Personnel

CREW                                                          



2nd Lt   Oren E. Hopkins  P POW 5 NOV 44 THIONVILLE

2nd Lt   Foy E. Read  CP POW 5 NOV 44 THIONVILLE see note below

2nd Lt   Forrest Gordon   NAV POW 5 NOV 44 THIONVILLE

2nd Lt   Eugene E. Lockhart  BOM KIA 3 FEB 45  BERLIN   with the Ernst PFF crew; see below

    Cpl   Henry B. Marlette  TTE POW 5 NOV 44 THIONVILLE

    Sgt   Kenneth E. Yeater  ROG POW 5 NOV 44 THIONVILLE

    Cpl   Arthur B. Crush, Jr.  BTG POW 5 NOV 44 THIONVILLE

    Cpl   Harold Farlow   WG POW 5 NOV 44 THIONVILLE

    Cpl  Charles W. Koons, Jr.  WG CPT 15 MAR 45 (Crew unknown..pw)

    Cpl  Eugene E. Jamison  TG POW 5 NOV 44 THIONVILLE



351st Sqdn.   Crew , as above,  joined the 100th Group on 4/8/44.  On 5/11/44. Lt Robert J. Doucette,  BOM  from

the crew of J.P.Ernst (see below),  was flying  with this crew and became a POW.  Lt  Eugene E. Lockhart was flying with the Pathfinder crew of J.P.Ernst on 3/2/45 when he was KIA.  Charles W. Koons, Jr. was removed at the crew reduction to nine men..



 EYEWITNESS:  "A/C #520 appeared to be in trouble shortly after leaving the I.P. at 1102 hours.  Bombs were 

   salvoed and one engine feathered.  The A/C stayed in formation to the R.P. (rally point...pw)

    where another engine was feathered and the aircraft began a gradual controlled descent. 

    When last seen the aircraft was below the cloud level at six or seven thousand feet, 

    heading in a westerly direction under apparent control."



 German report in the MACR is to the effect this aircraft, badly damaged by flak,  made an emergency landing and

 seven (7) crew members were captured.  Other documents list all nine of the crew as captured and 

 Sgt. Kenneth E. Yeater in the hospital. 

                           

 (Lt Robert J. Doucette's original crew -  Ernst crew shown here as they joined the 100th

Lt John P. Ernst   P   POW 3/2/45 Berlin

Lt James P. Olmsted CP   SWA 10/1/45  Cologne

Lt Seymour G. Passen  NAV   CPT 3/2/45 Berlin

Lt Robert J. Doucette  BOM   POW 5/11/44 (With crew of O.E. Hopkins) Thionville

 Charles H. Webber  ROG   CPT 3/2/45 Berlin

 Duyger C. West   TTE   POW 3/2/45 Berlin

 Warren Winters   BTG   POW 3/2/45 Berlin

 Orrell J. Brooks   WG   NOC

 George Windisch  TG   CPT 3/2/45  Berlin

 Anthony A. Covino  WG   NOC



351st Sqdn. Crew, as above, joined the 100th Group on 23/7/44. MACR #12046, A/C#44 8379.

When this crew went down on 3/2/44,



John Ernst Pathfinder crew of 3 Feb 1945 (Eugene E. Lockhart with this crew when KIA)

Maj Robert Rosenthal    Command P

Capt John Ernst     P   

1st Lt Arthur I..Jacobson     CP (from crew of G. Brown)

1st Lt Stewart J. Gillison      Command N

1st Lt Louis C. Chappel     NAV

1st Lt Robert H. Stropp     Radar NAV

1st Lt Eugene E. Lockhart    BOM  (KIA)

T/Sgt Charles E. Webber    ROG

T/Sgt Dugger C. West     TTE

S/Sgt Warren Winters     WG

S/Sgt G.A. Windisch     TG

Ernst's leg amputated  in German Hospital night of 3/2/45 & he was soon exchanged.



See "CONTRAILS" p.131 & S.O.C. p.95. Also p.219/223 of "FLYING FORTRESS" by E.Jablonski.



EYEWITNESS REPORT from MACR #  "A/C #44 8379 was hit by flak,reported to be a ground 

rocket a few seconds before bombs away. A/C continued on run and dropped bombs. Fire and 

dense white smoke was seen in the fuselage and bomb bay,including the cockpit. Bomb bay 

doors closed and then reopened.Pilot opened his window and peeled gently off to the 

right,directing deputy leader to take over on VHF. A/C headed NE and flew level for a few 

moments while six members bailed out (3 appeared to come from waist or tail and 3 from 

bomb bay..There was a small explosion in #3 engine nacelle and thd A/C headed down,burning 

and beginning to spin when last seen at 15/000 feet. Observers believe entire crew had an 

excellent chance to bail out."



MEMO

                           MAJOR FOY E. READ



SWORN INTO THE SERVICE AT MIAMI BEACH, FLA

ATTENDED UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSE AT KNOXVILLE, TN



TRAINED AT AUGUSTA AND BAINBRIDGE,  GA WITH ADVANCED AT OCALA, FL

GRADUATED AT MAXWELL AFB FROM CADET TO 1ST LT.  POW FOR 11 MONTHS STARTING WITH THE 5 NOV 44 MISSION TO LUDWIGSHAVEN..  LIBERATED BY GENERAL PATTONS  THIRD ARMY.    RECALLED DURING THE KOREAN WAR



SELECTED TO "WHO'S WHO IN THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST IN 1974 AND IS VERY ACTIVE IN CIVIC AFFAIRS IN THE MEMPHIS AREA.



                                     OPERATIONAL SORTIES OF MAJOR FOY E. READ



 24 AUG 44 RUHLAND

 25 AUG 44 POLITZ

 30 AUG 44 BREMAN

 03 SEP 44 CROZON, FRANCE

 08 SEP 44 MAINZ

 09 SEP 44 DUSSELDORF

 10 SEP 44 NURNBERG

 11 SEP 44 RUHLAND

 12 SEP 44 MADGEBURG

 25 SEP 44 LUDWIGSHAVEN

 26 SEP 44 BREMAN

 28 SEP 44 MERSEBURG

 02 OCT 44 KASSEL

 06 OCT 44 BERLIN

 07 OCT 44 BOHLEN

 09 OCT 44 MAINZ

 12 OCT 44 BREMAN

 15 OCT 44 COLOGNE

 18 OCT 44 KASSEL

 22 OCT 44  MUNSTER

 05 NOV 44 LUDWIGSHAVEN

   CRASH LANDED ON 05 NOV 44 MISSION TO LUDWIGSHAVEN IN 

   B-17, NO# 44-6520 AND WAS TAKEN PRISONER ALONG WITH THE

   REST OF THE CREW..

 

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