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 |
B0431 | 1166 | 572 | 890 | K | 4x1000gp | 1944-04-28 | 112 | baehr | 07:46 | 09:38 | 10:52 | 2nd ship bad ? Should fly at least level with lead ship, can't see doors when open or closing. S2 JJ Hyde. | O795337 | 41-31890 |
B0431 | 1175 | | 978 | | 4x1000gp | 1944-04-28 | 115 | walker | 07:45 | 00:00 | 11:00 | S2: E. A. Daugherty. | O670677 | 41-31978 |
B0431 | 1178 | 572 | 972 | | 4x1000gp | 1944-04-28 | 116 | whitson | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | S2: Duet. | O25925 | 41-34972 |
B0431 | 1172 | 572 | 008 | L | 4x1000gp | 1944-04-28 | 114 | erickson | 07:41 | 09:37 | 10:53 | S2: CMM. | O792568 | 41-35008 |
B0431 | 1205 | 572 | 012 | F | 4x1000gp | 1944-04-28 | 235 | jacobs | 07:45 | 09:38 | 10:50 | 2 bombs hung up. | O792028 | 41-35012 |
B0431 | 1223 | 572 | 797 | | 4x1000gp | 1944-04-28 | ABORTED | alexander | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | Returned mid-channel, runaway prop. S2: Begley. | O795164 | 42-95797 |
B0431 | 1254 | | 798 | | 4x1000gp | | 225 | horridge | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | EM mess, great improvement. S2: Duet. | O24657 | 42-95798 |
B0431 | 1260 | | 802 | | 4x1000gp | 1944-04-28 | 23s | garwick | 07:50 | 00:00 | 11:00 | S2: E. A. Daugherty. | O796366 | 42-95802 |
B0431 | 1181 | 572 | 804 | | | | 121 | schleicher | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | | O662676 | 42-95804 |
B0431 | 1190 | 572 | 806 | M | 4x1000gp | 1944-04-28 | 124 | barker | 08:50 | 00:00 | 10:57 | Combat crew mess. Back type chute for pilots. S2: CMM. | O738331 | 42-95806 |
B0431 | 1232 | 574 | 808 | C | | | ?15 | shofner | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | | O662682 | 42-95808 |
B0431 | 1169 | 572 | 812 | D | | | 113 | hanlon | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | Better weather data. Need smoked glasses. Mess is OK. | O672084 | 42-95812 |
B0431 | 1187 | 572 | 813 | A | | | 123 | danforth | 00:00 | 09:31 | 11:00 | | O25701 | 42-95813 |
B0431 | 1214 | 572 | 815 | R | | | | jobe | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | S2: Begley. | O792029 | 42-95815 |
B0431 | 1196 | 574 | 818 | L | | | 21? | watkinson | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | | O731708 | 42-95818 |
B0431 | 1266 | | 820 | | | | 233 | alexander | 00:00 | 00:00 | 11:20 | | O792150 | 42-95820 |
B0431 | 1184 | | 822 | | 4x1000gp | 1944-04-28 | 122 | blute | 07:42 | 00:00 | 11:00 | Lead element dropped bombs between flight one and three in box below us. Did not drop because fear of hitting them. S2: EA Daugherty. | O795686 | 42-95822 |
B0431 | 1193 | 572 | 823 | | | | 125 | smith | 00:00 | 00:00 | 11:10 | | O680531 | 42-95823 |
B0431 | 1235 | 574 | 827 | | 4x1000gp | | 216 | watson | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | S2: Duet. | O684919 | 42-95827 |
B0431 | 1211 | 572 | 828 | | 4x1000gp | | 131 | crim | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | Dropped bombs, saw lead close doors and thought he had dropped. Weather data piss poor. | O747753 | 42-95828 |
B0431 | 1208 | 572 | 829 | | | | 132 | | 00:00 | 09:43 | 11:05 | S2: Duet. | O748173 | 42-95829 |
B0431 | 1202 | 572 | 831 | | | | 136 | | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | S2: J. J. Hyde. | O683703 | 42-95831 |
B0431 | 1251 | | 832 | | 4x1000gp | 1944-04-28 | 224 | bush | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | S2: Duet. | O792561 | 42-95832 |
B0431 | 1245 | 574 | 833 | | | | 222 | carson | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | Oxygen in ships if going to fly at 13500 to 14000 feet. S2: Begley. | O25958 | 42-95833 |
B0431 | 1217 | | 834 | B | | | 134 | dickinson | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | Saw bombs come out of #2 and #3 in flight, and dropped 0940. | O662758 | 42-95834 |
B0431 | 1229 | 574 | 835 | T | 4x1000gp | 1944-04-28 | 214 | bird | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | S2: Duet. | O791818 | 42-95835 |
B0431 | 1220 | 572 | 834 | N | | | | | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | Runaway prop. S2: CMM. | O526421 | 42-95836 |
B0431 | 1257 | | 839 | | 4x1000gp | 1944-04-28 | 226 | metelsky | 07:43 | 00:00 | 11:10 | Weather open vicinity Paris, rest 10/10. Officers mess slipping. Continue fresh eggs for breakfast. Ladders for back of trucks. S2: EA Daugherty. | O669769 | 42-95839 |
B0431 | 1226 | | 840 | | | | 213 | newcomer | 00:00 | 00:00 | 11:05 | | O21770 | 42-95840 |
B0431 | 1275 | 574 | 841 | | 4x1000gp | | 236 | callison | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | Too much time between briefing and take off. S2: Duet. | O738342 | 42-95841 |
B0431 | 1263 | 574 | 842 | P | 4x1000gp | 1944-04-28 | 231 | kahley | 07:45 | 09:25 | 11:10 | LL & IR show tc 846. S2: J. J. Hyde. | O417967 | 42-95846 |
B0431 | 1238 | 574 | 847 | H | 4x1000gp | 1944-04-28 | 232 | stanfield | 07:40 | 00:00 | 11:25 | S2: CMM. | O668154 | 42-95847 |
B0431 | 1272 | 574 | 848 | | | | 236 | lowder | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | S2: Begley. | O805505 | 42-95848 |
B0431 | 1248 | | 865 | | 4x1000gp | 1944-04-28 | 223 | majka | 07:40 | 00:00 | 11:15 | S2: E. A. Daugherty. | O534320 | 42-95865 |
B0431 | 1199 | | 873 | | | | | | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | | O388874 | 42-95873 |
B0431 | 1269 | | 927 | | | | 234 | hollis | 00:00 | 00:00 | 11:10 | | O731585 | 42-95927 |
B0431 | 1242 | 574 | 931 | F | 4x1000gp | 1944-04-28 | 221 | salmon | 07:40 | 09:27 | 11:15 | S2: J. J. Hyde. | O663098 | 42-95931 |
B0431 | 1163 | | 950 | A | 4x1000gp | 1944-04-28 | 111 | williams | 07:47 | 00:00 | 10:52 | 10/10 from last 1/3 of channel to actual target area, about 8/10 there, a clear spot over the ? At Paris. S2: EA Daugherty. | O18604 | 42-95950 |