Personnel

CREW



 2nd Lt GeorgeH.Lenke,Jr.       P    FEH

    F/0 Stanley E.Wood,Jr.       CP   FEH

 2nd Lt Edwin F.Barber         NAV   FEH

 2nd Lt William R.Cavin         BOM     FEH

    Cpl Thomas P.Dowling      ROG     FEH

    Pvt Curtis L.Horton,Jr.      TTE    FEH

    Sgt Alvin J.Davis              BTG    FEH

    Pvt James H.Gilstrap            WG   FEH

    Cpl Woolsey M.Caye,Jr.         TG   FEH



350th Sqdn. Joined the 100th Group on 14/3/45

4 crews transferred  from the 70th Reinforcement Depot SO 69 MARCH 10,1945  arrived at Thorpe Abbotts on MARCH 14,1945...1st Lt. W. Griswold Smith Crew 22,APO 19047,and 2nd Lt. Dorman Crew 30, 2nd Lt. Norbert C. Etzel, Crew 33, and 2nd Lt. George H. Lenke Jr.,Crew 46



Known Missions of Lt Lenke Crew: 

March 31,1945  ZEITZ         LENKE   297  X  Hardstand 28, POOBAH  A-Sqdn.44-6297  LN-X              

April 7th 1945,  BUCHEN      LENKE   505  V  Hardstand 29  POOBAH  C Sqdn 44-6505  LN-V 

April 8th 1945,  EGER,CZ.     LENKE  476  P   Hardstand 31,               D Sqdn 43-38476 LN-P      

April 11th,1945  LANDSHUT  LENKE   991  T  Hardstand 31               C-Sqdn, 42-31001 LN-T  

April 18th,1945  STRAUBING LENKE   512  E  Hardstand 27,               B Sqdn  44-8512  LN-E



Chowhound Missions:



May 4th,1945  LENKE    226  B  Hardstand 30,  A Sqdn  MISSION SCRUBBED

May 5th,1945  LENKE    226  B  Hardstand 30,  A  Sqdn  CHOWHOUND....



44-6297   LN-X  Was called "SPIRIT OF PITTWOOD"  (natural finish)

44-6505   LN-V  Was called "CHIN UP GIRL"  (natural finish) 

43-38476 LN-P  had no name (natural finish)

42-31991 LN-T  named "MISS CHIEF" (OD and Gray paint scheme)

44-8512  LN-E   had no name.  (natural finish)

44-8226  LN-B   named "JIMBO" (natural finish)





Subj: Re: 2nd Lt. GEORGE H. LENKE JR. crew   

Date: 8/7/2003 6:02:26 AM Pacific Daylight Time 

From: xr_crew@yahoo.com 

To: MPFaley@aol.com 

Sent from the Internet (Details) 

 

Hi Mike...I would love to help with aircraft flown for the 2nd Lt. George H. Lenke Jr. crew CREW 46 (APO 19047 CA 46)...(especially so,since they arrived at Thorpe Abbotts on the same day as my dads crew,March 14th,1945...1st Lt. W.G. SMITH,CREW 22 (APO 19047 CA 22)...   along with two others, 2nd Lt. Norbert C. Etzel, CREW 33 (APO 19047 CA 33), 2nd Lt. Robert K. Dorman, CREW 30 (APO 19047 CA 30 )...BUT, that's the problem...LATE MARCH,1945  as I've told you before BLACK HOLE ZONE,little DETAILED info on....From what I have found on the LENKE crew,it appears that they flew several aircarft on their combat missions...i.e.   One Tough bitch of a mission...April 7th BUCHEN   LENKE POOBAH  C Sqdn   505  V  Hardstand 29    44-6505  LN-V  .... April 8th,Eger,CZ.  LENKE  476  P  Hardstand 31, D Sqdn      April 11th,  LENKE   991  T   Hardstand 31  C-Sqdn,  April 18th, LENKE   512  E  Hardstand 27, B Sqdn  44-8512  LN-E. The Lenke crew PROBABLY flew their first combat mission around the same time frame,day as my dads crew MARCH 30th,1945 HAMBURG...Without any other info though tough to give a model maker "their" aircraft ...I would go with the Buchen mission one if it was me...44-6505 LN-V which completed a large number of combat missions in 1944-45 and returned to the states in June,1945....or they an wait until ????  more info shows up...Best as ever, Jack

George Lenke (June 8, 1924 - April 25, 2013)