Personnel

CREW



1ST LT NORMAN H. SCOTT          P XFR   BOVINGDON (indoctrinate new Combat Crews)

2ND LT KENNETH O. BLAIR         CP CPT  TRANSFERRED TO 482 BOMB GROUP (Pathfinders)

1ST LT DONALD L. STROUT     NAV XFR   BOVINGDON (indoctrinate new Combat Crews)

1ST LT NORRIS G. NORMAN     BOM CPT   18 MAR 44 LANDSBURG

T/SGT JAMES E. PARKS            TTE CPT  18 MAR 44 LANDSBURG

T/SGT NORMAN M. SMITH        ROG KIA   17 AUG 43 REGENSBURG

S/SGT LEWIS D. MILLER           BTG CPT  TRANSFERRED TO 482 BOMB GROUP (Pathfinders)

S/SGT BLAZIER PADDY              TG CPT  18 MAR 44 LANDSBURG

PVT BRITTON I. SMITH             WG CPT  18 MAR 44 LANDSBURG

CPL JEROME E. FERROGGIARO     WG POW 8 OCT 43 BREMEN



350TH SQDN.. THIS WAS AN ORIGINAL 100TH CREW. CREW FLEW A/C "Phartzac" 42-30358.  

Original Co-Pilot was a 2nd Lt Teddy Dudziak 0-793067 Army Air Corps Pilot 11-1-42.  HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO B-24 GROUP AND HAD HIS OWN CREW.  ORGANIZATION: 8th AIR FORCE VIII COMMAND 14th WING 392nd Bombardment (H) GROUP 578th Bomb Sq (H) SQUADRON 118 STATION MISSING IN ACTION *November 19, 1943*  



Lt Kenneth I.Menzie flew as Copilot on August 17, 1943 mission to Regensburg. Maj Cleven flew as Command Pilot in Left Seat, Scott in right seat and Lt Menzie manned the cheek gun in the nose



A/C "Phartzac" 42-30358



Refer to the following books for information on this crew and the circumstances surrounding the Regensburg mission.

Double Strike by Ed Jablonski, Century Bombers by LeStrange, Lt. Col. Beirne Lay Jr. mission critique, Interview with Jerome Ferroggiaro by Michael Faley (Jan 1999) 



Missions of Norman Scott: (from Paul Andrews and Norris Normans Mission list)mpf



1. 04/07/43  LaPallice, France

2. 10/07/43  LeBourget, France

3. 14/07/43  LeBourget, France

4. 24/07/43  Trondheim, Norway

5. 25/07/43  Warnemunde, Germany

6. 26/07/43  Hanover, Germany

7. 29/07/43  Warnemunde, Germany

8. 30/07/43  Kassel, Germany

9. 15/08/43  Lille, France

10. 17/08/43  Regensburg, Germany (1st Lt Kenneth I.Menzie CP on Aug 17, 1943 Lt Scott Crew)



On 7/10/43 Special Orders #21 (Hdq. 3rd Bomber Division) the following crew was 

transferred from the 100th Bomb. Gp To the 482nd Bomb.Gp for Pathfinder training.

Crew departed Thorpe Abbotts on 10/10/43 for Alconbury to join the 482 Bomb Group (Pathfinders)



   1st Lt Kenneth I.Menzie   P   (was on Lt Scott a/c on Aug 17, 1943)

* 2nd Lt Kenneth O. Blair CP

   2nd Lt Vanden J.Willey NAV

* Capt Norris G.Norman  BOM 

  Sgt Jerry (nmi)Korman

* T/Sgt James E.Parks  TTE

* Sgt Blazier Paddy  TG

* Sgt Lewis D.Miller  BTG

  Sgt Gordon D.Griffith

* Sgt Britton I.Smith  WG



Those with Asterisks are members of the original crew of Norman H.Scott. According to

Norris Norman,these men all CT with the Pathfinders.  Scott and Strout were transferred to Bovingdon, to indoctrinate replacement crews.



Missions of Capt. Norris Norman (from mission log), Sgt, Parks, Sgt, Paddy, Sgt. Smith



1. 04/07/43  LaPallice, France

2. 10/07/43  LeBourget, France

3. 24/07/43  Trondheim, Norway

4. 25/07/43  Warnemunde, Germany

5. 26/07/43  Hanover, Germany

6. 29/07/43  Warnemunde, Germany

7. 30/07/43  Kassel, Germany

8. 15/08/43  Lille, France

9. 17/08/43  Regensburg, Germany (Lt Menzie flew as CP on Capt N.H. Scott Crew)

10 04/10/43  Hanau, Germany (first mission with Lt Menzie as pilot)

11 13/11/43 PPF Bremen, Germany

12 01/12/43 PPF Solingen, Germany

13 13/12/43 PPF Kiel, Germany

14 16/12/43 PPF Bremen, Germany

15 11/01/44 PPF Brunswick, Germany

16 24/01/44 PPF  Aachen, Germany

17 28/01/44 PPF Frankfurt, Germany

18 04/02/44 PPF Frankfurt, Germany

19 08/02/44 PPF Frankfurt, Germany

20 09/02/44 PPF Brunswick, Germany

21 20/02/44 PPF Leipzig-Lockau Germany

22 24/02/44 PPF Rostock, Germany

23 11/03/44 PPF Munster, Germany

24 15/03/44 PPF Brunswick, Germany

25 18/03/44 PPF Landsburg, Germany



According to Capt. Norris Norman,  from his recollections dated December 16, 1987, he talked with both Lt Norman Scott and Lt Strout both individually and privately. Scott asked me if I heard the rumour about him trying to bail out, I replied Yes. He said "It's Just Not True.  I didn't do it."  Strout said " I just can't force myself to do it any more".  Most of the crew did not believe the bail out incident occured and there was not one word over the intercom to indicate anything of this nature.  As far as I know, Gale Cleven is the only one that does.   Scott and Strout were transferred to Bovingdon, to indoctrinate replacement crews.  Scott, Paddy, and Parks are deceased.

(entered mpf 2000)