Personnel

CREW



2nd Lt Donald N.Ellison         P  CPT 17/2/45  FRANKFURT & GIESSEN

2nd Lt Wiley Smith Jr.      CP  CPT 17/2/45  FRANKFURT & GIESSEN

 F/0 Frank Vandergriff Jr   NAV  CPT 17/2/45  FRANKFURT & GIESSEN

2nd Lt Albert E. Richmond  BOM  CPT  9/3/45       FRANKFURT

S/Sgt Robert W. Wolf      ROG  CPT 17/2/45  FRANKFURT & GIESSEN

S/Sgt Horace O.Liles      TTE  CPT 17/2/45  FRANKFURT & GIESSEN (name spelled Lyles in 351st BS  Squadron history)

 Sgt Robert L.Henry         BTG  CPT 17/2/45  FRANKFURT & GIESSEN

 Sgt Harold L.Osban          WG  CPT 17/2/45  FRANKFURT & GIESSEN

 Pvt Jack Jefferson              WG NOC  taken off crew to reduce to 9 men

 Sgt David E.Davis              TG CPT 17/2/45  FRANKFURT & GIESSEN



351st Sqdn..this crew assigned to the 100th July 1944

Above Crew appears on roster 13/9/44 as crew #56/58 with a Lt Stanley W Yates from Lt Stevenson Crew as Bombardier.   On 3/9/44 Lt Harold .A. Smith from Lt Thompson Crew  is riding as Bomb. In place of Lt Yates.  On 11/8/44 Lt Albert E.Richmond is the BOM.

Lt Stanley W.Yates(Bom, CPT 7/1/45- Cologne from Lt Stevenson Crew) flew some missions with this Crew.  



Known Missions of 2nd Lt Donald Ellison Crew: (incomplete…mpf)



#     DATE         TARGET                           A/C # and NAME



1.   11/8/44    VILLACOUBLAY                   42-32530    QUITTIN' TIME

2.   14/8/44    LUDWIGSHAVEN                 42-31767    OUR GAL SAL

3.   25/8/44    POLITZ                              42-107233  HUMPTY DUMPTY





Only flew 3 missions with this crew and was replaced by different bombardiers and togglers.  My feeling is that Lt Richmond became a squadron Bombardier and flew with many different lead crews….mpf





The following information is submitted concerning LT Albert Edward Richmond, 351st Bomber Squadron:



Died March 9, 1988, age 68, Brownwood, TX

Buried March 11, 1988 Bangs, TX

Survivors:

Wife Peggy Richmond

Daughter Mary Jo Clark, Midland, TX

Son Neal Richmond and wife Karla, Midland, TX

Son James Richmond and wife Cindy, Bangs, TX

Numerous grandchildren



Chad Richmond  ch4vetrep@earthlink.net

MAJ, USA Ret

Nephew

2nd Lt. Albert E. Richmond, O-772883

Joined the 100th BG on 28 July 1944 by Special Order of AAF Station 139 No. 202, as bombardier of 2nd Lt Donald N. Ellison (crew No. 82 / later changed as No. 58), 351st Bomb Squadron

 

In 100th BG archival records are 9 trackable missions flown by Lt. Richmond flown during August and September 1944. It is sure that during these two months he did not flew any other combat mission, because loading lists for those months are well complete.

 

1.

First combat mission was flown on 11 August 1944 to Villacoublay (Ellison crew).

Plane: 42-31530 „Quittin Time“

 

2.

14 August 1944, Ludwigshaven, a/c 42-31767 „Our Gal Sal“ (Ellison crew)

 

Sometime after that second mission he was re-assigned to Lt. E. L. Thompson crew (No. 49). The original bombardier of Thompson crew, Lt. H. A. Smith had replaced Lt. Richmond in his original crew… so it seems the reason was personal disharmony in one of these crews (unable to tell in which one).

 

3.

24 August 1944, Ruhland, a/c 44-6295 „White Cargo“ (Thompson crew)

 

4.

25 August 1944, Politz, a/c 44-6295 „White Cargo“ (Thompson crew)

 

5.

26 August 1944, Brest, a/c 44-6295 „White Cargo“ (Thompson crew)

 

6.

30 August 1944, Brest, a/c 44-6295 „White Cargo“ (Thompson crew)

 

7.

10 September 1944, Nurnberg, a/c 43-38124 (Thompson crew)

 

8.

25 September 1944, Ludwigshaven, a/c 43-38124 (Thompson crew)

 

9.

27 September 1944, a/c 43-37815 „You Can't Lose“ (Thompson crew)

 

All other surviving records for late weeks and months are very vague and does not contains crew loading lists or other information that may identify which missions were flown by Lt. Richmond, Anyway, there is a list for March 1945 indicating Lt. Richmond as the „Lucky Bastard“ or „Happy Warrior“ finishing his tour of duty with 33 missions completed in rank of 1st Lt during that month.

As indicated above, there are five planes flown by Lt. Richmond (I believe, there were more):

 

42-31530 „Quittin Time“ EP-X

42-31767 „Our Gal Sal“ EP-E

44-6295 „White Cargo“ EP-B

43-38124 (no name, some time referred as „Kramp´s Tramps“) EP-S

43-37815 „You Can't Lose“ EP-L

 

 

Ing. Jan Zdiarsky, Ph.D.