Personnel

CREW



2ND LT ROBERT J. SCHOMP              P POW  29 JUL 44 MERSEBURG (OIL)

2ND LT HENRY C. PREHER               CP POW  29 JUL 44 MERSEBURG (OIL)

2ND LT ROBERT W. CULWELL       NAV POW  29 JUL 44 MERSEBURG (OIL)

    F/O GEORGE F. CLASSE            BOM NOC

S/SGT JOHN P. HUNTER               ROG POW  29 JUL 44 MERSEBURG (OIL) (WIA)

S/SGT EDMUND J. RADKE              TTE POW  29 JUL 44 MERSEBURG (OIL)

   SGT JOSEPH ROSOLINO             BTG POW  29 JUL 44 MERSEBURG (OIL)

   SGT ELMER F. FLOOD                 WG POW  29 JUL 44 MERSEBURG (OIL)

   SGT WAYNE R. HOGAN              WG CPT    Flew 26 Missions    

   SGT ARTHUR J. MALANEY            TG POW  29 JUL 44 MERSEBURG (OIL)



351st Sqdn.. Crew, as a bove, joined the 100th on 12 Apr 1944.  This Crew flew "SUPER RABBIT"



On the Merseburg mission of 29 Jul 44, Classe was replaced by Lt. Sylvester Dittenbenner from the crew of Ernest Zapf; he became a POW.  Hogan was probably removed from the crew when the reduction to a nine man crew was initiated in August 1944.



EYEWITNESS: "A/C #067 was hit by flak, jut after bombs away,  which punctured both wings. N0 #2 engine caught fire and the fire spread along the entire left wing. Pilot peeled off to left and appeared to put the ship under AFEC control. Nine chutes were counted coming  from the aircraft. Ship flying steady when last see."



MACR indicates S/Sgt John P. Hunter was shot in the leg/hip area by German civilians after his parachute landing. A German report, vague and likely fictitious, states the airman was hospitalized with "wound with bullet in it, left thigh."  Duration of treatment 4 to 6 weeks, and normal progress of treatment."



MACR #7814, Microfiche #2861   A/C #42-102667





Missions of Sgt Joseph Rosolino (mpf 2001)



1. 27/04/44 THIONVILLE

2. 29/04/44 BERLIN

3.   1/05/44 SAARGUEMINES

4.   8/05/44 LA GLACERIE (NO-BALL)

5. 12/05/44 BRUX

6. 13/05/44 OSNABRUCK

7. 23/05/44 TROYES

8. 24/05/44 BERLIN (GROUP LOST 9 CREWS)

9. 25/05/44 BRUSSELS

10. 29/05/44 LEIPZIG

11. 31/05/44 OSNABRUCK

12   2/06/44 PARIS

13.   6/06/44 OUISTREHAM (D-DAY)

14.   6/06/44 FALAISE (D-DAY)

15.   8/06/44 TOURS

16. 12/06/44 DUNKIRK

17. 14/06/44 LE CULOT

18. 18/06/44 BRUNSBUTTELKOOG

19. 20/06/44 FALLERSLEBEN

20. 21/06/44 RUHLAND ( START OF 1ST RUSSIAN SHUTTLE MISSION)

21. 26/06/44 DROHOBYCZ

22.   3/07/44 ARAD, RUMANIA

23.   5/07/44 BEZIERS

24.   7/07/44 GOTTINGEN

25. 11/07/44 MUNICH

26. 12/07/44 MUNICH

27. 13/07/44 MUNICH

28. 14/07/44 MAQUIS SUPPLY DROP, SOUTH FRANCE

29. 17/07/44 AUXERRE

30. 18/07/44 KIEL

31. 29/07/44 MERSEBURG (GROUP LOST 8 CREWS)