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Lt Charlie Parlee confirmed list of Missions. 17 Missions with the 100th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force and 14 with the 97th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force. Courtesy of Eric Parlee.

Lt James Musser confirmed mission list. 17 missions with the 100th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force and 14 with the 97th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force. If you were transferred from the 8th to the 15th during your tour of duty, your missions with the 8th counted as DOUBLE towards your combined amount of missions needed to complete a tour in the 15th Air Force (50 missions). So his missions with the 100th counted as 34 missions and his 14 missions with the 15th AF counted as 16, thus giving Lt Musser and his Crew "50 Missions". Photo courtesy of Eric Parlee.

Certificate for Valor signed by Ira Eaker, Lt Gen, commanding the 15th Air Force. This also confirms completing 50 missions. Courtesy of Eric Parlee.

Information about the ditching of the Musser Crew on their first attempt to deploy to England and the 8th Air Force. The B-17 was named Big Moose. B-17F 42-5840. 4 members of the Original Crew were killed. On May 2, 1943 the following Crew was sent Presque AAF/Presque Island Maine by way of North Atlantic route to Prestwick Scotland. B-17F 42-5840 2nd Lt James F. Musser Pilot- O-376844 (survived) 2nd Lt David R. Wollen Co-Pilot O-735484 (Survived ditching and reassigned) 2nd Lt Joseph F. Green Navigator O-796525 Drowned during ditching and Body never recovered) 2nd Lt Charles W. Parlee Bombardier O-734381 (survived) T/Sgt Donald T. Atkinson TTE 15087821 (survived) T/Sgt Elmo A. Humphreys ROG 36257831 Survived Ditching and reassigned S/Sgt Robert L. Shearer WG 33237603 Survivied S/Sgt Frederick R. Unangst TG 33187337 (Drowned and Body never recovered) S/Sgt William N. Clough BTG 32360066 (Survived S/Sgt Kermit Q. Ward WG 34355615 (Survived)

On May 2, 1943 the following Crew was sent Presque AAF/Presque Island Maine by way of North Atlantic route to Prestwick Scotland. B-17F 42-5840 2nd Lt James F. Musser Pilot- O-376844 (survived) 2nd Lt David R. Wollen Co-Pilot O-735484 (Survived ditching and reassigned) 2nd Lt Joseph F. Green Navigator O-796525 Drowned during ditching and Body never recovered) 2nd Lt Charles W. Parlee Bombardier O-734381 (survived) T/Sgt Donald T. Atkinson TTE 15087821 (survived) T/Sgt Elmo A. Humphreys ROG 36257831 Survived Ditching and reassigned S/Sgt Robert L. Shearer WG 33237603 Survivied S/Sgt Frederick R. Unangst TG 33187337 (Drowned and Body never recovered) S/Sgt William N. Clough BTG 32360066 (Survived S/Sgt Kermit Q. Ward WG 34355615 (Survived)

Transfer orders from 15th AF HQ to the 97th Bomb Group . Courtesy of Eric Parlee.

Newly commissioned 2nd Lt Charles W. Parlee. Photo courtesy of Eric Parlee

Original Lt Musser Crew April 1943. Photo courtesy of Eric Parlee On May 2, 1943 the following Crew was sent Presque AAF/Presque Island Maine by way of North Atlantic route to Prestwick Scotland and ditched in the Atlantic. B-17F 42-5840 2nd Lt James F. Musser Pilot- O-376844 (survived) 2nd Lt David R. Wollen Co-Pilot O-735484 (Survived ditching and reassigned) 2nd Lt Joseph F. Green Navigator O-796525 Drowned during ditching and Body never recovered) 2nd Lt Charles W. Parlee Bombardier O-734381 (survived) T/Sgt Donald T. Atkinson TTE 15087821 (survived) T/Sgt Elmo A. Humphreys ROG 36257831 Survived Ditching and reassigned S/Sgt Robert L. Shearer WG 33237603 Survivied S/Sgt Frederick R. Unangst TG 33187337 (Drowned and Body never recovered) S/Sgt William N. Clough BTG 32360066 (Survived S/Sgt Kermit Q. Ward WG 34355615 (Survived)

Id for Lt Musser Crew in front of Daylite Delivery at Thorpe Abbotts. Photo courtesy of Eric Parlee