Mission
Photos
June 1944
June 5:
Calais
"Lazy
Lou" and other planes bombing a gun emplacement at Calais
"D"
Day
"Red
Ass" was the first bomber over the beaches on D-Day.
Standing: Sgt William Barlow, gunner; Sgt Stuart Merwin, radio operator; Sgt Bruno Corridino, gunner; Sgt Jesse Davis, gunner; Sgt Joseph Parkin, gunner; Sgt Howard Weaver, engineer/gunner
Kneeling: 1/Lt Robert McConnel, co-pilot; 1/Lt Banks Jacobs, bombardier; Captain Charles Ryan, pilot; 1/Lt Michael Paczan, navigator
Sitting: 3 unidentified ground crewmen and Master Sergeant James M. Holt, second from left
June
8: Granville
"Daisy
Mae Scraggs" crashed into the North Sea. French fishermen rescued 5 crewmen,
but 5 others were killed.
June
10: Wimereaux
"Brown
Knowser" crashed near the field on return, killing one crewman.
Standing: SGt Belly Weeks, gunner; Sgt Isadore Markowitz, radio operator; Sgt Charles Horn, gunner; Sgt Hazel Willard, engineer/gunner; Sgt Herb Gordon, gunner; Sgt Charles Toth, gunner
Kneeling: 2/Lt dana Jones, pilot; 2/Lt Philip Mangiaracina, co-pilot, KIA; F/O Francis Brennan, navigator; 2/Lt Kenneth Dunn, bombardier
June
12: Rennes/Ploermel
After
being hit by flak, this crew was forced to bail out.
Standing: 2/Lt John Hill, not on this flight, 2/Lt Blaine Barritt, evaded capture, 1/Lt Wilbur Turner, evaded capture, 2/Lt Clayton Addy, shot down a month earlier and evaded capture
Kneeling: Sgt Waldo Glass, KIA; Sgt Dean Aitkin, KIA; Sgt A. G. Brossett, KIA; Sgt Joseph Sabarich, KIA; Sgt Harry Meeker, evaded capture, Sgt John Borowski, evaded capture
Not in photo: 2/Lt Willard Hill, KIA, F/O Hyman Nutkis, POW
June
15: Tours
Sgt
Scott Hilliard, a waist gunner, took this picture
The
crew in this picture was shot down on a mission to Politz, Germany on
June 20, 1944. To avoid becoming a prisoner of war or maybe having to ditch
it in the icy waters of the North Sea they headed for Sweden. They landed
at an airfield outside of Malmo. Once in Sweden, the crew was interned.
Front Row - Left to Right:
2nd LT.,Henry Gancarz, C/P, F/O., Harold Tennis, Navigator, 2nd LT.,James
Buffington, Bombardier, F/O.(Not on this mission), Franklin C. Douglas, Pilot
Back Row - Left to Right:
S Sgt., Antonio Enos, Ball Turret Gunner, S Sgt., Wing Chow, Tail Gunner,
S Sgt., Charles F. Slack, Nose Gunner, S Sgt., Joe L. Araiza, Right Waist
Gunner & Assist Engineer, S Sgt., Robert R. Goade, Left Waist Gunner &
Radio Operator, T Sgt., Anthony D. Jenkins, Top Turret Gunner & Engineer
June 21:
Genshagen/Marienfeld
The
crew of "Connie", all of whom but one were killed when their plane
was hit by flak.
Standing: Sgt Warren Smith, KIA; Sgt George Zweier, KIA; Sgt Welborn Smith, KIA; Sgt Jay Ter Haar, KIA; Sgt Edward McHugh, KIA; Sgt Peter Bausano, POW
Kneeling: 2/Lt John Nicholson, KIA; 2/Lt Jimmie Collins, KIA; 2/Lt Raymond Fisher, KIA; 2/Lt Robert Steldt, KIA
June
22: Buc A/F
A
successful mission to an airfield near Paris
June
28: Saarbrucken
Over
the target at Saarbrucken
June
29: Bernburg A/F
When
the pilot of this crew ordered the men to prepare to bail out, 2 crewmen misunderstood
and bailed immediately. The pilot was able to regain control of the damaged
plane and return to base.
Standing: Sgt Charles Ready, gunner; Sgt Leopold Stanowski, gunner; Sgt Eugene Thurston, gunner; Sgt Charles Bryant, gunner; Sgt Francis Garon, engineer/gunner; Sgt J. V. Gabriel, radio operator
Kneeling: 2/Lt Donald Ramsey, pilot; 2/Lt Perry Gillespie, co-pilot; 2/Lt Irving Olstein, navigator, POW; 2/Lt John Friend, bombardier/nose turret gunner, POW
"Wistful
Vista" received 2 flak hits on the way to the target. Though a fifth
of the fuselage was blown away and the rudder was disabled, the pilot and
co-pilot, 1/Lt Benjamin Inman, and 2/Lt John Cox, were able reach the target
and return the plane safely to base. The ball-turret gunner, Sgt Julian Ludwig,
was killed.
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