Personnel

CREW



2nd Lt Ivan .W.Rosenbaum    P        FEH Injured in crash landing of Glory Bound

2nd Lt Thomas J.Slaven,Jr.    CP      FEH  Injured in crash landing of Glory Bound

   F/O Arnold E.Bennett      NAV      FEH

2nd Lt Joseph L.Straus       BOM        FEH    SN# 0-928356

   Cpl Bernard W.Guza         ROG       FEH

   Cpl Perry C.Peckham        TTE     FEH   

   Cpl Ellis A.LaLonde         BTG     FEH

   Cpl Edwin Villa               WG       FEH 

   Cpl John F.Curran             TG      FEH



351st Sqdn. Crew,as above,joined the 100th Group on 24/12/44.  Crew # 69

Crew flew following A/C: 521-Skyway Chariot,  514-EZ Goin, 852, 767-Our Gal Sal, 616(418th), 162(418th), 

708-Skipper II, 992, 632, 963



Jan 4, 1945 while returning from training mission at Thorpe Abbotts, crashed A/C#338523 (GLORY BOUND) on landing.  2nd Lt Ivan Rosenbaum and 2nd Lt Thomas Slaven were both Injured in the crash and hospitalized.   Upon recovery, Lt Slaven would become a fill in CP, he flew on Lt Streich Crew until they completed their tour in Feb 45 and then became CP on Lt Broyles Crew.  Due too the injuries both Rosenbaum and Slaven were removed from the crew and replaced by Lt Melvin Kodas.  Crew became known as "KODAS KIDS".  Crew would fly with a different Co-Pilot on most missions.  The missions are listed below with co-pilots listed. Lt Rosenbaum would come back to fly 8 missions with his "old" Crew in April 45.  



Combat Missions of 2nd Lt Joseph Straus (KODAS KIDS)…(mpf 2000)



1. 10/1/45 COLOGNE-A/C Skyway Chariot- Co-Pilot-Capt. Albrecht bombed Dusseldorf by mistake

2. 13/1/45 MAINZ-Rhine River Bridge, Co-Pilot- F/O Raymond Stiller

3. 14/1/45 DERBEN- Oil Storage,        Co-Pilot-F/O Raymond Stiller

4. 17/1/45 HAMBURG-Oil Factory,       Co-Pilot-2nd Lt Paul Batterman

5. 28/1/45 DUISBURG-RR Bridge,       Co-Pilot-2nd Lt Robert G. Mellem

6. 29/1/45 KASSEL-tank factory      Co-Pilot-2nd Lt Robert G. Mellem

7.   3/2/45 BERLIN-City                Co-Pilot-2nd Lt Robert  Mellem                                                       

8.   6/2/45 ZWICKAU-oil plant       Co-Pilot-2nd Lt Robert G. Mellem

9.   9/2/45 WEIMER-tank factory     Co-Pilot-2nd Lt Robert G. Mellem

10. 15/2/45 COTTBUS-ST,               Nav-Lt John Gross, Co-Pilot-2nd Lt Robert G. Mellem

11. 21/2/45 NURNBURG-RR Yards    Co-Pilot-2nd Lt Robert  G. Mellem

12. 22/2/45 WEHENGER-TO       Co-Pilot-2nd Lt Robert  G. Mellem

13. 23/2/45 TREUCHTLINGEN-RR  Co-Pilot-2nd Lt Robert  G. Mellem

14. 25/2/45 MUNICH-RR Yards   Co-Pilot-2nd Lt Robert  G. Mellem

15. 26/2/45 BERLIN-RR Yards   Co-Pilot-2nd Lt Robert  G. Mellem

16.   2/3/45 DRESDEN           Co-Pilot-2nd Lt Robert  G. Mellem

17.   7/3/45 SIEGEN-RR Yards   Co-Pilot-2nd Lt Robert  G. Mellem

18.   8/3/45 GEISSEN-RR Yards   Co-Pilot-2nd Lt Robert  G. Mellem

19. 10/3/45 DORTMUND-RR Yards  Co-Pilot-2nd Lt Robert  G. Mellem

20. 11/3/45 HAMBURG-Oil Plant    Co-Pilot-2nd Lt Robert  G. Mellem

21. 15/3/45 ORANIENBURG-RR        Nav-Lt John Gross, Co-Pilot-2nd Lt Robert G. Mellem

22. 18/3/45 BERLIN-RR Yards-         Nav-Lt John Gross, Co-Piolt-2nd Lt Robert G. Mellem

23. 21/3/45 PLAUEN-tank factory    Nav-Lt John Gross, Co-Pilot 2nd Lt Robert G. Mellem -cpt 35 mission

         Captain Melvin Kodas last mission with Crew

24. 28/3/45 HANNOVER-tank factory,  Pilot-Lt Ivan Rosenbaum, CP-2nd Lt Francis Beed, Nav-F/O Arnold Bennett 

25. 30/3/45 HAMBURG-sub pens  Pilot-Lt Ivan Rosenbaum, CP-2nd Lt Francis Beed, Nav-F/O Arnold Bennett 

26. 31/3/45 ZEITZ-oil refinery   Pilot-Lt Ivan Rosenbaum, CP-2nd Lt Francis Beed, Nav-F/O Arnold Bennett 

27. 14/4/45 ROYAN-gun positions near Bordeaux  Pilot-Lt Rosenbaum, CP-2nd Lt Walter G. Scott 

       Lt Scott completed his 35 mission

28. 15/4/45 ROYAN-gun positions       Pilot-Lt Ivan Rosenbaum CP-? 

29. 16/4/45 POINT DE-GRAVE-gun positions near Bordeaux- Pilot -Lt Ivan Rosenbaum

30. 17/4/45 AUSSIG-RR Yards           Pilot-Lt Ivan Rosenbaum

31. 20/4/45 ORANIENBURG-RR Yards  Pilot-Lt Ivan Rosenbaum



Chowhounds:            

 1/5/45  LEYDEN/HOLLAND

 2/5/45  AMSTERDAM-SHIPHOL

 5/5/45  BERGEN

 7/5/45  AMSTERDAM-SHIPHOL





CREW



2nd Lt Herman F.Streich         P  CPT 17/2/45    FRANKFURT & GIESSEN

2nd Lt Richard W.King        CP  KIA  31/12/44  HAMBURG (With crew flown by F.E.Henderson)

2nd Lt Leon Schwartz      NAV  CPT 19/2/45    OSNABRUCK  sn# 0-723444

2nd Lt Frank Dunst,Jr.      BOM CPT  24/3/45    STEENWIJK/HAVELTE  & ZIEGENHAIN (made lead bomb after 6 missions)

   Cpl Thomas E. Pepper    ROG CPT  17/2/45    FRANKFURT & GIESSEN

   Cpl Edward R.Benice       BTG  NOC (never flew a mission with this crew) 

   Cpl George H.Holland      TTE  CPT 17/2/45    FRANKFURT & GIESSEN

   Cpl Thomas L.Whitacre     WG  CPT  17/2/45    FRANKFURT & GIESSEN

   Cpl Herman H.Buhse WG/TOG  CPT  17/2/45    FRANKFURT & GIESSEN (Toggleer after 6 missions)

   Cpl Elwood O.Mattiza        TG   CPT  17/2/45    FRANKFURT & GIESSEN



351st Sqdn.  Crew joined 100th Group on 09 Sept1944 according to the Sqdn Diary for Sept. (p.2).



Frank Streich was a TV film producer in England for many years after WWII.



This crew flew thirty five missions, many in "Fever Beaver." This venerable old 100th aircraft flew  125 missions. Her crew chief was J.D.Pearson, who appeared on the 1985 Taps list, became almost a surrogate father to young Sam Hurry.  Hurry latter became President of the !00th Bomb Groups English Association.  Others who served on this Crew included; Copilots Lt Paul Batterman and Lt Tom Slaven (from Lt Rosenbaum Crew).  Sgt Harvey J. Lehman (from Lt Clifton Williams Crew) was transferred to this Crew as BTG and completed tour on 17/2/45 mission to Frankfurt & Giessen.  According to Lt Schwartz, Lt King had been grounded and wonders why he filled in  on Lt Henderson's crew on 31 DEC 44 mission to Hamburg? Lt Schwartz also states that they flew FEVER BEAVER on her 100th MISSION (she flew 126 missions in all)