Personnel

CREW



2nd Lt Joseph W. King P CPT 20-Apr-45 Oranienburg, MY 

2nd Lt George E. Mayberry CP NOC -- Became 349th Eng. Officer 

2nd Lt Robert C. Culp NAV CPT 20-Apr-45 Oranienburg, MY 

2nd Lt Jack D. Tolliver BOM NOC -- Left for lead crew training 

T/Sgt Roland A. Eckert ROG CPT 20-Apr-45 Oranienburg, MY 

T/Sgt Edward F. Mazanec TTE CPT 20-Apr-45 Oranienburg, MY 

T/Sgt Angelo A. LaSalle BTG CPT 20-Apr-45 Oranienburg, MY 

S/Sgt Lester E. Prellwitz WG CPT 20-Apr-45 Oranienburg, MY 

S/Sgt James R. Smith, Jr. TG CPT 20-Apr-45 Oranienburg, MY 



349th Sqdn. Crew joined the 100th 24 Dec 44.

Flew first mission 24 Dec 44 (Hamburg) and the 100th final combat mission (Oranienburg) 20 Apr 45. They also flew five (5) Chow Hound missions, dropping food in Holland after 20 Apr 45.



Jack Tolliver left the crew around their twelfth mission for lead crew training and was replaced by Seymour Myers. George Mayberry left after 20 missions to become the 349th Engineering Officer, he was replaced by Paul Valentine from the R. N. Wieland crew as CP.



King had part of the stabilizer on his aircraft knocked away by a wing from the ME-109 that collided with #43-38514 on the 100th 7 Apr 45 Buchen mission. Lt. King managed to return his damaged aircraft safely to Thorpe Abbotts and was awarded the DFC.



Mission list from the diary of Robert C. Culp - presented as received.. Mpf



17-Jan-45 Hamburg 

21-Jan-45 Mannheim 

28-Jan-45 Kassel 

3-Feb-45 Berlin 

9-Feb-45 Weimar 

14-Feb-45 Chemnitz 

15-Feb-45 Cottbus 

19-Feb-45 Munster 

20-Feb-45 Nurenburg 

24-Feb-45 Bremen 

25-Feb-45 Munich 

2-Mar-45 Dresden (Officially the 100th never had Dresden for a Primary Target) 

3-Mar-45 Brunswick 

4-Mar-45 Ulm 

10-Mar-45 Dortmund 

14-Mar-45 Hannover 

15-Mar-45 Oranienburg 

18-Mar-45 Berlin 

31-Mar-45 Zeitz 

3-Apr-45 Keil 

5-Apr-45 Nurenburg 

6-Apr-45 Leipzig 

7-Apr-45 Buchen 

11-Apr-45 Igolstadt 

14-Apr-45 Royan 

25-Apr-45 Royan 

16-Apr-45 Pont-de-Graves 

17-Apr-45 Aussig 

18-Apr-45 Straubing 

20-Apr-45 Oranienburg 

----- Four (4) Chow Hound missions after 20 Apr 45 

 





LEAD CREW WITH LT TOLLIVER:

MAJ. J. B. MILLING  COMMAND PILOT (351ST BS C. O. ) 

LT RAYMOND WIELAND  PILOT 

LT PAUL VALENTINE  CO-PILOT (FORMATION OFFICER) 

LT PRANGER  NAVIGATOR 

LT JACK TOLLIVER  BOMBARDIER (ORIGINALLY ON LT JOSEPH KING CREW) 

T/SGT DAVID CLOWE  TOP TURRET ENGINEER 

T/SGT ARTHUR EDMONSTON  RADIO OPERATOR GUNNER 

LT RAY DECKER  MICKEY OPERATOR (ORIGINALLY  BOM ON LT WALTER CHARLES CREW, RECLASSIFIED TO RADAR OPERATOR) 

S/SGT CIACCIA  WAIST GUNNER 

S/SGT FRED "TEX" APPLEBY JR.  TAIL GUNNER

Jack Dale Tolliver Sr. VETERAN

BIRTH

4 Mar 1924

DEATH

1 Aug 2024 (aged 100)

BURIAL

Cave Hill Cemetery

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA

PLOT

SECTION 7 Lot: 55 Part: N1/2 Grave: 8