Personnel

CREW



Capt. John Love                       P   CPT 3 MAR 44 BERLIN           AWARDED DFC (finished with Crew listed below)

2nd Lt Jonah Goodbread         CP  CPT 23 MAR 44 BRUNSWICK   AWARDED DFC (flew as Pilot checking out Lt W.L Grenier Crew)

2nd Lt James E.Joyner          NAV   CPT UKN

2nd Lt Charles R.Wayman       BOM   CPT 29 FEB 44 BRUNSWICK     AWARDED DFC

 S/Sgt Callen F.MacKenzie       ROG   CPT   3 MAR 44 BERLIN           AWARDED DFC

 S/Sgt Curtis 'W. Rockhill        TTE    CPT  3 MAR 44 BERLIN           AWARDED DFC

   Sgt Seth L.Burklund         RWG   CPT  3 MAR 44 BERLIN           AWARDED DFC

   Sgt George M.Conrad         LWG   CPT  3 MAR 44 BERLIN           AWARDED DFC 

   Sgt Arthur H.Smith           BTG   CPT UKN

   Sgt Roger H.Kirkpatrick       TG   CPT 15 MAR 44 BRUNSWICK    AWARDED DFC  (finished with Lt Monrad Crew)



351st Sqdn.  Crew,as above joined 100th Group on 14/10/43. 

Appears on Crew Roster of 3/3/44 as Crew #19 with three personnel changes: Lt Thomas R.Kizak replaces Joyner, Lt Frank C. Gregory replaces Wayman and S/Sgt Louis Black,Jr. (From crew of Big Frank Valesh) replaces Art Smith. See PHOTO on p.213 of "CONTRAILS"  This Crew flew many raids in "Fools Rush In"  This was the first Crew to fly this aircraft.  



Date       Last Name        Initial Rank            Target

3/3/1944 BLACK             L      S/SGT BTG BERLIN

3/3/1944 LOVE              J      LT       P     BERLIN

3/3/1944 GOODBREAD    J      LT      CP    BERLIN

3/3/1944 KIZAK             T R   LT      NAV BERLIN

3/3/1944 GREGORY        F C   LT       BOM BERLIN

3/3/1944 ROCKHILL       C.W. T/SGT  TTE BERLIN

3/3/1944 BURKLAND      S L   S/SGT  RWG BERLIN

3/3/1944 CONRAD         G M  S/SGT  LWG BERLIN

3/3/1944 KIRKPATRICK  R H   S/SGT  TG   BERLIN

3/3/1944 MACKENZIE    C F    T/SGT ROG  BERLIN





MISSIONS OF CAPT. JOHN LOVE (provided by Lt Jonah Goodbread 1/17/02)



 DATE  MISSION  TARGET



1. 03/11/43 Wilhelmshaven  Sub Pens

2. 07/11/43 Duren   Factories

3. 13/11/43 Bremen   Marshalling Yards

4. 19/11/43 Zutphen   Factories

5. 26/11/43 Bremen   Sub Pens

6. 29/11/43 Bremen   Industrial Area

7. 11/12/43 Emden   Sub Pens

8. 13/12/43 Kiel   Sub Pens

9. 20/12/43 Bremen   Industrial 

10. 22/12/43 Munster   Industrial

11. 24/12/43 St Joseph au Bois NO BALL

12. 30/12/43 Ludwigshaven  Chemical Factory

13. 14/01/44 Foret D' Hesdin  NO BALL

14. 21/01/44 Bois D' Esquerdes NO BALL

15. 24/01/44 Frankfurt  Industrial

16. 10/02/44 Brunswick  Industrial

17. 20/02/44 Stettin   Industrial

18. 21/02/44 Alhorn & Vorden  Airfield

19. 24/02/44 Posen   Industry

20. 25/02/44 Regensburg  Industry

21. 29/02/44 Brunswick  Aero Engines

22. 03/03/44 BERLIN   RECALL

23. 08/03/44 BERLIN   Ball Bearings (Lt Goodbread flew as CP on Lt Monrad Crew)

24. 15/03/44` Brunswick  Industrial   (Lt Goodbread flew as CP on Lt Monrad Crew)

25. 23/03/44 Brunswick  Industrial     (Lt Goodbread flew as P checking out Lt W.L Grenier Crew)





Subj: John Love Crew Info  

Date: 5/24/2004 12:52:14 PM Pacific Daylight Time 

From: wagirl750@yahoo.com 

To: mpfaley@aol.com 

Sent from the Internet (Details) 

 

Hello, I am the daughter of 1st. Lt. Charles R. Wayman, bombardier of "Fools Rush In" with the John Love crew.  You had answered my uncle, Keith Wayman's, email regarding my father's awarding of the DFC and also had requested information regarding his 25 missions.  Your email was forwarded to me and I am happy to provide the information you seek.  Due to some recent moves and life occurences, I have not been as quick to respond to the excellent 100th bomb group website as I should have done.  Now I hope to rectify that.  I have in my possession my father's diary of his war-time experiences, as well as his log of the 25 missions he flew.  Below is the list of his missions, per his log.

 

1st:  03/11/43  Wilhelmshaven

2nd:  07/11/43  Duren

3rd:  13/11/43  Bremen

4th:  19/11/43  (he did not identify a town, just wrote "Eastern border of Holland."  assume Zutphen?

5th:  26/11/43  Bremen

6th:  29/11/43  near Bremen

7th:  30/11/43  Soligen

8th:  11/12/43  Emden

9th:  13/12/43  Kiel

10th:  20/12/43  Bremen

11th:  22/12/43  Munster

12th:  24/12/43  only wrote "secret installation 20 miles into France."  assume St. Joseph au Bois?

13th:  30/12/43  Ludwigshaven

14th:  14/01/44  just wrote "target in Northern France."  assume Foret D' Hesdin?

15th:  21/01/44  wrote "across channel into France."  assume Bois D' Esquerdes?

16th:  24/01/44  "25 minutes from Frankfurt...dropped our bombs in channel."

17th:  03/02/44  Wilhelmshaven

18th:  04/02/44  Frankfurt

19th:  10/02/44  Brunswick

20th:  13/02/44  Pas de Calais

21st:  20/02/44  Stettin

22nd:  21/02/44:  wrote "airfields 40 mi Southeast of Bremen."  assume Alhorn & Vorden?

23rd:  24/02/44  wrote "flew practically within 40 miles of the target only to find it overcast.  So we bombed on PFF supposedly Rostack."(sp? difficulty reading writing, may be Rostock.)

24th:  25/02/44  wrote "We started out for Regensburg but got 155 miles inside enemy coast and lost #4 engine and had to abort."

25th:  29/02/44  Brunswick

 

Hope this proves helpful.  Keep up the good work.

 

Sincerely,

Candace Wayman Olson