Personnel

CREW



1ST LT SAM R. TURNER             P INTERNED 6 SEP 43 STUTTGART     (SWITZERLAND) Taps  date unk

2ND LT WILLIAM R. FREUND      CP INTERNED 6 SEP 43 STUTTGART     (SWITZERLAND)

2ND LT MORRIS WEINBERG     NAV INTERNED 6 SEP 43 STUTTGART     (SWITZERLAND)

2ND LT VANCE R. BOSWELL     BOM INTERNED 6 SEP 43 STUTTGART     (SWITZERLAND) TAPS: 1985

T/SGT HAROLD W. SMITH        TTE INTERNED 6 SEP 43 STUTTGART     (SWITZERLAND)

T/SGT CARMINE A. GALLO       ROG INTERNED 6 SEP 43 STUTTGART     (SWITZERLAND) TAPS:10 FEB 1985

S/SGT JOSEPH F. MOLONEY     BTG KIA  6 SEP 43 STUTTGART

S/SGT CARTER F. THORNTON  WG INTERNED 6 SEP 43 STUTTGART     (SWITZERLAND) TAPS: 9 JUL 1988

S/SGT DEWITT J. WEIR            TG INTERNED 6 SEP 43 STUTTGART     (SWITZERLAND) TAPS: 4 JUL 1987

S/SGT NORMAN F. BRETT        WG RFS  Medicial - failed flght physical.. 



351ST SQDN.. AN ORIGINAL 100TH CREW.  A/C 42-30057 "RAUNCHY"



S/SGT JOSEPH F. MOLONEY IS BURIED IN THE EPINAL AMERICAN CEMETARY.  PLOT B, ROW 2, GRAVE 13



NORMAN F. BRETT TAIL GUNNER ON ORIGINAL CREW, GROUNDED AFTER 7 MISSIONS.   REPLACED ON THIS MISSION BY JAMES SPEAKMAN



STATEMENT BY SAM TURNER:  "I crashed - landed on Lake Constance on 06 Sep 1943 at 1030 hours approximately one and one fourth miles from land. The plane remained afloat for about four minutes. The life rafts failed to work properly. the plane was completely demolished. After the plane crashed I saw the ball turret gunner who had been killed by a 20mm shell. He was left in the plane. On 05 Oct 1943, the plane was raised by the Swiss and the ball turret gunner  was removed and buried."



Turner was slightly wounded int he chest by a 20mm fragment. He was interened until March 1944 at which time he returned to the U.S.A.



According to Morris Weinberg, Joseph Moloney was hit by two 20mm's between the shoulder blades. He was buried at Bad Ragaz and later moved to American Cememtary at Musterlingen, Switzerland.



On this sixteenth mission for the crew, Vance Boswell was wounded and his chute torn to pieces.



Mission Log

Sam Turner Crew



 Mission    Date



1. Bremen, Germany   June 25, 1943

2. LeMans, France   June 26, 1943

3. St. Nazaire, France   June 28, 1943

4. LeMans, France   June 29, 1943

5. La Pallice, France   July 4, 1943

6. Hamburg, Germany   July 17, 1943 (Aborted -- engine failure)

7. Trondheim, Norway   July 24, 1943

8. Warenmunde, Germany  July 25, 1943

9. Oscherslegen, Germany  July 28, 1943

10. Bonn, Germany   August 12, 1943 (major damage to aircraft)

11. Woensdrecht, Belgium  August 19, 1943 (not flown in "Raunchy")

12. Eureaux, France   August 24, 1943

13. Watten, France   August 27, 1943

14. LeMureaux, France   August 31, 1943

15. Paris, France    September 3, 1943 (Difficult mission for the crew)

16. Stuttgart, Germany   September 6, 1943  (Interned in Switzerland)



 Mission log courtesy of William Freund in 1995.. paul west..





Subj: Wm Freund  

Date: 7/16/2002 6:05:42 AM Pacific Daylight Time 

From: rwtechserv@bartnet.net 

To: MPFaley@aol.com 

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Hi Michael,

Yes I do have that info.

William R Freund

3335 Coldwell Dr.

Tarpen Springs, FL

(727) 944-2050

Have a good one.

Rene