Personnel

CREW



LT JULIUS GELLER                           P CPT 29 NOV 44 HAMM

LT JAMES P. DOCK                         CP CPT 29 NOV 44 HAMM

LT CHARLES R. HACKER                NAV CPT 29 NOV 44 HAMM sn# O-713174

LT JAMES J. MOLLOY, JR               BOM CPT 29 NOV 44 HAMM

T/SGT CHARLES H. DIXON             ROG CPT 29 NOV 44 HAMM

T/SGT HARCE H. WILSON              TTE CPT 29 NOV 44 HAMM

S/SGT MARVIN R. OLLHOFF              BTG CPT 29 NOV 44 HAMM

S/SGT ERNEST G. BARNES              WG CPT 29 NOV 44 HAMM

S/SGT ROBERT F. "JACK" JACOBSEN  TG CPT 29 NOV 44 HAMM

SGT EDMUND P. MILLER                  WG NOC 



349TH SQDN.. CREW, AS ABOVE, JOINED THE 100TH ON 17 JUL 1944

A/C 43-38313 XR-S "OFF LIMITS"



 Mission List of 1st Lt Charles R. Hacker (mpf 2001)



1. 28/7/44  MERSEBURG  9:15 HRS

2. 29/7/44  MERSEBURG  8:00 HRS

3. 31/7/44  MUNICH  8:3OHRS

4.   2/8/44  LaFere   6:15 HRS

5.   3/8/44  TROYES  8:00 HRS

6.   4/8/44  HAMBURG  7:30 HRS

7.   5/8/44  MAGDEBURG  7:00 HRS

8.   6/8/44  BERLIN   9:00 HRS

9. 11/8/44  VILLACOUBLAY 6:45 HRS

10. 15/8/44  VENLO   5:00 HRS

11. 26/8/44  BREST   7:00 HRS

12. 27/8/44  BERLIN   7:00 HRS

13. 30/8/44  BREMEN  7:15 HRS

14.   3/9/44  CROZON/BREST 7:15 HRS

15.   8/9/44  MAINZ   7:45 HRS

16.   9/9/44  DUSSELDORF  6:10 HRS

17. 10/9/44  NURNBURG  8:00 HRS

18. 12/9/44  MAGDEBURG  7:45 HRS

19. 13/9/44  SINDELFINGEN  7:30 HRS

20. 18/9/44  WARSAW 10:00 HRS

21. 19/9/44  SZOLNOK  7:00 HRS

22 25/9/44  LUDWIGSHAVEN 7:00 HRS

23. 30/9/44  BIELEFELD  6:15 HRS

24. 3/10/44  NURNBURG  8:15 HRS

25. 5/10/44  HANDORF  5:30 HRS

26. 6/10/44  BERLIN   7:30 HRS

27. 9/10/44  MAINZ   5:45 HRS

28.      15/10/44  COLOGNE  6:00 HRS

29.      17/10/44  COLOGNE  6:45 HRS

30.      19/10/44  LUDWIGSHAVEN 6:45 HRS

31.       6/11/44  NEUMUNSTER  7:00 HRS

32.      21/11/44  OSNABRUCK  7:00 HRS

33.      26/11/44  HAMM   6:00 HRS

34.      29/11/44  HAMM   6:15 HRS



Just recently after my grandfather's death I discovered your web site.  What a great job you guys have done!!!  Words cannot be expressed at how blessed we are to find such a treasure trove of information and pictures, many of which we had never seen before.  Grandpa didn't talk much of the war until late in his life, I was afraid he had passed away with us never really knowing even the names of his crew from a crew picture.  We were so blessed to find your web site!  Since then I've learned so much about his missions through the logs and also the Personnel section with pictures.  I felt like I really got to know his crew!  Years after Grandpa got back from the war he had all of the insignia removed from his a-2 bomber jacket.  I guess the guilt of killing innocent people on the ground overshadowed his pride of service.  He even tried to give the jacket away.  In wanting to restore it with a picture of poor quality as a guide, I asked grandpa about a large design on the back of the jacket that couldn't be identified.  With his memory being compromised by illess and age he couldn't remember what the design was.  It wasn't until searching on your web site I found pictures of a donated A-2 jacket from one of his fellow crew members that had the same design!  The pictures on your site were so much cleared than the ones I had!  Looking at the picture on your website I also found that Grandpa's name was on the front of the jacket.  I am so thankful for your web site, it really makes a big difference when these items are shared for public viewing instead in being in someone's closet.  

 

My brother and I have also poured over years of Splasher Six newsletters that he kept.  We have found the accounts found in those so facinating and the stories so real that I can understand why it was so hard for him to talk about the war.  Facinating also in the comments and the notes that grandpa wrote next to stories "I remember that plane," "friend on this crew," or other times "tear jerker."    This from a man who never showed emotion.

 

Even typed journals make a difference!  I found an account of a new crew that was training and having their first missions while grandpa was finished with his last mission.  He account went on to describe the euphoria of Grandpa's Geller crew cleaning out their lockers and getting ready to ship out.  That was so exciting!  Grandpa also kept journals and at some point they will be shared among the family which I know will shed a lot of light on a time grandpa didn't talk about often.  

 

I'm sorry this e-mail has turned out to be so long, it is because of the impact your have made on our family!  It is also to make a request, I would give anything for the opportunity to talk to any surviving members of Grandpa's crew.  I see from TAPS that at least 2 are gone, maybe you could help me find others.  Here is his information:

 

Robert "Bob or Jake" F. Jacobsen 

349th Squadron, flew under Julius Geller-- pilot

Plane name was "Off Limits" 43-38313 XR-S

He flew from 7/28/44-11/29/44

 

Any information would be greatly appreciated, my name is Anna Rogers and my phone number is 573-823-8893.

 

Thank you tremendously,

Anna Rogers

ann_rogers@centurytel.net

gerry_rogers@centurytel.net