Personnel

CREW



1ST LT RODNEY N. LEECH             P FEH

2ND LT WILLIAM T. GROOVER      CP FEH

2ND LT GEORGE E. WYNE          NAV FEH

F/O JOHN W. LINDH                 BOM  FEH

SGT CLYDE H. KEELING                TTE FEH

SGT DAVID M. MATTHEWS        ROG FEH

SGT JOSEPH J. HILBER, JR.         BTG FEH

SGT EUGENE L. LEWIS                WG FEH

SGT RUSSELL H. OSBORN             TG FEH



349TH SQDN.. CREW JOINED THE 100TH ON  06 APR 1945

Crew may have flown one or two missions before end of War but no records have shown up yet to support this theory…mpf



PRACTICE MISSION,  APRIL 13,1945  LEECH   313  S HARDSTAND # 20, D-SQDN,  

PRACTICE MISSION,COMBAT MISSION SCRUBBED, APRIL 19,1945  LEECH  532  G  HARDSTAND # 15, C-SQDN,  

CHOWHOUND MISSION, MAY 3,1945, LEECH  681  V  HARDSTAND  # 24, A-SQDN, 

CHOWHOUND MISSION,  MAY 5,1945, LEECH   015  N   HARDSTAND  # 23, C-SQDN



AIRCRAFT FLOWN BY LT LEECH CREW: 

                                          44-8532  XR-G KLEEN SWEEP, 

                                        43-38313  XR-S  LIL BUTCH



.......additional notes on the crew, CREW CHANGES, AFTER HOSTILITIES,   CP  2ND LT. WILLIAM T. GROOVER TRANSFERRED TO THE  W.GRISWOLD SMITH CREW TO REPLACE  SMITH CREW CP 2ND LT. ROBERT W. SMITH JR. WHO WAS TRANSFERRED OUT OF THE 100TH BG IN EARLY JULY,1945...2ND LT GROOVER,after hostilities transferred to  Hut # 13 WAS ON W.G. SMITH  CREW (SMITH also in Hut #13) UNTIL OCT,1945 WHEN AIRCRAFT DEPARTED  THORPE ABBOTTS...ALSO  JOSEPH J. HILBER  TG ON THE LEECH CREW  SHARED HUT # 33  WITH THE  SMITH CREW SGT'S... Jack O'Leary