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Personnel

S/Sgt

Trent J. PARKER

Trent Parker

Pvt. Trent J. Parker, Class 44-19, Flexible Gunnery School, Kingman Army Air Field, Ariz. (1944 yearbook, pg 123) - later Tail Gunner with the Merlin Larsen Crew, 351st BS, 100th BG (H).

Assigned to the 100th Bombardment Group
Location:
Unit: 351st Bombardment Squadron
Rank:
Position: Tail Gunner

Additional 100th Service Notes

Status: FEH
Comments: SALT LAKE CITY, UT

Comments and Notes

Memo 1:
CREW

2ND LT MERLIN N. LARSEN P NOC
2ND LT ARTHUR V. WILLIAMS CP NOC
2ND LT ARCHIE A. BROCK NAV NOC
2ND LT EDMUND C. SETTLE BOM NOC
CPL JACK TOROGIAN ROG NOC
CPL JOHN P. O'CONNER TTE NOC
CPL ALLISON M. BELFOUR BTG NOC
CPL ROBERT L. TYER WG NOC
CPL TRENT J. PARKER TG NOC

350TH SQDN.. JOINED THE 100TH ON 13 FEB 1945

MISSIONS OF LT MERLIN N. LARSEN CREW

# DATE TARGET
1. 03/03/1945 BRUNSWICK
2. 04/03/1945 ULM
3. 09/03/1945 FRANKFURT on the MAIN
4. 10/03/1945 DORTMUND
5. 11/03/1945 HAMBURG
6. 14/03/1945 HANOVER
7. 17/03/1945 PLAUEN
8. 22/03/1945 ALHORN near BREMEN
9. 23/03/1945 UNNA
10. 24/03/1945 STEENWIJK, HOLLAND
11. 24/03/1945 ZIEGENHAIN
12. 28/03/1945 HANOVER
13. 31/03/1945 BAD BERKA near FRANKFURT
14. 04/04/1945 KIEL, GER.
15. 05/04/1945 NURNBURG
16. 09/04/1945 MUNICH
17. 10/04/1945 BERG bei MAGDEBURG GER.
18. 11/04/1945 LANDSHUT near MUNICH
19. 14/04/1945 ROYAN near BORDEAUX FRANCE
20. 16/04/1945 ROYAN near BORDEAUX
21. 18/04/1945 STRAUBING near REGENSBURG


Hello,

I'm reporting the passing of:
Merlin N. Larsen
350th Bomb Squadron, 13th Combat Wing
Death date: 2 April 2008

Family Contact: John R Larsen (son)
john@larsen-family.us

Crew List

1st Crew List

Use your thumb to scroll through the results box below.

Rank Name Pos Status
LT LARSEN, Merlin N. P FEH
Lt WILLIAMS, Arthur CP FEH
LT BROCK, Archie A. NAV FEH
LT SETTLE, Edmund C. BOM FEH
T/Sgt O'CONNOR, John TTE FEH
T/SGT TOROGIAN, Jack ROG FEH
S/Sgt BELFOUR, Allison M. BTG FEH
S/SGT TYER, Robert L. WG FEH
S/SGT PARKER, Trent J. TG FEH