Personnel

CREW



2nd Lt Leo D.Ross                  P      POW       31/12/44  HAMBURG sn#: 0-768685

2nd Lt Raigh Mason              CP      POW/WIA  31/12/44  HAMBURG SN# 0-765410

2nd Lt William T.Burruss       NAV    POW        31/12/44  HAMBURG SN# 0-2060931

2nd Lt Russell A.Koechel       BOM    POW       31/12/44  HAMBURG  SN# 0-723984

   Sgt Carl C.Andersen          ROG    POW       31/12/44  HAMBURG SN# 17157831 

   Cpl Jerry J.Angelotos         TTE    POW       31/12/44  HAMBURG SN# 19181921 

   Cpl Alfred L.Wenzel          WG     CPT         17/03/45  PLAUEN

   Cpl John W.Affleck           WG      POW       31/12/44  HAMBURG SN# 33538431

   Cpl Oscar K.Johnson         BTG    POW        31/12/44  HAMBURG SN# 14185089

   Cpl James R.Wynne          TG      POW        31/12/44  HAMBURG SN# 35228761



350th Sqdn. Crew,as above,joined the 100th Group on 15/9/44. A/C #43 38408  "Faithful Forever" 

MACR #11360, Micro fiche #4180  

Cpl Wenzel was put in Spare Gunners pool when reduced to 9 men crews.  Flew some missions with Lt Stanton Lawrence Crew



"On 31 Dec 44 the target was Hamburg.  The 100th Bomb Group would lose 12 a/c on this mission.  Flying in "C Squadron" of the 100th BG, Lt Leo D. Ross was in the Low Squadron, Low flight.  They were in the "Tail End Charlie" postion along with Lt Macnab, Lt Webster, and Lt Rojohn.  All 4 crews in the low flight were lost this day.  At 12:30pm, B-17G "Faithful Forever" piloted by Lt Leo Ross was attacked by German fighters.  Lt Ross dove down , leveled off, then went into a tight spin at 5000 ft.  Two chutes were seen.  The aircraft crashed at Bartelsdorf near Rotenberg (30km east of Bremen) Germany. " ... from MACR report mpf 2001 





Crew #26, 100th Bomb Group/350th Sqdn.--joined 100th on September 15, 1944



Pilot:Leo"Buck" Ross 

Co-Pilot: Lt. Reigh Mason 

Navigator-Lt. William Burruss 

Bomb.-Lt. Russell Koechel 

Eng.-T/Sgt. Jerry Angolotus 

Radio-T/Sgt Carl Andersen 

Ball-S/Sgt. Oscar Johnson 

Tail-S/Sgt. James Wynne 

Waist- S/Sgt. John Affleck

(2nd Waist who was not still with crew during bail-out: Alfred L. Wenzel)



Mission Date Target  Time 

Oct. 7, 1944 Hamlin  8hr30min 

Oct. 9, 1944 Mainz  6hr20min 

Oct. 17, 1944 Cologne 6hr20min 

Oct. 18, 1944 Kassel  8hr30min 

Oct. 19, 1944 Ludwigshafen 7hr 

Oct. 26, 1944 Hanover 7hr 

Nov. 2, 1944 Merseburg 7hr45min 

Nov. 9, 1944 Saarbrucken 7hr 

Nov. 10, 1944 Wiesbaden 7hr 

Nov. 16, 1944 Aachin  6hr30min 

Nov. 21, 1944 Osnabruck 6hr30min 

Nov. 29, 1944 Hamm  6hr15min 

Nov. 30, 1944 Merseburg 8hr 

Dec. 2, 1944 Koblenz 6hr  

Dec. 4, 1944 Giessen  7hr30min 

Dec. 5, 1944 Berlin  8hr30min 

Dec. 24, 1944 Biblis  9hr 

Dec. 25, 1944 Kaiserslautern 7hr10min--forced down in Brussels, Belgium--back to base on 27th 

Dec. 28, 1944 Lunebach 7hr15min 

Dec. 29, 1944 Frankfort 7hr 

Dec. 30, 1944 Kassel  7hr 

Dec. 31, 1944 Hamburg 6hr--shot down by fighters about noon 





Beth Waller (John Affleck relative)

103 Smith Run Road 

Browntown, VA 22610 

phone/fax: (540) 636-4970 

cell: (540) 671-6145



From: United Methodist Church [mailto:umcfmt@frontiernet.net] 

Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 2:33 PM

To: 100th@cmcwebsites.com

Subject: 100th BG Webmaster





On the web site:

350th BS

2nd Lt. Leo D. Ross my father-in-law is listed with the crew.  Please make the following correction:

Carl C. Andersen NOT Carl C. Anderson. 

 

Thank you,

 

Sandy Andersen

1406 N Prairie Ave.

Fairmont, MN 56031

POW/KIA notes: Crew was on 22nd Mission.