Personnel

CREW



CAPT DAVID L. MINER                P KIA        06 MAR 44 BERLIN, ELECTRICAL EQUIP

LT HERBERT A. ALF                  CP POW      28 APR 44 SOTTEVAST (NOBALL)

LT EARL L. RICHARDSON        BOM POW      06 MAR 44 BERLIN, ELECTRICAL EQUIP (BOMB FROM THE JACK FLANIGAN CREW)

LT GEORGE R. JONES            NAV KIA         06 MAR 44 BERLIN, ELECTRICAL EQUIP

SGT WILLIAM C. LIBBERT       ROG POW      06 MAR 44 BERLIN, ELECTRICAL EQUIP

SGT ALBERT ZIKORUS            TTE POW      06 MAR 44 BERLIN, ELECTRICAL EQUIP

SGT VARDEN I. BUTLER          BTG KIA        06 MAR 44 BERLIN, ELECTRICAL EQUIP

SGT SAM PRY                     RWG POW/WIA 06 MAR 44 BERLIN, ELECTRICAL EQUIP

SGT LEONARD D. MALCUIT     LWG POW/WIA 06 MAR 44 BERLIN, ELECTRICAL EQUIP

SGT JUNE E. ROBERSON           TG POW       06 MAR 44 BERLIN, ELECTRICAL EQUIP



418th Sqdn.  Letter from Bertholf 8/Sep/88 : Crew joined the 100th in Sept.1943….jb 

Flying a/c 42-38059 LD-A.  This A/C was leading the high squadron when attacked by fighters.The nose was shot away and other damage 

occurred. It was Richardson's belief that as the ship wildly manuevered, Jones slipped or was thrown from the 

nose without his chute. Malcuit & Pry both suffered burns about the face and eyes."



Lt Alf was replaced for this mission of 6/3/44 by Lt George E.Kinsella from the T.J.Reilly crew. 

Kinsella was KIA.  Lt.Alf was flying with Col.Kelly and Capt.Lakin when he became a POW

Alf had arrived at the 100th Group as pilot with his own crew on 1/12/43.



Letter from E.L.Rlchardson dated 8/4/86 says that "Miner's crew was on its 25 misslon. And that he was"flying 

as replacement for D.Berthlof,Bom. Who was ill with a sinus infection"



Missions of Capt. David Miner (from Bill Thompson's MACR Reports, missing 4 missions from this crew…mpf 2002)



1.  2/10/43  EMDEN

2.  4/10/43  HANAU

3.  8/10/43  BREMEN

4.  9/10/43  MARIENBURG

5.  5/11/43  GELSENKIRCHEN

6. 11/11/43 MUNSTER

7. 26/11/43 PARIS

8. 30/11/43 SOLINGEN

9.   5/12/43 BORDEAUX

10. 11/12/43 EMDEN

11. 13/12/43 KIEL

12. 16/12/43 BREMEN

13. 20/12/43 BREMEN

14. 22/12/43 MUNSTER

15.   1/01/44 PARIS

16. 30/01/44 BRUNSWICK

17. 10/02/44 BRUNSWICK

18. 24/02/44 ROSTOCK

19. 25/02/44 REGENSBURG

20.    3/04/44   BERLIN

21.  6/03/44 BERLIN



David L. Miner temp promotion to Captain on Feb 11, 1944   0-797577

Mission 250 for 8th Air Force