Personnel

CREW:



2ND LT ROBERT C. WESTMYER        	P	X-FERED TO 95TH 	POW	11 APR 44 WITH 95TH

2ND LT PHILLIPS D. TERRY            	CP	X-FERED TO 95TH	KIA	11 APR 44 WITH 95TH

2ND LT JOHN O. JOHNSON          	NAV	X-FERED TO 95TH	POW	11 APR 44 WITH 95TH    

2ND LT JOHN J. RUDNICKY           	BOM	X-FERED TO 95TH	KIA	11 APR 44 WITH 95TH    

S/SGT PAUL E. JETT                    	TTE	X-FERED TO 95TH	KIA	11 APR 44 WITH 95TH    

S/SGT WILLIAM H. LIGON (LIGOE)  	ROG	X-FERED TO 95TH	KIA	11 APR 44 WITH 95TH    

SGT ELLSWORTH L. CAMPBELL      	LWG	X-FERED TO 95TH	KIA	11 APR 44 WITH 95TH    

SGT JOHN J. NOVAK                    	RWG	X-FERED TO 95TH	POW	11 APR 44 WITH 95TH    

SGT SAMUEL L. HEILWEIL               	TG	X-FERED TO 95TH	KIA	11 APR 44 WITH 95TH    

S/Sgt  ROY E. HENDERSON            	BTG	X-FERED TO 95TH	KIA	11 APR 44 WITH 95TH    

   

349th Sqdn.  Crew, as above, joined the 100th Group in Dec. 1943. They were immediately transferred to the 95th, where they were shot down on their 25th Mission



LETTER TO jb FROM ROBERT WESTMYER OF 08 APR 1991...."OUR CREW TRAINED FOR COMBAT WITH THE 100TH.  WE WERE TRANSFERRED ON THE DAY OF OUR FIRST MISSION TO THE 95TH BOMB GROUP, WHERE WE FLEW TWENTY-FIVE MISSIONS ONLY TO BE SHOT DOWN ON A VOLUNTEERED 26TH MISSION.” (95th Records show that the crew was shot down on their 25th mission….mpf)



All missions flown with 95th Bomb Group (H)

Date          	Target                	Plane #

12/22/1943	Munster, Germany	42-3400

12/30/1943	Ludwigshafen, Germany	42-3400

1/07/1944	Ludwigshafen, Germany	42-6080

1/14/1944	TACTICAL Noball 71	42-30353

1/21/1944	TACTICAL Noball 82A and 110	42-3462

1/24/1944	Hucheln, Germany	42-3462

1/29/1944	Frankfurt, Germany	42-3462

1/30/1944	Brunswick, Germany	42-38024

2/03/1944	Wilhelmshaven, Germany	42-39884

2/13/1944	TACTICAL Noball 19	42-37935

2/20/1944	Rostock, Poland,	42-37395

2/22/1944	Schweinfurt, Germany	42-31910

2/24/1944	Rostock, Poland	42-38024

2/25/1944	Regensburg, Germany	42-37935

2/29/1944	Brunswick, Germany	42-37935

3/02/1944	Chatres, France	42-97495

3/03/1944	Berlin, Germany	42-37935

3/08/1944	Berlin, Germany	42-37935

3/13/1944	TACTICAL Noball 78	42-31939

3/15/1944	Brunswick, Germany	42-37935

3/18/1944	Letchfield, Germany 	42-37935

3/22/1944	Berlin, Germany	42-97068

4/08/1944	Quakenbruck, Germany	42-37935

4/10/1944	Beaumont-sur-Oise, France	42-37935

4/11/1944	Rostock, Poland	42-37935



April 11, 1944, Target: Rostock, Flying A/C 42-37935 with the 95th Bomb Group out of Horham. MACR 3805, Crew was last seen with smoke coming from between #3 engine and the fuselage as well as #2 Engine on fire. A/C "peeled away" from the formation under control and crashed at BAd Dorkran with 7-KIA and 3-POW.. Rough mission for the 95th BG, they lost 7 planes that day with 37 KIA and 33 POW





 



JOHN J. NOVAK :   John J. Novak, 90, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 22, 2011, at the Bayonne Medical Center. John was born in Bayonne and lived there lifelong. He worked as a Fireman for the Bayonne Fire Department for over 30 years. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force as a Tech Sergeant, and was held a POW for 18 months in Germany. He was a member of the Disabled Veterans of America and the FMBA, Exempt Association. He is the beloved of Genevieve (Cassidy); cherished brother of Vincent Novak, Margaret Grosso, and the late Joseph Novak and Emery Novak. He is also survived by many dear nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Viewing on Sunday, June 26, from 2:00 - 4:00 and and 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. at the G. Keenen O'Brien Funeral Home. A funeral Mass will be offered on Monday, 9:30 a.m. at St. Henry's Church; Interment to follow, Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington. G. Keenen O'Brien Funeral Home, Inc. 984 Avenue C Bayonne, NJ 07002 (201) 339-0220