391st BOMB GROUP: Loadlist Form104a for mission No. 40
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
B04311166572890K4x1000gp1944-04-28112baehr07:4609:3810:522nd ship bad ? Should fly at least level with lead ship, can't see doors when open or closing. S2 JJ Hyde.O79533741-31890
B043111759784x1000gp1944-04-28115walker07:4500:0011:00S2: E. A. Daugherty.O67067741-31978
B043111785729724x1000gp1944-04-28116whitson00:0000:0000:00S2: Duet.O2592541-34972
B04311172572008L4x1000gp1944-04-28114erickson07:4109:3710:53S2: CMM.O79256841-35008
B04311205572012F4x1000gp1944-04-28235jacobs07:4509:3810:502 bombs hung up.O79202841-35012
B043112235727974x1000gp1944-04-28ABORTEDalexander00:0000:0000:00Returned mid-channel, runaway prop. S2: Begley.O79516442-95797
B043112547984x1000gp225horridge00:0000:0000:00EM mess, great improvement. S2: Duet.O2465742-95798
B043112608024x1000gp1944-04-2823sgarwick07:5000:0011:00S2: E. A. Daugherty.O79636642-95802
B04311181572804121schleicher00:0000:0000:00O66267642-95804
B04311190572806M4x1000gp1944-04-28124barker08:5000:0010:57Combat crew mess. Back type chute for pilots. S2: CMM.O73833142-95806
B04311232574808C?15shofner00:0000:0000:00O66268242-95808
B04311169572812D113hanlon00:0000:0000:00Better weather data. Need smoked glasses. Mess is OK.O67208442-95812
B04311187572813A123danforth00:0009:3111:00O2570142-95813
B04311214572815Rjobe00:0000:0000:00S2: Begley.O79202942-95815
B04311196574818L21?watkinson00:0000:0000:00O73170842-95818
B04311266820233alexander00:0000:0011:20O79215042-95820
B043111848224x1000gp1944-04-28122blute07:4200:0011:00Lead element dropped bombs between flight one and three in box below us. Did not drop because fear of hitting them. S2: EA Daugherty.O79568642-95822
B04311193572823125smith00:0000:0011:10O68053142-95823
B043112355748274x1000gp216watson00:0000:0000:00S2: Duet.O68491942-95827
B043112115728284x1000gp131crim00:0000:0000:00Dropped bombs, saw lead close doors and thought he had dropped. Weather data piss poor.O74775342-95828
B0431120857282913200:0009:4311:05S2: Duet.O74817342-95829
B0431120257283113600:0000:0000:00S2: J. J. Hyde.O68370342-95831
B043112518324x1000gp1944-04-28224bush00:0000:0000:00S2: Duet.O79256142-95832
B04311245574833222carson00:0000:0000:00Oxygen in ships if going to fly at 13500 to 14000 feet. S2: Begley.O2595842-95833
B04311217834B134dickinson00:0000:0000:00Saw bombs come out of #2 and #3 in flight, and dropped 0940.O66275842-95834
B04311229574835T4x1000gp1944-04-28214bird00:0000:0000:00S2: Duet.O79181842-95835
B04311220572834N00:0000:0000:00Runaway prop. S2: CMM.O52642142-95836
B043112578394x1000gp1944-04-28226metelsky07:4300:0011:10Weather open vicinity Paris, rest 10/10. Officers mess slipping. Continue fresh eggs for breakfast. Ladders for back of trucks. S2: EA Daugherty.O66976942-95839
B04311226840213newcomer00:0000:0011:05O2177042-95840
B043112755748414x1000gp236callison00:0000:0000:00Too much time between briefing and take off. S2: Duet.O73834242-95841
B04311263574842P4x1000gp1944-04-28231kahley07:4509:2511:10LL & IR show tc 846. S2: J. J. Hyde.O41796742-95846
B04311238574847H4x1000gp1944-04-28232stanfield07:4000:0011:25S2: CMM.O66815442-95847
B04311272574848236lowder00:0000:0000:00S2: Begley.O80550542-95848
B043112488654x1000gp1944-04-28223majka07:4000:0011:15S2: E. A. Daugherty.O53432042-95865
B0431119987300:0000:0000:00O38887442-95873
B04311269927234hollis00:0000:0011:10O73158542-95927
B04311242574931F4x1000gp1944-04-28221salmon07:4009:2711:15S2: J. J. Hyde.O66309842-95931
B04311163950A4x1000gp1944-04-28111williams07:4700:0010:5210/10 from last 1/3 of channel to actual target area, about 8/10 there, a clear spot over the ? At Paris. S2: EA Daugherty.O1860442-95950