George Asprocolas
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 95th Bomb Group
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26 October 1944
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Crew #551 Seward M. Meinstma Crew Standing Left to Right: Jack Veach (R/O), George Wood (BTG), William Osborne (NG), John O'Donnell (FE), Howard Wade (TG), Sherell Campbell (G) Kneeling Left to Right: Seward Meinstma (P), Donald Vanderwall (CP), Eugene Gjertsen (N), Harvey Levine (B) This crew completed a 35 mission tour. Gjertsen transferred to the Welsh Crew of the 784th BS at some point during the tour. Also Daniel Chadbourne replaced O'Donnell as Flight Engineer during the tour.
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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
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2. BIELEFELD
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INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
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3. BIELEFELD
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STORAGE DEPOT
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4. BOTTROP/WELHEIM
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OIL REFINERY
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5. GUTERSLOH
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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
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6. HANNOVER
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INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
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7. HANNOVER/HANOMAG
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MOTOR VEHICLE FACTORY
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A mix of 235 P-47s and P-51s provide escort. Mix not given in available data.
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8. MINDEN/MITTELLAND CANAL
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CANAL
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A mix of 128 P-47 and P-51s provide escort. Mix not given in available data.
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9. MUNSTER
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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
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10. MUNSTER
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INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
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11. MUNSTER/LUDWIG
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MARSHALLING YARDS
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Service
People
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Jackie Bishop
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 466th Bomb Group
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Burton Bush
Military | Captain | Pilot/Lead Pilot | 458th Bomb Group
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Rolland Bushner
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 25th Bomb Group
Missions: 1944 - Aug 9 Saarbrucken; 12 Mourmelon sur Marne; 14 Dole/Tauaux/ 16 Madgeburg; 24 Hanover; 26 Dulmen; 30 Mainz; Sep 9 Mainz; 10 Ulm; 11 Madgeburg; Oct 5 Lippstadt; 7 Madgeburg; 9 Koblenz; 22 Hamm; 26 Bottrop; 30 Hamburg; Nov 5 Karlsruhe; 10... -
Emil Cohen
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 447th Bomb Group
Informed that he was possibly the youngest pilot in the 8th Air Force, confirmed that he was the youngest Jewish pilot -
Robert David
Military | Colonel | Captain-Operations Officer, 447th Bomb Group | 447th Bomb Group
Colonel David was the operations officer for the 447th. After the war he was assigned to military transport command, later serving in the Korean War. He later became Training commander of transport command, Washington D.C. and commander of the 415th... -
John Dugan
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 95th Bomb Group
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Edward Felski
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
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Louie Fugazi
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 447th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed near Gera in B-17 #4297634 -
William Gaylor
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier - 1035 | 490th Bomb Group
Member of Willis crew; Remained an Air Force officer until 1972, retired as Lt. Colonel; Was an Electronics Engineer for the Air Force; Did the same job as a civilian after retiring. Died February 1986.
Aircraft
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42-107047 The Doodle Bug
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 6/2/44; Grenier 3/3/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-M] Horham 17/3/44; with R.V. Mercer force landed Framlingham AFB 25/12/44 with engine failure; battle damaged Berlin 3/2/45 with H. Palmer; force landed Charleroi, Bel; 97m, repaired & ret... -
42-107062 Worry Bird/Miss Bea Haven
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 9/2/44; Rapid City 2/3/44; Dow Fd 3/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 25/4/44; no ops, transferred 562BS/388BG Knettishall 29/4/44 WORRY BIRD; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 29/11/45;... -
42-31582 Ol' Scrapiron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; Paine Fd 28/11/43; Toledo 1/12/43; Felts Fd 4/12/43; Gt falls 5/12/43; Cheyenne 7/12/43; Kearney 19/12/43; Detroit 8/1/44; Montreal 10/1/44; Presque 12/1/44; Assigned 711BS/447BG Rattlesden 23/1/44. ... -
42-39993 'Hells Angels Out Of Chute 13', 'Grossly Inadequate'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 26/10/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-C] Deenethorpe 1/1/44; 118m landing accident at base with Jim Nolan 7/5/45; sal 2 SAD Watton, Nfk 8/5/45. HELL’S ANGELS OUT OF CHUTE 13 aka GROSSLY INADEQUATE. ... -
42-97093 I'll Get By
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 28/1/44; Kearney 14/2/44; Presque Is 20/2/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-S] Framlingham 3/3/44 DOC'S FLYING CIRCUS, then GIRL OF MY DREAMS; on mission 21/7/44 with ? , Lt Sam Dubin (Killed in Action); severe icing during assembly for... -
43-38393
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 28/7/44; Hunter 8/8/44; Dow Fd 30/8/44; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-V] Framlingham 2/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 30/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 6/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA)... -
44-6509
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lincoln 28/8/44; Grenier 15/9/44; Assigned 748BS/457BG [H] Glatton 30/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; Sth Plains 13/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 25/11/45. -
42-95021 San Antonio Rose
B-24 Liberator
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 20 February 2018 09:31:22 | marshaferraro | Changes to person associations |
| Sources | ||
Personal list of 30 missions Lloyd C. Kenagy participated in with the 401st Bomb Group 613th Squadron between Aug 1, 1944 and April 11, 1945. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:43:08 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Lee Cunningham, 8th Air Force missions research database / Stan Bishop's 'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces', the Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces and the work of Roger Freeman including the 'Mighty Eighth War Diary'. |
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