Personnel

CREW



2nd Lt.Martin Tashjian       P IIC   4/12/43 KIA 15/3/44    BRUNSWICK

2nd Lt. John Dutka          CP IIC       "

2nd Lt. Floyd E.Hartman   N    IIC       "     POW/29/7/44  MERSEBURG  (TAPS:10 APR 1990) 

2nd Lt. Bennie Epstein      B    IIC       "

 T/Sgt. Floyd O.Douglas     E   IIC      " KIA  29/7/44    MERSEBURG

 T/Sgt. Robert D.Longworth   R    IIC      " KIA 15/3/44      BRUNSWICK(With Devore)

   Sgt. Wilbur W. Palmer            WG

   Sgt. John H.White         WG    POW 6/3/44  BERLIN  (with J.Lautenschlager)

   Sgt. James S.Morrow      BT    KIA 24/5/44   BERLIN  (with D.S.Pearson)

   Sgt. Lucien E.Neveu         TG



 Crew,as above,joined the 100th BG (351st Sqdn.) on 1/12/43





Devore Crew

    Lt Herbert G.Devore        P            KIA    15/3/44        

    Lt Jerry Felsenstein      CP         CPT     6/3/44

    Lt Burton M.Joseph       N AV     POW  15/3/44  (Severely burned)

    Lt Louis R.Jaebker        BOM      CPT     6/3/44

 T/Sgt Harry S.Lenk          ROG      CPT

 T/Sgt Harrison L.Longhi      TTE        POW   15/3/44

 S/Sgt Nicholas Delcimmuto   BTG        KIA      15/3/44

 S/Sgt John J.Barry          RW         KIA      15/3/44    

 S/Sgt Darrell R.Dickenson   LW         KIA      15/3/4  A/C #42 39934  "MY ACHING BACK"

 S/Sgt Knute Knudson        TG         CPT



350th Sqdn. Crew.. On 15/3/44, Lt.Martin TashJian was flying as TG and was KIA. Capt.Robert Peel,who had flown overseas with the 100th Group as a bombardier without a crew, was flying as BOM and became a POW. Capt.Roland T.Knight,a pilot who had flown over with the Group unassigned to a crew, was this day flying as Command pilot. He was KIA.

 This was the 25th mission for most of the crew.



A T/Sgt Robert D.Longworth was flying as ROG in the place of Harry Lenk and was KIA  Longworth was from the original crew of Martin Tashjian which had been involved in a crash at Thorpo Abbotts on 4/12/43. Both he & Tashjian had been injured in that crash and the crew "split up".