Personnel

CREW



2nd Lt William F.Frazier                  P  CPT 25/12/44    Kaiserlauntern

2nd Lt Andrew J.Stephens,Jr.        CP  CPT 25/12/44  Kaiserlauntern

2nd Lt Walter P.Kliniksowski         NAV  CPT 09/04/45       Munich          Became a Lead Navigator

2nd Lt Owen E.J. Larson      BOM/NAV  CPT 25/12/44  Kaiserlauntern          sn#0-768817

 S/Sgt Joe W.Clark                   TTE   CPT 25/12/44  Kaiserlauntern

   Sgt Thomas P.Smith              ROG  CPT 24/12/44  Kaiserlauntern

   Sgt Nick A.DeLuca                 BTG  CPT 24/12/44  Kaiserlauntern

   Sgt Francis F.Healy                   WG  CPT 25/12/44  Kaiserlauntern

   Sgt Seymour Myers                 WG  Removed from crew to reduce to 9 men and given Ground job.

   Sgt Harold E.Heid                     TG  "AS result of an accident", Heid was sent home towards the end of his tour.



349th Sqdn.  Crew,as above,joined the 100th Group about the last week of July 1944. 

Crew flew at least 8 missions in "Once In' A While"



A letter from A.J.Stephens (April 1984) says that  Klinikowski,after about ten missions,was made a lead 

navigator and Lt.Larson became the crew navigator. At that time,S/Sgt George H. Dudley became 

the crew togglier. He was from the crew of T.H.Kemp.



Of Heid's replacement on the crew, Stephens has this to say;  . . ."The only thing I can remember 

about the man (don't even recall his name) is that he flew his very first mission as our tail

gunner. That happened to be the day we had a malfunction in the oleo strut in our right gear on 

take off. We left the runway and went barrelling out across the field through the mud and the 

crud with 2780 gallons (topped off) and eight 1000 pound GPs. He got so excited he bailed out in 

the mud while we were still slipping and sliding and cutting all kind of fancy didos. We never 

would have found him if someone hadn't seen the mud wiggling. Then he was unzipped,the mud shot 

out like his clothes had been filled with a grease gun."





Missions of 1st Lt Owen E.J. Larson (mpf 2001)



1. 11/08/44 Villacoublay     A/C "Once In A While"

2. 13/08/44 Nantes

3. 14/08/44 Ludwigshaven

4. 24/08/44 Ruhland

5. 25/08/44 Politz

6. 26/08/44 Brest

7. 27/08/44 BERLIN

8.  1/09/44  Mainz

9.  3/09/44  Brest

10.  5/09/44  Stuttgart

11. 13/09/44 Sindelfinger

12. 18/09/44 Warsaw (Second Russian Shuttle)

13. 19/09/44 Szolnok

14. 25/09/44 Ludwigshaven

15. 27/09/44 Mainz

16.  2/10/44  Kassel

17.  3/10/44  Nurnburg

18.  5/10/44  Handorf

19.  6/10/44  BERLIN

20.  7/10/44  Bohlen

21. 12/10/44 Bremen

22. 17/10/44 Cologne

23. 22/10/44 Munster

24.  5/11/44  Ludwigshaven

25.  9/11/44  Saarbrucken

26. 10/11/44 Mainz

27. 21/11/44 Osnabruck

28. 26/11/44 Hamm

29. 29/11/44 Hamm

30. 30/11/44 Merseburg

31.   2/12/44 Coblenz

32. 12/12/44 Coblenz

33. 18/12/44 Mainz

34. 24/12/44 Biblis

35. 25/12/44 Kaiserlautern

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Missions of  2nd Lt Walter P.Kliniksowski with Lt Larson Crew  (mpf 2001)



1. 11/08/44 Villacoublay  a/c "Once In'A While"

2. 13/08/44 Nantes

3. 14/08/44 Ludwigshaven

4. 24/08/44 Ruhland

5. 25/08/44 Politz

6. 26/08/44 Brest

7. 27/08/44 BERLIN

8.  1/09/44  Mainz

9.  3/09/44  Brest

10.  5/09/44  Stuttgart

Left Crew to become a Lead Navigator.  Flew some missions on Lt Murray Lead Crew



CREW (see graphic)



2ND LT WILFORD B. MURRAY         P FEH TAPS: 12 APR 1988

2ND LT GEORGE D. TIMMS           CP FEH

F/O HIRAM J. JOHNSON             NAV FEH

2ND LT RALPH M. SMITH           BOM FEH

CPL FRANCIS L. LEANY              ROG FEH

CPL JOHN J. SIMPSON                TTE FEH

CPL RODERICK E. SMITH, JR          BTG FEH

CPL PAUL M. NEFF                    WG FEH

CPL JOSEPH E. OWEN                  TG FEH



349TH SQDN,, CREW, AS ABOVE, JOINED THE 100TH ON 20 OCT 1944



Lt Wilford B. Murray Crew Mission Log

Prepared by Hiram J. Johnson - - Navigator





10 Nov 44 9 Wiesbeden   Lost engine(mission credit awarded later

16 Nov 44 1 Aachen    

21 Nov 44 2 Osnabruk    Briefed/ Merseburg

29 Nov 44 3 Hamm    

30 Nov 44 4 Merseburg    Lost - Anderson

02 Dec 44 5 Koblenz    Recall @ 6'  25" East

04 Dec 44 6 Frieburg    Briefed Geissen

24 Dec 44 7 biblis    PFF/ 344 - New Aircraft

29 Dec 44 8 frankfurt    Briefed Zeitz/ Chaff # 2

see N0 # 1      Credit for earlier abbort

29 Jan 45 10 Kassel  100th - D     6 ship chaff sqdn..

14 Feb 45 11 Eger  100th - C Capt Wooten   Donbrava Bridge/ briefed Chenmitz

17 Feb 45 12 Plauen  100th - C Maj Staples   Briefed Ruhland

24 Feb 45 12B Bremen  100th - B Capt Albrecht  

25 Feb 45 14 Munich  Unknown Capt Ferbrache  

28 Feb 45 15 Kassel  100th -B Maj Gibbons   Crichton's first mission 

02 Mar 45 16 Dresden 100th - A Maj Martin Capt Rosell 1st Group Lead

12 Mar 45 17 Swinemunde 100th - B Unknown  

14 Mar 45 18 Hanover  100th - A Maj Robinson Capt Roiden Seelze - 13B

17 Mar 45 19 Plauen  100th - A Capt Ferbrache Lt Klinikowski Briefed Ruhland

19 Mar 45 20 Jena  100th - B Capt Gibbons   Briefed Lutzendorf

22 Mar 45 21 Alhorn  100 th - A Maj Farbrache Capt Passen 

24 Mar 45 22 Steenwijk 100th - A Maj Gibbons Lt Klinikowski 

31 Mar 45 23 Bad Berka 100th - A Maj Cruver Maj Crosby Briefed Zeitz

03 Apr 45 24 Kiel  100th - A Maj Stivers  

09 Apr 45 25 Munich  100th- A/B Maj Ferbrache Capt Klinikowski    1st Wg Lead; Klinikowski finishes

08 May 45 --- Amsterdam  Food Drop to Dutch  End of WW II





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Larson, Owen E., M.D.

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Owen Earl Larson, 87, Sister Bay, ended a courageous battle with cancer on September 19th at his home surrounded by Alice, his wife of 62 years, and their children. Owen was born in Green Bay on Aug. 21, 1921, to Dwayne and Elvira Larson.Owen moved to Appleton when he was in junior high school and graduated from Appleton High School in 1939. He then attended Marquette University until he suspended his studies in 1941 to join the U.S. Air Force. Owen was a bombardier and navigator with the 8th Air Force and flew 35 missions out of England during World War II. He remained in the Air Force Reserve until 1950, when he retired as a 1st Lieutenant. After returning from the war, Owen went back to Marquette University to complete pre-med and medical school on the GI bill, graduating from Marquette Medical School in 1950. He did a rotating internship at Harper Hospital in Detroit, and a partial surgical residency at the VA hospital in Milwaukee. He practiced medicine in Clintonville, Wis., for 12 years and then Theda Clark in Neenah until he returned to Marquette to do a residency in Anesthesiology. Dr. Larson specialized in Anesthesia at Theda Clark until he retired from medicine in 1986. He and Alice then moved to Sister Bay. Owen loved to learn new things. He thoroughly enjoyed becoming proficient at such endeavors as operating a HAM Radio, (call letters K9LWG), playing the piano and the guitar, photography, and painting stunning portraits and landscapes of those he loved, and the places he loved. During his life he was an active participant in The Benevolent Order of the Elks, The American Legion, Veteran's of Foreign Wars, and The Knights of Columbus. He also served as Chief of the Department of Anesthesiology at Theda Clark Hospital in Neenah and was a 50 year member of the State Medical Society. Owen will be remembered for many things. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. In his later years, he was devoted to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, never missing a birthday or special event in any of their lives. Owen's legacy will be long and fruitful, and will continue to blossom for generations to come in his daughters and sons, his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and all whose lives he touched, who loved him and will remember him always.



Owen is survived by his wife, Alice; children, Mark (Linda) Larson, Bluffton, N.C.; Mary (Tom) Dennis, Oconomowoc; Richard (Sue) Larson, Neenah; Scott (Deana), Chicago; James (Peggy) Larson, Seymour; Ann (Michael) Ostrowski, Portage; Therese (Robert) Masnado, Madison; Amy Larson, Madison; 14 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.