391st BOMB GROUP: Loadlist Form104a for mission No. 31
The Form No.104a was completed by S2 (Intelligence) officers for each crew returning from missions.
The table below contains the pertininent details from each form in the mission records that was legible.
REEL |
PAGE |
SQUADRON |
A/C NO. |
A/C LETTER |
BOMB LOAD |
DATE |
BOX-FLIGHT-POSITION |
PILOT |
TAKE OFF TIME |
TIME OVER TARGET |
TIME LANDED |
CREW COMMENTS |
PILOT ASN |
A/C SERIAL |
B0430 | 2005 | 572 | 716 | O | 14x250gp | | 122 | blute | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | Tail guns left charged. Too much stew. | O795686 | 41-31716 |
B0430 | 2014 | 573 | 978 | Q | 14x250gp | 1944-04-22 | 12? | colsch | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | S2: C. H. Drake. | O445975 | 41-31978 |
B0430 | 1984 | 573 | 012 | | | | ?35 | bollinger | 00:00 | 11:33 | 00:00 | | T121917 | 41-35012 |
B0430 | 1978 | | 268 | | 14x250gp | 1944-04-22 | 212 | wolfe | 10:20 | 00:00 | 12:30 | | O538877 | 41-35268 |
B0430 | 1987 | | 797 | | | | 216 | whitson | 00:00 | 00:00 | 12:15 | | O25925 | 42-95797 |
B0430 | 1972 | | 798 | | | | 226 | talton | 00:00 | 00:00 | 12:20 | | O795859 | 42-95798 |
B0430 | 2020 | 573 | 802 | P | 14x250gp | | 127 | dearing | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | Ship went down on the deck, believe made it back, one ship seen landing at Manston. FLAK helmets for crew. S2: Duet. | O796327 | 42-95802 |
B0430 | 2050 | 574 | 805 | V | 14x250gp | | 223 | metelsky | 10:24 | 11:31 | 12:15 | RO needs a watch. Should be no second runs over target. | O669769 | 42-95805 |
B0430 | 1948 | 572 | 806 | M | 14x250gp | 1944-04-22 | ?37 | danforth | 10:30 | 11:30 | 12:15 | One B-26 group unknown landed at Manston. Bombing by flights would be better ? Type target. | O25701 | 42-95806 |
B0430 | 2041 | 574 | 807 | J | 16x250gp | 1944-04-22 | 232 | alexander | 10:21 | 11:36 | 00:00 | | O792150 | 42-95807 |
B0430 | 2035 | | 825 | G | | | | shaffner | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | A/c 825/811. First ship 825-R mag lift engine cut out completely. Second ship 811 got off ground by time reached 3000 the rest were 1 min? beyond coast while I was still over this territory. | O793182 | 42-95811 |
B0430 | 1990 | 572 | 812 | D | 14x250gp | 1944-04-22 | 115 | crim | 10:30 | 11:35 | 12:15 | Bomb bay door left open too long before bombing. S2: CMM. | O747753 | 42-95812 |
B0430 | 1960 | 574 | 818 | | | | 22? | garwick | 00:00 | 11:30 | 00:00 | Unknown reason for bombs not away. | O796366 | 42-95818 |
B0430 | 1945 | 574 | 819 | A1 | 14x250gp | 1944-04-22 | ?26 | majka | 10:25 | 11:30 | 12:25 | One B-26 11:50 in channel about mid-point, ASR was there. Stop second runs on hit target. S2: ?. ?. Hyde. | O534320 | 42-95819 |
B0430 | 1999 | | 820 | | 14x250gp | 1944-04-22 | 134 | armstrong | 10:20 | 11:30 | 12:20 | One ship was coming out low and getting light FLAK, 3 Spits dropped down and shot up the (gun?) position. Parachute Dept.: check "K" type dinghys in ships, some missing. S2: E. A. Daugherty. | O664119 | 42-95820 |
B0430 | 2017 | | 822 | O | 14x250gp | 1944-04-22 | 121 | thorne | 10:39 | 11:30 | 12:15 | One lone ship flying directly over Calais and getting lots of FLAK, do not know for sure whether a B-26 or not. Visibility perfect. Food still ? Crews not given enough notice before briefing. S2: E. A. Daugherty. | O793198 | 42-95822 |
B0430 | 2008 | | 827 | | | | 13? | Sellers | 00:00 | 00:00 | 12:15 | | O793181 | 42-95827 |
B0430 | 2011 | 573 | 828 | | 14x250gp | 1944-04-22 | 124 | boone | 10:32 | 11:34 | 02:20 | 583? crossed out. S2: CMM. | O727844 | 42-95828 |
B0430 | 2038 | 573 | 829 | C | | | 113 | logan | 00:00 | 11:30 | 00:00 | A/c 829/572. | O731613 | 42-95829 |
B0430 | 2002 | 573 | 830 | | | | 126 | youse | 00:00 | 11:31 | 00:00 | | O667630 | 42-95830 |
B0430 | 2023 | 573 | 831 | H | 14x250gp | 1944-04-22 | 123 | snyder | 10:29 | 11:30 | 12:10 | | O672240 | 42-95831 |
B0430 | 2044 | 574 | 832 | | 16x250gp | | 231 | bush | 10:24 | 11:37 | 12:28 | Looked like a/c ditched in channel, rescue boats were there. Should not make another run over target. Chow is bad for EM. | O792561 | 42-95832 |
B0430 | 1957 | | 835 | | | | 221 | sullens | 00:00 | 00:00 | 12:25 | | O407075 | 42-95835 |
B0430 | 1963 | | 840 | | | | 223 | stanfield | 00:00 | 00:00 | 12:30 | One ship turned around just after landfall. | O668154 | 42-95840 |
B0430 | 1969 | 574 | 841 | S | 14x250gp | | 215 | watkinson | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | One ship down on deck headed to channel at 11:50. center of channel, P-47, bad head toward it ? S2: Duet. | O731708 | 42-95841 |
B0430 | 1996 | 573 | 842 | D | 14x250gp | 1944-04-22 | 133 | clark | 10:31 | 11:30 | 12:12 | 11:30 near Calais, very low, one B-26 this group got thru to Manston. Poor chow. | O26154 | 42-95842 |
B0430 | 2032 | 573 | 845 | Q | 8x500gp | 1944-04-22 | 116 | hartman | 10:25 | 11:30 | 12:12 | S2: C. H. Drake. | O684328 | 42-95845 |
B0430 | 2029 | 573 | 847 | H | 14x250gp | 1944-04-22 | 112 | baxter | 10:27 | 11:31 | 12:10 | B-26 collided at North Foreland? On the way in. Casualty: W. D. Fiedler S/Sgt Bomb(nose) slightly wounded by FLAK. Put in clean ammo in guns, as rust believed to be cause of jamming. Do not twist pins while pulling them in the bomb. | O684240 | 42-95847 |
B0430 | 1954 | 574 | 848 | | | | 215 | dauteuil | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | S2: Begley. | O747759 | 42-95848 |
B0430 | 1993 | 573 | 850 | R | | | 1L2 | daffern | 00:00 | 11:27 | 00:00 | Lockers in W corner of locker room too congested. S2: Begley. | O672763 | 42-95850 |
B0430 | 1981 | | 851 | | | | 213 | callison | 00:00 | 11:33 | 00:00 | | O738342 | 42-95851 |
B0430 | 2053 | 574 | 852 | | 16x250gp | | 235 | carson | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | High flight ship #6 after target returned for base. No technical failures ! One engine rough flying along change. Ship in good shape. | O25958 | 42-95852 |
B0430 | 2026 | | 853 | | 14x250gp | 1944-04-22 | 114 | mcnulty | 10:28 | 11:28 | 12:12 | | O726443 | 42-95853 |
B0430 | 1975 | 574 | 873 | A | 14x250gp | | 211 | brandon | 10:20 | 11:33 | 12:15 | Bombs would not release, had to salvo 2nd time. S2: Duet. | O388874 | 42-95873 |
B0430 | 1951 | | 927 | | | | 224 | hollis | 00:00 | 11:32 | 00:00 | | O731585 | 42-95927 |
B0430 | 1966 | 574 | 931 | F | 14x250gp | 1944-04-22 | 214 | salmon | 10:21 | 11:30 | 12:23 | | O663098 | 42-95931 |
B0430 | 2056 | 574 | 932 | | 14x250gp | | 236 | | 00:00 | 11:30 | 00:00 | No. 4 left formation after target, lost altitude. | O21770 | 42-95932 |
B0430 | 2047 | 573 | 943 | | 14x250gp | | 111 | williams | 10:25 | 11:30 | 12:07 | | O18604 | 42-95943 |