M/Sgt
Joseph L. PICARD
Ground Crew for Mason and Dixon
Joseph Picard and his Ground Crew pose with the 351st's "MASON and DIXON". Robert Patterson is on far left (100th Photo Archives) .
Army Serial Number: 11031710
Assigned to the 100th Bombardment Group
Location:
Unit: 351st Bombardment Squadron
Rank:
Position: Ground personnel
Additional 100th Service Notes
Status: DUR
Comments: WELL KNOWN 100TH CREW CHIEF
Comments and Notes
Memo 1:
CREW
LT HARVEY W. DICKERT P CPT 12 OCT 44 BREMEN
LT VERNON G. KIELHOTLZ CP CPT 27 SEP 44 MIANZ
LT RAYMOND W. SPAHR NAV CPT 03 OCT 44 LUDWIGBURG
F/O JOHN A. BRYCE BOM CPT 25 SEP 44 LUDWIGSHAFEN
S/SGT ROBERT G. TRUEX ROG CPT DATE & MISSION UNKNOWN
T/SGT DANIEL A. LYNCH TTE CPT 12 OCT 44 BREMEN
S/SGT DALE L. HUMPHREY BTG CPT 12 OCT 44 BREMEN
S/SGT EVERETT S. COLLIER WG CPT 12 OCT 44 BREMEN
S/SGT WALTER B. SHIPMAN TG CPT 12 OCT 44 BREMEN
351ST SQDN.. JOINED GROUP 29 MAY 44 -- CREW AS ABOVE APPEARS ON A COMBAT ROSTER OF 03 SEP 44.
Letter to Harry F. Cruver from Harvey W. Dickert dated 12 Jun 1995
.... (1) My crew was assigned to the 95th Bomb Group, AAF Station 119 on May 29, 1944.
(2) We were transferred the same day to the 100th Bomb Group, Station 39, Thorpe Abbotts.
(3) After 4 or 5 missions we were assigned to B-17 # 2 31412 - Mason and Dixon - we flew this airplane until it lost a few missions being damaged on a Russia Shuttle mission. M/Sgt. Joe Picard was the Ground Crew Chief.
(4) The following is a list of the crew as it joined the 100th BG. S/Sgt Robert G. Truex and T/Sgt Daniel A. Lynch joined the crew when Sgt Levin and Sgt Sweeney left the crew. Ranks are those crew members held at end of missions.
1st Lt. Harvey W. Dickert O-759430 P CPT Bremen 12 Oct 44
1st Lt. Veron O. Keilholta O-705122 CP CPT Mainz 27 Sep 44
1st Lt. Raymond W. Spahr O-712932 NAV CPT Ludwigburg 03 Oct 44
1st Lt. John A. Bryce T-124342 BOM CPT Ludwigehafen 25 Sep 44
T/Sgt Robert J. Levin 16079902 TTE NOC
S/Sgt Michael E. Sweeney 11057006 ROG NOC
S/Sgt Everett S. Collier 37470894 ROG CPT Bremen 12 Oct 44
S/Sgt Robert S. Patterson 37537192 WG NOC
S/Sgt Dale L. Humphrey 39333941 BTG CPT Bremen 12 Oct 44
S/sgt Walter B. Shipman 39705838 TG CPT Bremen 12 Oct 44
(5) Pilot's (Harvey Dickert) first mission: 11 June 44 as Co-Pilot to Edger W. Wolf. First full crew mission: 12 June 44, French Coast $138 - Lt Ryan's and Lt. McKeeque's crews lost that day, flak from 105's at Dunkirk.
Mission flow with most 100th losses: Ruhland 11 Sep 44....
