Personnel

CREW





2nd Lt Michael Mashyna  P  CPT  18/4/45  STRAUBING, MY & TABOR

2nd Lt Norman W.Seegren CP CPT 18/4/45  STRAUBING, MY & TABOR 

2nd Lt James A.Walker   NAV  FEH

2nd Lt Mark J.Jennigs  BOM  FEH

   Cpl Clyde L.Keeler  ROG CPT     18/4/45  STRAUBING, MY & TABOR

   Cpl Charles L.Knowlton            TTE CPT    18/4/45  " " " "

   Cpl Roberly D.Howe              BTG   SWA   19/2/45  MUNSTER

   Cpl Norbert J. Dougherty  BTG CPT     18/4/45  STRAUBING, MY & TABOR

   Cpl Henry A. Sutherland  NG CPT     18/4/45  STRAUBING-Replaced Jennigs when he went to Mickey School

   Cpl Francis H.Rowley              WG  CPT    18/4/45  STRAUBING, MY & TABOR

   Cpl Russell D.Michael,Jr.           TG     CPT    18/4/45  " " " "



418th Sqdn.  Crew joined 100th on 27/12/44 and flew A/C "GINGER" 

TECH/SGT CLYDE KEELER SN#32942072

   

Crew flew first mission 17/1/45 and their 35th mission on 18/4/45 (3 months and 1 day)



See letter of 3/5/87 from Mike Mashyna.  "On our 14th mission,Roberly Howe,our ball turret 

gunner got hit over Brunswick.After leaving the target,I went back into the waist to see 

how he was doing. He had been hit in the thigh and was bleeding all over the radio room but 

that didn't seem to bother him. He was laughing hysterically and yelling 'I'm going home'. 

After a rather long stay in the hospital he did go home with a limp but he did have his 

leg." Mike says that Walker & Jennings did not complete their tours with his crew. Walker 

later flew a few missions with the Mashyna crew.



Jennings flew with the crew for about half a tour and then was went to "Mickey" school.



MEMO

         NORBERT J. DOUGHERTY (LIFE MEMBER OF 100TH BOMB GP ASSOCIATION)



WAS ORGINALLY ON THE PAUL DeWEERDT CREW THAT WAS SHOT DOWN ON THE 18 MAR 45 BERLIN MISSION.  DOUGHERTY WAS THE BTG AND AS DeWEERDT'S CREW WAS LEADING ON THE BERLIN MISSION WAS REPLACED BY THE RADAR NAVIGATOR (MICKEY OPERATOR).  MR DOUGHERTY FLEW IN ANOTHER AIRCRAFT, "GINGER", ON THE 18 MAR 45 BERLIN MISSION AND WITNESSED THE LOSS OF HIS ORGINAL CREW'S SHIP (44-8717) AND WAS ABLE TO COUNT CHUTES.  HE LATER INFORMED LT BILL THOMPSON'S WIFE THAT HE HAD COUNTED THE CHUTES AND BELIEVED HER HUSBAND HAD MADE IT OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS MOST LIKELY A POW.  HE WAS CORRECT.



        MR DOUGHERTY COMPLETED HIS TOUR ON 18 APR 45 WITH THE STRAUBING MISSION. HE FINISHED HIS MISSIONS ON LT MICHAEL P. MASHYNA'S CREW AND NOW (1993) RESIDES IN GREAT FALLS, MONTANA.



Missions Log of T/Sgt Clyde Keeler ROG-Lt Mashyna Crew:



1 17/01/45 HAMBURG

2. 20/01/45 BRESHACH/ HEIBRON

3. 29/01/45 KASSEL

4.   9/02/45 WEIMER

5. 14/02/45 PLAUEN

6. 17/02/45 FRANKFURT

7. 19/02/45 MUNSTER-BTG SWA

8. 20/02/45 NURNBURG

9. 22/02/45 HUEINGEN

10. 23/02/45 TREUCHTLINGEN

11. 24/02/45 BREMEN

12. 26/02/45 BERLIN

13.   2/03/45 DRESDEN

14.   3/03/45 BRUNSWICK

15.   7/03/45 SEIGEN

16.   8/03/45 DORTMUND  (100TH LISTS TARGET AS GIESSEN, SECONDARY TARGET)

17.   9/03/45 FRANKFURT

18. 11/03/45 HAMBURG-T/SGT HARRY SUTHERLAND JOINS CREW AS NG/TOGGOLIER

19. 12/03/45 SWINEMUNDE

20. 17/03/45 PLAUEN

21. 18/03/45 BERLIN-CPL NORBERT DOUGHERTY BECOMES BTG

22. 22/03/45 AHLHORN

23. 23/03/45 UNNA

24. 24/03/45 STEENWIJK

25. 24/03/45 ZIEGENHAIN

   FLAK LEAVE

26.   7/04/45 BUCHEN

27.   8/04/45 EGER

28.   9/04/45 MUNICH

29. 10/04/45 MAGDEBURG

30. 11/04/45 LANDSHUT

31. 14/04/45 ROYAN

32. 15/04/45 ROYAN

33. 16/04/45 ROYAN

34. 17/04/45 AUSSIG

35. 18/04/45 STRAUBING