Personnel

CREW



2nd Lt Robert L.Chamberlain              P CPT 29/11/44 HAMM

2nd Lt Gerald A.Boule                     CP CPT 10/11/44 WIESBADEN & INGELHEIM, CITIES

2nd Lt Kenneth O Shrewsbury      NAV CPT 10/11/44 WIESBADEN & INGELHEIM, CITIES

2nd Lt Victor L.Karp                    BOM CPT 10/11/44 WIESBADEN & INGELHEIM, CITIES 

 S/Sgt Harold Yatt                      ROG CPT 10/11/44 WIESBADEN & INGELHEIM, CITIES

 S/Sgt David H. Gordon                TTE CPT 10/11/44 WIESBADEN & INGELHEIM, CITIES   

   Sgt William L Wixom                 BTG CPT 10/11/44 WIESBADEN & INGELHEIM, CITIES

   Sgt Sherwood G.Sharp              WG CPT 10/11/44 WIESBADEN & INGELHEIM, CITIES

   Sgt Bruce A.Richardson               TG CPT 10/11/44 WIESBADEN & INGELHEIM, CITIES sn#35789288

   Pvt Albert H.Beauchene              WG CPT 09/03/45 MUNICH/REIM, AF (BRUCE RICHARDSON CLAIMS BEAUCHENE DID NOT FLY ON CREW)



349th Sgdn. Crew,as above,joined the 100th Group on 17/7/44.  Flew in A/C  "Reluctant Dragon"

According to Ken Shrewsbury, officers returned to States as 1st Lieutenants. According to Bruce Richardson, the Crew Flew in A/C "Varga Venus" for first 3 missions, Crashed at base on return from Merseburg.  Remaining missions in  A/C  "Reluctant Dragon"



Missions of 1st Lt Kenneth O. Shrewsbury (mpf 2002)



1. 28/7/44  Merseburg, Oil Refinery

2. 29/7/44  Merseburg, Oil Refinery

3. 31/7/44  Munich

4.   2/8/44  Tergnier, Rail Bridge

5.   3/8/44  Troyes, Rail Bridge

6.   7/8/44  Beautor, Rail Bridge

7.   8/8/44  St Sylvain

8. 11/8/44  Villacoublay, Airport

9. 13/8/44  Nantes/Gassicourt

10. 15/8/44  Venlo, Airfield

11. 25/8/44  Politz, Oil Field

12. 26/8/44  Brest

13. 30/8/44  Bremen

14.   1/9/44  Mainz

15.   8/9/44  Mainz

16.    9/9/44  Dusseldorf

17. 10/9/44  Nurnburg, Tank factory)

18. 11/9/44  Ruhland (100th lost 12 a/c on this mission) Oil Depot

19. 12/9/44  Magdeburg, Oil Plant

20. 18/9/44  Warsaw (Start of Second Russian Shuttle Mission)

21. 19/9/44  Szolnok, Hungary

22. 28/9/44  Merseburg

23. 2/10/44  Kassel

24. 5/10/44  Munster

25. 6/10/44  Berlin

26. 7/10/44  Bohlen, Oil Refinery

27. 9/10/44  Mainz, Rail Yards  

28. 22/10/44 Munster

29. 26/10/44 Hanover

30.   2/11/44 Merseburg

31.   6/11/44 Neumunster, Air Field

32.   9/11/44 Saarbrucken

33. 11/11/44 Mainz, Air field (believe Ken completed on Nov 10 at Wiesbaden with rest of crew)





 Missions of S/Sgt Bruce A. Richardson  (mpf 2001)



1. 25/7/44  St Lo

2. 28/7/44  Merseburg

3. 29/7/44  Merseburg

4. 31/7/44  Munich

5.   2/8/44  Tergnier

6.   3/8/44  Troyes

7.   7/8/44  Beautor

8.   8/8/44  St Sylvain

9. 11/8/44  Villacoublay

10. 13/8/44  Nantes/Gassicourt

11. 14/8/44  Ludwigshaven

12. 24/8/44  Ruhland

13. 25/8/44  Politz

14. 26/8/44  Brest

15. 27/8/44  BERLIN

16.   1/9/44  Mainz

17.   3/9/44  Brest

18.   8/9/44  Mainz

19. 10/9/44  Nurnburg

20. 11/9/44  Ruhland (100th lost 12 a/c on this mission)

21. 18/9/44  Warsaw (Start of Second Russian Shuttle Mission)

22. 19/9/44  Szolnok, Hungary

23. 28/9/44  Merseburg

24. 2/10/44  Kassel

25. 12/10/44 Bremen

26. 17/10/44 Cologne

27. 18/10/44 Kassel

28. 22/10/44 Munster

29. 26/10/44 Hanover

30. 30/10/44 Merseburg

31.   2/11/44 Merseburg

32.   9/11/44 Saarbrucken

33. 10/11/44 Wiesbaden

Kenneth Oldham Shrewsbury Jr. 

Obituary



 Kenneth Oldham Shrewsbury, Jr. died at the age of 91yrs., on October 7, 2015, at his home in Granite Bay, CA. He was born in New York City November 18, 1923. He is survived by his second wife, Jean E. Stith of Winters, Calif. and his brother John Shrewsbury of Guilford, Conn. His first wife, Julianne Brodie of Washington, D.C. died in 1988. They had three children; Anne S. Heintz of Midland, Texas, Kenneth O. Shrewsbury, III of Copper Center, Alaska and Douglas T. Shrewsbury of Grand Rapids, Michigan They gave him five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. In 1942, at the age of 19, Ken enlisted in the Army Air Corp aviation cadet program. He graduated as a 2nd Lieutenant, navigator and subsequently flew 35 bombing missions over Germany with the Eighth Air Force, 100th Bomb Group. He considered himself a lucky survivor and seldom talked about the war. After the War he attended Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts and went to work at Ford Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan where he had a 44 year career in sales and marketing management in various locations in and out of Detroit as an employee and then dealer. He took early retirement from Ford in 1979 to move to Sacramento, Calif. to build and operate a Ford heavy truck dealership in West Sacramento. He sold the business in 1992 and with his second wife, Jean Stith, retired to the Campus Commons area of Sacramento where they participated in the social life and management of the community. Upon selling his truck dealership, Ken became involved in the Towe Auto Museum, now the California Automobile Museum in downtown Sacramento as a volunteer docent and Board member. He donated his classic 1966 Ford Thunderbird to the Museum where it is on display. In 2009 Ken and Jean moved to the Eskaton Lodge for seniors in Granite Bay, Calif. where they helped new residents make new friends and lead a full life. Ken enjoyed his life's work in the automobile industry and was proud of his children and grand-children. Private Interment Services will be at Sacramento's East Lawn Memorial Park, where he will be at rest alongside his first wife, Julianne.

Published in The Sacramento Bee on Oct. 18, 2015