Personnel

CREW: 



Was originally assigned to 95th Bomb Group, 334th Bomb Squadron at Horham.  Flying missions with Lt  R.E. Rudkins Crew. 



1944-09-26	212	Bremen, Germany	2107047	R.E. Rudkins	R. M. Wells	Bombardier	

1944-09-27	213	Mainz, Germany	297215	R.E. Rudkins	R. M. Wells	Bombardier	

1944-10-06	219	Berlin (Spandau), Germany	297215	R.E. Rudkins	R. M. Wells	Bombardier	

1944-10-09	221	Mainz, Germany	338551	R.E. Rudkins	R. M. Wells	Bombardier	

1944-10-12	222	Bremen, Germany	2102447	R.E. Rudkins	R. M. Wells	Bombardier	

1944-10-22	227	Munster, Germany	231867	R.E. Rudkins	R. M. Wells	Bombardier	

1944-10-26	229	Hannover, Germany	2107201	R.E. Rudkins	R. M. Wells	Bombardier	

1944-10-30	231	Merseburg, Germany -Recalled-Bad Weather	338551	R.E. Rudkins	R. M. Wells	Bombardier	

1944-11-05	234	Ludwigshafen, Germany	2107154	R.E. Rudkins	R. M. Wells	Bombardier	

1944-11-09	236	Saarbrucken, Germany	2102951	R.E. Rudkins	R. M. Wells	Bombardier	

Radar Training

1945-02-09	273	Weimar, Germany	48179	C.R. Stotesbury	R. Wells	Radar Operator	

1945-02-22	280	Bamberg, Germany	48667	C.R. Stotesbury	R. Wells	Radar Operator	



TRANSFERRED TO 100TH BOMB GROUP, 351ST BOMB SQDN LT JESSIE WOFFORD'S LEAD CREW

LEAD CREW TRAINING

9.     3/4/45  KIEL, Sub Penns, "moderate flak" H2X bombing

10.   5/4/45  NURNBURG-RR Yards, Extemely Heavy Flak, visual bombing

11.   6/4/45  LEIPZIG-MY, Light Flak, H2X bombing

12. 14/4/45  ROYAN-Gun Inplacements, visual bombing, no flak

13. 16/4/45  ROYAN-BORDEAUX-Gun Inplacements, visual bombing

14. 18/4/45  STRAUBING. MY "Little or no Flak"



Crew did one Chowhound Missions:

3/5/45  PFF  916 R   HARDSTAND 32



22 June,1945  BANJO mission for WOFFORD on "PARD"  44-8849  EP-J



MISSIONS 9-14 WE FLEW LEAD IN 351ST SQUADRON. 



LEAD CREW:



COMMAND PILOT:

1ST LT JESSE L. WOFFORD                        P FEH

1ST LT LEONARD C. FRUMIN                   NAV FEH SN# 0-2015306

1ST LT ALFRED PATERNO                       BOM FEH 

T/SGT ALGIE L. DAVENPORT, JR.              TTE FEH

T/SGT RUEBEN LASKOW                          ROG FEH TAPS: 16 SEP 1979 

S/SGT CARL E. LINDSTROM                       WG FEH  SWITCHED BACK TO WG FROM TOGGLEIER 

SGT JOE R. URICE                                     TG FEH

LT ROBBERT M. WELLS    RADAR OPERATOR  FEH

In Memory of

Robert Melvin Wells

October 30, 1920 - October 7, 2016

Obituary



Robert Melvin Wells, 95, of Kings Grant, Martinsville passed away on Friday, October 7, 2016. He was born in Callands, Va. on October 30, 1920 to Matthew Lee Wells and Julia Minter Wells. In addition to his parents, Mr. Wells was preceded in death by his son, Robert M. Wells Jr.



Mr. Wells is survived by his loving wife of 75 years, Mary Gilbert Wells; daughter Meg Oliver and husband Eddie of Richmond, Va.; son Richard S. Wells and wife Micky of Greensboro, N.C.; grandchildren, Carter Herndon and husband Mike of Charlotte N.C., Wells Oliver and wife Angela of San Diego CA, Langdon Oliver and wife Sharon of Chesapeake Va.; great-grandchildren, Archer and Olive Herndon, Chase and Kairi Oliver.



Mr. Wells was a graduate of Martinsville High School, Middle Georgia College for pilot training and he also attended Roanoke College. He served in Air Corps Reserve from 1942 to 1953. In 1943 he was activated for duty in WWII serving as a bombardier with the 95th bomb group and the 100th radar navigator group out of England. Among the many service medals he received are the air medal with two oak leaf clusters, presidential citation with 6 oak leaf clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross.



He retired from Dupont with over 44 years of service during which time he served in management positions in four different departments. After five years of service with the company in Germany, Holland and Iran he returned home from Europe and was named Personnel Superintendent of the Martinsville Nylon Plant.



Mr. Wells was a very civic and community minded person who served as President of the local area chapter of the Roanoke College Alumni Association and Director of the Junior Chamber of Commerce's Boys Baseball League. He served on the board of directors for Roanoke Blue Cross and Blue Shield, YMCA and the Lynwood Club. He was also a member of First Baptist Church of Martinsville where he served on the budget committee and was a Sunday school teacher; he was also a member of the management relations committee for the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce, Southern College Placement Association, Commission on Human Values, Junior Chamber of Commerce, Local Community Theater Group, and the United Way. Robert was also a Boy Scout leader at First Presbyterian Church of Martinsville.



Mr. Wells was very thankful for all of the many opportunities he had to serve and help others. He served with dedication and enthusiasm and once noted that education never ceases as long as you are serving others. He summed up his life by saying he had a great life with a wonderful wife.