391st BOMB GROUP: Loadlist Form104a for mission No. 62
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 |
B0433 | 212 | 575 | 716 | | | | 126 | martin | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | 2 runs over primary and secondary targets. CHOW, especially. Should have no beans or cornmeal for combat crews. S2: FP Dudzik. | O686574 | 41-31716 |
B0433 | 179 | 575 | 268 | K | 8x500gp | 1944-05-20 | 115 | rutledge | 10:10 | 11:49 | 13:20 | S2: CMM. | O672682 | 41-35268 |
B0433 | 230 | 573 | 634 | | | | 212 | boylan | 10:01 | 00:00 | 12:06 | S2: RMC. | O796289 | 42-107634 |
B0433 | 170 | 575 | 671 | | | | 112 | jannsen | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | 2 runs over primary and secondary targets. Combat mess and ? S2: FP Dudzik. | O401174 | 42-107671 |
B0433 | 242 | 573 | 719 | | 8x500gp | 1944-05-20 | 216 | bjork | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | 10 minutes in from coast. S2: Duet. | O684251 | 42-107719 |
B0433 | 224 | 574 | 739 | | 8x500gp | | 12spare | newcomer | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | 2 runs on the PT and AT. S2: Duet. | O21770 | 42-107739 |
B0433 | 163 | 573 | 740 | U | 8x500gp | 1944-05-20 | 231 | samuel | 10:04 | 11:53 | 13:20 | Bombs salvoed in channel. S/Sgt. Hughes, tail gunner, slightly wounded by flak. Rudder and elevator shot off by flak over secondary target. S2: CMM. | O21742 | 42-107740 |
B0433 | 197 | 575 | 743 | Q | 8x500gp | 1944-05-20 | 131 | laframboise | 10:05 | 11:45 | 13:05 | 2 runs over primary and alternate targets. S2: Shipley. | O1699086 | 42-107743 |
B0433 | 254 | 573 | 747 | T | 8x500gp | | 232 | baxter | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | Bombs dropped on PT on second run. Bombardier bring hand back from ? Switch, finger ? Too many runs on target. S2: Duet. | O684240 | 42-107747 |
B0433 | 206 | 575 | 978 | | 8x500gp | | 124 | tucker | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | 2 runs on each target. Bombs jettisoned in channel for fear of crash landing. Poor box lead. EM mess, lines before briefing. S2: Duet. | O668164 | 42-95798 |
B0433 | 203 | 575 | 800 | | 8x500gp | | 133 | lakin | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | 2 runs over primary and secondary targets. S2: Duet. | O684356 | 42-95800 |
B0433 | 227 | 573 | 801 | G | 8x500gp | | 211 | Sellers | 10:00 | 00:00 | 12:10 | S2: Shipley. | O793181 | 42-95801 |
B0433 | 257 | 573 | 802 | | 8x500gp | | 233 | dearing | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | Moved from #3, 3rd flight, 2nd box to 4th flight of 1st box. S2: Duet. | O796327 | 42-95802 |
B0433 | 182 | 575 | 805 | V | 8x500gp | 1944-05-20 | 116 | petrich | 00:00 | 11:45 | 00:00 | 2 runs over primary and secondary targets. Engineers want chamois skin to wipe windshield and turrets before mission. S2: CH Drake, | O684039 | 42-95805 |
B0433 | 176 | 575 | 808 | | | | 114 | hanish | 10:08 | 00:00 | 13:15 | S2: RMC. | O26260 | 42-95808 |
B0433 | 263 | 573 | 810 | C | 8x500gp | 1944-05-20 | 225 | hartman | 10:00 | 00:00 | 12:15 | Turned back 9 minutes after landfall, 10/10 cloud. ? Guns with pins in still position (waist guns). S2: CMM. | O684328 | 42-95810 |
B0433 | 266 | 573 | 811 | G1 | | | 226 | goodson | 10:04 | 00:00 | 12:20 | Turned back 15 minutes in from landfall. Crews want warmer gloves. S2: RHFP. | O542798 | 42-95811 |
B0433 | 278 | | 812 | | 8x500gp | 1944-05-20 | 217 | watson | 10:13 | 00:00 | 12:10 | Turned back at 11:24 (10 min in), could not see ground. This box believed to have been behind 386th which was observed to be getting heavy and intense flak over what appeared to be Dunkirk, about 35 to 40 bursts. S2: EA Daugherty. | O684919 | 42-95812 |
B0433 | 275 | 574 | 815 | | | | 136 | carson | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | 2 runs on PT and ST. S2: FP Dudzik. | O25958 | 42-95815 |
B0433 | 269 | | 820 | | | | 244 | colsch | 00:00 | 00:00 | 13:18 | | O445975 | 42-95820 |
B0433 | 236 | 573 | 823 | N | 8x500gp | 1944-05-20 | 214 | snyder | 10:01 | 00:00 | 12:10 | Turned back 11:23, 10/10 cloud. | O672240 | 42-95823 |
B0433 | 185 | 575 | 827 | G | 7x500gp, 1 leaflet | 1944-05-20 | 121 | kelley | 10:05 | 11:42 | 13:15 | 2 runs over primary and secondary targets. Send weather ships over before a mission is sent out. S2: CH Drake. | O348517 | 42-95827 |
B0433 | 248 | 573 | 828 | L | 8x500gp | 1944-05-20 | 222 | cassidy | 10:05 | 00:00 | 12:15 | Recall 10/10 clouds. Tail fuse on one bomb was loose. Arming wire on another bomb came out of fuse. Tail guns are rusty. Cassidy and Marines want promotion. S2: CH Drake. | O536803 | 42-95828 |
B0433 | 251 | | 830 | M | | | 223 | youse | 10:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | 10/10 overcast, went in 15 minutes from landfall. Poor weather reporting. S2: RHFP. | O667630 | 42-95830 |
B0433 | 233 | | 831 | H | 8x500gp | 1944-05-20 | 213 | schloss | 10:01 | 00:00 | 12:15 | Turned back, evidently caused by heavy cloud cover 10/10. S2: EA Daugherty. | O796895 | 42-95831 |
B0433 | 221 | 575 | 832 | H | 8x500gp | 1944-05-20 | 136 | schreiber | 10:13 | 11:05 | 13:10 | Clouds over PT and ST plus heavy haze. S2: CMM. | O672882 | 42-95832 |
B0433 | 215 | 575 | 833 | U | 8x500gp | 1944-05-20 | 134 | schirmer | 10:07 | 00:00 | 13:30 | 2 runs on each target. S2: Shipley. | O731678 | 42-95833 |
B0433 | 272 | 574 | 834 | B | 8x500gp | 1944-05-20 | 222 | newman | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | 2 runs on each target. Want officer or flak observer in tail of lead ship to direct evasive action. S2: CH Drake. | O683759 | 42-95834 |
B0433 | 209 | 575 | 838 | | | | 125 | kiedinger | 10:11 | 11:41 | 13:16 | S2: RMC. | O808557 | 42-95838 |
B0433 | 191 | 575 | 843 | J | 8x500gp | 1944-05-20 | 123 | fleck | 10:05 | 11:37 | 13:20 | Better flight leader. Combat mess. S2: CMM. | O793094 | 42-95843 |
B0433 | 173 | 575 | 864 | | | | 113 | wolfe | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | 2 runs over primary and secondary targets. S2: FP Dudzik. | O523463 | 42-95846 |
B0433 | 167 | | 847 | | | | 111 | stalnaker | 10:05 | 11:46 | 13:15 | | O23784 | 42-95847 |
B0433 | 260 | 573 | 850 | | | | 224 | dooley | 10:03 | 00:00 | 12:15 | S2: RMC. | O372031 | 42-95850 |
B0433 | 200 | 575 | 853 | D | 8x500gp | 1944-05-20 | 132 | ruble | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | 2 runs over primary and secondary targets. Should not send out without weather recon. S2: FP Dudzik. | O1699365 | 42-95853 |
B0433 | 218 | 575 | 855 | | 8x500gp | | 135 | sullivan | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | 2 runs on each target. S2: Duet. | O806168 | 42-95855 |
B0433 | 239 | 573 | 865 | D | 8x500gp | 1944-05-20 | 215 | bollinger | 09:46 | 00:00 | 12:10 | Returned after 10 minutes in enemy coast 10/10. S2: CMM. | T121917 | 42-95865 |
B0433 | 245 | 573 | 931 | F | | | 221 | shaffner | 10:15 | 00:00 | 00:00 | Did not attack 10/10 overcast at 12000. need new engines in 931, no power. S2: RHFP. | O793182 | 42-95931 |
B0433 | 188 | 575 | 932 | T | | | 122 | jacobi | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | 2 runs over primary and secondary targets. One flight flew directly underneath all the time. Bombs two runs were made. S2: FP Dudzik. | O796828 | 42-95932 |
B0433 | 194 | | 743 | | | | 131 | laframboise | 00:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 | | O1699086 | x42-107743 |