Personnel

CREW



 LT RICHARD M. MILLER               P CPT  26 SEP 44 BREMEN, TANK WORKS

 LT IVAN E. FERGUSON              CP CPT  27 SEP 44 MAINZ

 LT OSCAR LEDER                   BOM CPT  27 SEP 44 MAINZ

 M/SGT JAMES A. BIGGS          NAV CPT  26 SEP 44 BREMEN

 T/SGT JAMES W. BRASHEARS ROG CPT  27 SEP 44 MAINZ

 T/SGT MELVIN K. BROOKS      TTE CPT  27 SEP 44 MAINZ

 S/SGT LOYAL E. SLOAN         BTG CPT  27 SEP 44 MAINZ

 S/SGT JAMES R. MILLER          WG CPT  27 SEP 44 MAINZ

 S/SGT ALFRED MILONE            TG CPT  27 SEP 44 MAINZ



418TH Sqdn.  Date crew joined 100th is unknown. Crew, as above is shown on Combat Crew Roster of 4 AUG 44. It is thought that they flew 36 or 37 combat missions. See list below .  This Crew flew "Our Babe" (Hutchie)



 06/18/44 BRUNSBUTTELKOOG

 06/21/44 BASDORF & RUHLAND

 06/22/44 PARIS (RIVER DOCKS)

 06/24/44 GRAND COURONNE (SEC T)  see memo below

 07/04/44 GEIN (RECALLED)

 07/06/44 FLEURY/CREPEUIL

 07/07/44 BOHLEN/MERSEBURG

 07/08/44 CLAMECY-JOLGYN

 07/11/44 MUNICH (AERO ENGINES)

 07/12/44 MUNICH (IND. AREA)

 07/18/44 KIEL & HEMMINGSTADT

 07/14/44 SOUTH OF FRANCE 

 07/19/44 SCHWEINFURT & DUREN

 07/20/44 MERSEBURG

 07/21/44 REGENSBURG

 07/28/44 MERSEBURG

 07/29/44 MERSEBURG

 07/31/44 MUNICH (AERO ENGINES)

 08/04/44 HAMBURG (OIL)

 08/05/44 MAGDEBURG

 08/06/44 BERLIN

 08/07/44 BEAUTOR (BRIDGES)

 08/13/44 NANTES - GASSICOURT

 08/14/44 LUDWIGHSAVEN (OIL)

 08/15/44 VENLO

 08/24/44 RUHLAND (OIL)

 08/26/44 BREST

 09/05/44 STUTTGART (AERO ENGS)

 09/08/44 MAINZ

 09/09/44 DUSSELDORF

 09/10/44 NURNBURG

 09/11/44 RUHLAND (OIL)

 09/12/44 MAGDEBERG (OIL)

 09/13/44 SINDELFINGEN

 09/26/44 BREMEN

 09/27/44 MAINZ (PILOT MILLER AND NAVIGATOR BIGGS DID NOT FLY THIS MISSION)



MEMO



ON THE 24 JUN 1944 MISSION TO GRAND COURONNE (SECONDARY TARGET) LT R.L. MILLER LANDED AT KINGS NORTH.  THREE CREWMEN, THE COPILOT LT I.E. FERGUSON, S/SGT J.A. BIGGS (TOG) AND LT O. LEDER BAILED OUT OVER THE CHANNEL AND WERE PICKED UP BY A BRITISH DESTROYER.  ALL PERSONELL OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE ACCOUNTED FOR.



AB0Ve, FROM THE OPERATIONAL NARRATIVE FOR MISSION OF 24 JUN 1944

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Oscar Leder



November 14, 1920 - May 6, 2012



Obituary

Born November 14,1920, to Rosa and Jake Leder in Houston, Tx, Oscar lived a full life accompanied early on by his three sisters, Maybelle, Jenny Faye, and Annie Lee. He later met and married Ruth Harris , the love of his life, with whom he fathered three children, Sandra, Phyllis, and Daniel. But before Oscar would have a chance to make a family he would answer the call to arms by serving courageously in the US Army Air Corp surviving three dozen perilous missions as a member of the 100th Bomb Group. Following his tour of service in WW II Oscar studied for and became a Certified Public Accountant and then following his service during the Korean Conflict