mainz           #46805   "Flamin Mame"

17. 14/01/45 Derben        #46805   "Flamin Mame"

18. 20/01/45 Heilbron       #46805   "Flamin Mame"

19. 21/01/45 Mannheim    #46805   "Flamin Mame"

20. 28/01/45 Duisburg     #338840 "The Little Rebel"

21.   3/02/45 BERLIN       #338840 "The Little Rebel"

22.   6/02/45 Chemnitz    #338414 "Heaven Sent

23. 14/02/45 Chemnitz

24. 15/02/45 Cottbus      #337994 "My Blue Heaven"

25. 28/02/45 Kassel

26.   3/03/45 Brunswick     #338840 "The Little Rebel"

27.   7/03/45 Siegen

28. 10/03/45 Dortmund    #48834  "PooBah"

29. 11/03/45 Hamburg      #338840 "The Little Rebel"

30. 14/03/45 Hannover

31. 15/03/45 Oranienburg  #338840 "The Little Rebel"

32. 17/03/45 Plauen          #338840 "The Little Rebel"





UNAME = Robert A. King

CONNECTION = I am a 100th veteran

COMMENTS = You have me listed as being in the 418th squadron. I was with them my first two days and then assigned to the 350th with Capt. W.J. Wilson Jr.'s crew. All of missions were flown with the 350th. Please correct your database.Thank You

I’m sad to report the death of my father, George Foster Holser.  He passed away on Feb. 10, 2014.  He went to many of the 100th reunions and really enjoyed them.  



Thank you,

Ginger Holser