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Z-SQUARE 1 "ROSALIA ROCKET" SER. # 42-24656
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CREW NUMBER 181
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Z SQUARE 1 "PEE WEE" SER. # 42-24762 -- REPL.
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CREW NUMBER 194
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Z SQUARE 1 SER. #42-24761 REPL.
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CREW NUMBER 238
PILOT AC 1/LT. ROBERT C. SCHMIDT
COPILOT 2/LT. DICK DIXON
BOMBARDIER 2/LT. ORVILLE A. POUNDS
NAVIGATOR 2/LT. DANIEL T. THOMPSON
FLT. ENG. 2/LT. ROLAND R. KOEHLER
RADIO SGT. JOSEPH W. THARPE
RING GUN. CPL. EDWARD L. DUFFY
L. GUN. CPL. DONALD L. BROWN
L. GUN. SGT. CLIFFORD H. HALLBERG
RADAR SGT. JOSEPH BAROVIAN
TAIL GUN. CPL. JOHN W. OVERMAN
NOTES: CREW AND AIRCRAFT ARRIVED ON SAIPAN IN DECEMBER 1944. THE CREW
SURVIVED THE WAR AND THE AIRCRAFT FLEW 21 MISSIONS.
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CREW NUMBER REPLACEMENT CREW NO # 125
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Z SQUARE 2 SER. #42-24662
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CREW NUMBER VZ 182
NOTES: THIS CREW ARRIVED ON SAIPAN IN EARLY NOV. 1944. on the 27th of
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Nov over Tokyo, they were badly shot up and headed for home. Captain Field’s crew was in contact
with them but eventually lost contact. They were not heard from again. Also on board as an
observer was Maj. Gerald Mosier. All were listed as missing in action and declared dead at the end
of the war.
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Z SQUARE 2 "20TH CENTURY LIMITED" SER. #42-24792 BW
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CREW NUMBER 191
CREW MISSIONS 3
GROUND CREW: M/SGT. HOWARD C. MATZ, SGT. CLYDE WARREN, AND CPL.
MERVINE. TOALSON.
NOTES: THIS CREW DITCHED AIRCRAFT 42-93876 (Z SQ. 13) ON 02/10/45 AFTER
BOMBING OTA, JAPAN. THERE WERE NO SURVIVORS.
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PILOT AC CAP. JAY J. BROWN > 2/LT. WILLIAM LEWIS
COPILOT 1/LT. PATRICK CALHOUN
BOMBARDIER 1/LT. NORMAN A. EK
NAVIGATOR 2/LT. GEORGE H. TIMSON
FLT. ENG. 2/LT. DONALD W. CHAPMAN
RADIO SGT. ALFRED L. DAY
RING GUN. CPL. GERALD H. BONELLI
R. GUN. GT. BRUCE E. GILBERTSON
L. GUN. CPL. CHESTER LANG
RADAR SGT. JOHN F. DURKIN
TAIL GUN. CPL. RUSSELL E. BOOKMAN
NOTES: 2/LT. WILLIAM LEWIS TOOK OVER CREW AFTER 5 MISSIONS. LT. LEWIS
AND PART OF THE CREW FINISHED THEIR 30 MISSIONS AND WERE SENT
HOME. THE CREW WAS DISBANDED AND MEMBERS SHORT OF 30 MISSIONS
WERE USED ON OTHER CREWS AS REPLACEMANTS. 2/LT. ROBERT E.
SOLLOCK REPLACED 1/LT. PATRICK CALHOUN AS COPILOT AND SGT.
MARION R. BRADBY, JR. REPLACED CPL.CLYDE WARREN ON THE GROUND
CREW.
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CREW MISSIONS 13
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Z SQUARE 3 "ANN DEE" SER. #42-65249
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CREW NUMBER 103
GROUND CREW: M/SGT. ALFRED W. ANDERSON, JR.(CC), SGT. PINK W. TAYLOR, AND
SGT. ROBERT B. MITCHEL. (?)
NOTES: AIRCRAFT AND CREW ARRIVED ON SAIPAN IN LATE NOV. 1944 UNDER
COMMAND OF 1/LT. HARLAN C. JACKSON. AIRCRAFT CREDITED WITH 46
MISSIONS. SQUARE 2 SER. #42-24744 REPL.
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Z SQUARE 3 "SNAFUPERFORT" SER. #42-63435
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Z SQUARE 4 "BLACK MAGIC" SER. #42-24672
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CREW NUMBER 190
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Z SQUARE 4 "BLACK MAGIC" SER. #42-24672
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PILOT AC 1/LT. LAWRENCE G. WALKER
COPILOT 2/LT. ROBERT M. BARTOLO
BOMBARDIER F/O JAMES M. CLARK
NAVIGATOR F/O WALLACE J. KARYUS
FLT. ENG. S/SGT. FRANCIS J. McGOWAN
RADIO SGT. JAMES W. GOODE
RING GUN. S/SGT. EDWARD J. SULICK (CFC)
R. GUN. SGT. VERNON W. HILL
L. GUN. SGT. JACK M. FALLS
RADAR 1/LT. DEAN L. BARBER
TAIL GUN
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CREW NUMBER 246
CREW MISSIONS 30
GROUND CREW: M/SGT. HOWARD HELMS (CREW CHIEF), SGT. ELTON B. COLE, SGT.
BERNARD J. CHROSTOWSKI, CLP. CALVIN WILSON JR., CPL.
AVERAL N. HALL
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NOTES: THIS CREW FLEW (30) MISSIONS FROM DECEMBER 24, 1944 TO JUNE 5, 1945.
JOHN EASTERLING BECAME AC. ON A B-29 TANKER AFTER THE WAR. HE
AND HIS ENTIRE CREW DIED WHEN THEY CRASHED ON TAKE-OFF FROM
MATHER FIELD, CALIFORNIA IN 1950. WHEELER BLAKE DIED IN HIS SLEEP
IN 1985
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Z SQUARE 5 "THERE'LL ALWAYS BE A CHRISTMAS" SER. #42-24643
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CREW NUMBER 184
CREW MISSIONS
GROUND CREW: M/SGT. HOWARD W. HELMS (CREW CHIEF), SGT. ELTON B. COLE,
SGT. BERNARD J. CROSTOWSKI, CPL. CALVIN WILSON, JR. AND CPL.
AVERAL N. HALL
NOTES: THIS CREW DITCHED AIRCRAFT #44-69775, Z 13, AFTER BOMBING TOKYO ON
MAY 25, 1945. THERE WERE NO SURVIVORS. LT. THEODORE R. VON
SCHLIEDER WAS NOT ON THAT MISSION. THIS AIRCRAFT SURVIVED THE
WAR WITH 56 MISSIONS.
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CREW NUMBER 185
CREW MISSIONS
PILOT AC CAPT. RICHARD A. FIELD
COPILOT 1/LT. RICHARD O. DODDS
BOMBARDIER 1/LT. HORACE A. PORTIGAL
NAVIGATOR 1/LT. FRANCIS F. MERRICK
FLT. ENG. 1/LT. VICTOR A KOLESH
RADIO S/SGT. CHARLES R. MAPLES
RING GUN. PVT. OTHELLO DORTCH
R. GUN. T/SGT. EDWIN S. GAITHER
L. GUN. S/SGT. DOUGLAS F. BULLOCH
RADAR S/SGT. ROBERT D. COOKSON
TAIL GUN. S/SGT. ALEXANDER WORTOVITCH
GROUND CREW: M/SGT. BEN H. EILERS (CREW CHIEF), S/SGT. JOE E. RAITER,
SGT. CLAUDIE L. NEAL AND CPL. JAMES P. TRAVERS
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Z SQUARE 6 "DRAGGIN LADY" SER. #42-24694
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CREW NUMBER AL6
CREW MISSIONS
GROUND CREW: M/SGT. BEN H. EILERS (CREW CHIEF), S/SGT. JOE E. RAITER,
SGT. CLAUDIE L. NEAL AND CPL. JAMES F. TRAVERS.
NOTES: THIS CREW DITCHED THIS AIRCRAFT WHILE SLOW TIMING A NEW ENGINE
ON FEB. 27, 1945. LT. ENGLE. LT. PAVEY AND A SAILOR, ALONG FOR THE
RIDE, WERE DROWNED AS THE NOSE WAS SUBMERGED AND THEY
COULDN'T GET OUT.
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Z SQUARE 6 "BOOZE HOUND" SER. #44-69746
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CREW NUMBER
CREW MISSIONS
GROUND CREW: M/SGT. BEN H. EILERS (CREW CHIEF), S/SGT. JOE RAITER,
CLAUDIE L. NEAL AND CPL. JAMES F. TRAVERS
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CREW NUMBER 186
CREW MISSIONS
AIRCRAFT MISSIONS 46
GROUND CREW: M/SGT. BEN H. EILERS (CREW CHIEF), S/SGT. JOE E RAITER,
SGT. CLAUDIE L. NEAL AND CPL. JAMES F. TRAVERS
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Z SQUARE 6 "BOOZE HOUND" SER. #44-69746
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CREW NUMBER
AIRCRAFT MISSIONS 46
GROUND CREW: M/SGT. BEN H. EILERS (CREW CHIEF), S/SGT JOE RAITER,
SGT. CLAUDIE L. NEAL AND CPL. JAMES F. TRAVERS
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Z SQUARE 7 "HELL'S BELLE" SER. #42-24680
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CREW NUMBER 186
CREW MISSIONS
GROUND CREW: M/SGT. FAY BURGNER (CREW CHIEF), SGT. ROBERT BROOKS, CPL.
JOSEPH L. WHITE AND PFC. CHARLES J. SMITH
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Z SQUARE 7 "HELL'S BELLE" SER. #42-63486
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CREW NUMBER 192
CREW MISSIONS
GROUND CREW: M/SGT. FAY BURGNER (CREW CHIEF), SGT. ROBERT BROOKS, CPL.
JOSEPH L. WHITE AND PFC. CHARLES J. SMITH
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Z SQUARE 7 "HELL'S BELLE" SER. #42-63486
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CREW NUMBER
CREW MISSIONS
GROUND CREW: M/SGT. FAY BURGNER (CREW CHIEF), SGT. ROBERT BROOKS,
CPL. JOSEPH L. WHITE AND PFC. CHARLES J. SMITH
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Z SQUARE 7 SER. #42-63486
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CREW NUMBER 35
CREW MISSSIONS
AIRCRAFT MISSIONS
GROUND CREW: M/SGT. FAY BURGNER (CREW CHIEF), SGT. ROBERT BROOKS, CPL.
JOSEPH J. WHITE AND PFC. CHARLES J. WHITE
NOTES: AIRCRAFT AND CREW LOST ON TOKYO MISSION OF MAY 25, 1945.
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Z SQUARE 7 SER. #44-70117--REPL
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CREW NUMBER
CREW MISSIONS
GROUND CREW: M/SGT. FAY BURGNER (CREW CHIEF), SGT. ROBERT BROOKS,
CPL. JOSEPH L. WHITE AND PFC. CHARLES J. SMITH
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CREW NUMBER 103
CREW MISSIONS 13
PILOT AC MAJ. IVAN POST
COPILOT 2/LT. FRANK L. McDONALD
BOMBARDIER 1/LT. GERALD E. COE
NAVIGATOR 2/LT. CLARENCE W. LEARY
FLT. ENG. M/SGT. HERMAN A. HOKE
RADIO SGT. KURT M. JAENICKE
RING GUN. SGT. CLARENCE W. DICKENSON
R. GUN. SGT. JOHN T. GUDEIKA
L. GUN. CPL. ARTHUR M. STONESIFER
RADAR 2/LT. DWIGHT R. BAKER, JR.
TAIL GUN. SGT. MARTIN LANG
GROUND CREW: M/SGT. FAY BURGNER (CREW CHIEF), SGT. ROBERT BROOKS, CPL.
JOSEPH L. WHITE AND PFC. CHARLES L. SMITH
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Z SQUARE 8 SER. #42-24692
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ORIGINAL AIRCRAFT ARRIVED ON SAIPAN NOV. 9, 1944. SHE RECEIVED ON NOV. 24
MISSION AND WAS GROUNDED FOR REPAIRS. WHEN SHE WENT BACK ON FLYING
STATUS, SHE BECAME Z-12 AND WAS LOST WITH THE SAMUELSON CREW ON FEB. 19,
1945 AFTER 2 MISSIONS.
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Z SQUARE 8 REPLACEMENT AIRCRAFT SER. #42-24743
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FLEW 7 MISSIONS AS Z-8 CREWED BY M/SGT. GEORGE A. LUCAS AND 10 MISSIONS IN
THE 882ND. SQ. CREWED BY M/SGT. MILTON F. HULL. SHE THEN FLEW 8 MISSIONS AS
Z-56 IN THE 883RD. SQ. CREWED BY M/SGT. RAUL R. JIMINEZ. A PICTURE IN THE 82ND.
BOOK SHOWS HER WITH 40 MISSIONS AND 5 FIGHTERSS DESTROYED, NO RECORD
TO PROVE IT.
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Z SQUARE 8 REPLACEMENT AIRCRAFT SER. #42-24849
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WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 881ST. SQ. 1/27/45 AS Z-8 AND FLEW 8 MISSIONS AND WAS
LOST WITH THE FITZGERALD CREW ON KOBE MISSION ON 3/16/45.
Z SQUARE 8 SER. #44-69829 REPLACEMENT AIRCRAFT (DUKE OF ALBUQUERQUE) WAS
PRIMARILY ASSIGNED TO 1/LT. JOSEPH F. MITCHELL CREW AND SURVIVED THE
WAR WITH 39 MISSIONS.
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Z SQUARE 8 SER. #42-24692
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CREW NUMBER 188
CREW MISSIONS
GROUND CREW: M/SGT. GEORGE A. LUCAS (CREW CHIEF), PFC. JESSIE J. BECK, SGT.
EDWARD J. MULHOLLAND AND CPL. THOMAS V. MALONE.
NOTES: THIS AIRCRAFT WAS THE ORIGINAL Z-8. IT BECAME Z-12 AND WAS
LOST WITH THE SAMUELSON CREW ON 2/19/45.
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Z SQAURE 8 “DUKE OF ALBUQUERQUE” SER. #44-69829
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CREW NUMBER 108
CREW MISSIONS 30
GROUND CREW: M/SGT. GEORGE A. LUCAS (CREW CHIEF), PFC. JESSIE J. BECK, SGT.
EDWARD J. MULHOLLAND AND CPL. THOMAS V. MALONE.
NOTES: One of the crew list records probably July 1945 shows this crew as Replacement Crew
122 with the same list.
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Z SQUARE 9 “NINA ROSS” SER. #42-24689
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CREW NUMBER 189
CREW MISSIONS
GROUND CREW: M/SGT. CARL G. WILLIAMS (CREW CHIEF), S/SGT. WM. (BILL)
EILERS, SGT. AUDREY B. CAREY, SGT. WAYNE PICKETT AND CPL.
RUBY DODD.
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Z SQUARE 9 "NINA ROSS" SER. #43-24689
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CREW NUMBER
CREW MISSIONS
AIRCRAFT MISSIONS 52
GROUND CREW: M/SGT. CARL G. WILLIAMS (CREW CHIEF), SGT. AUDREY B. CAREY,
SGT. WAYNE PICKETT AND CPL. RUBY DODD
NOTES: AIRCRAFT ARRIVED ON SAIPAN 11/9/44 WITH CAPT. HORACE HATCH. FLEW
52 MISSIONS AND WAS REPLACED. REASON NOT KNOWN.
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Z SQUARE 9 "LITTLE FELLOW" SER. #44-61782
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CREW NUMBER 114
CREW MISSIONS 8
GROUND CREW: M/SGT. CARL G. WILLIAMS (CREW CHIEF), SGT. AUDREY B. CAREY,
SGT. WAYNE PICKETT AND CPL. RUBY DODD
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Z SQUARE 10 "PUNCHIN’ JUDY" SER. #42-65219
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CREW NUMBER 188
CREW MISSIONS 30
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Z SQUARE 10 "PUNCHIN’ JUDY" SER. #42-65219
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CREW MISSIONS
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Z SQUARE 11 "ROUND ROBIN" SER. #42-63489
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AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED MISSING ON APRIL 1, 1945 MISSION TO TOKYO.
COMMANDER ON THIS FLIGHT WAS 1/LT. EDWARD LAW FROM ANOTHER
SQUADRON.
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Z SQUARE 11 "LUCKY ELEVEN" SER. #42-24714
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CREW NUMBER 104
CREW MISSIONS 8
AIRCRAFT MISSIONS 32
GROUND CREW: T/SGT. CHARLES E. ROLLER (CREW CHIEF), SGT. JOHN J. McCANN,
SGT. WILLIAM J. LAWSON AND CPL. ROY J. TOPEL.
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Z SQUARE 12 ORIGINAL Z SQ 2 SER. #42-24692
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CREW NUMBER
CREW MISSIONS
PIOLOT AC
COPILOT
BOMBARDIER
NAVIAGATOR
FLT. ENG.
RADIO
RING GUN.
R. GUN.
L. GUN.
RADAR
TAIL GUN.
GROUND CREW: M/SGT. LYLE WAY (CREW CHIEF), CPL. MERVIN E. TOALSON, PFC.
JEFFERSON C. THOMAS AND PFC. THOMAS R. GILROY
NOTES: THIS AIRCRAFT WAS RAMMED 2/19/1945 KILLING ALL THE CAPT.
STANLEY SAMUELSON CREW EXCEPT SGT. ROBERT EVANS, WHO SURVIVED
THE WAR AS A POW.
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Z SQUARE 12 SER. #44-69721
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CREW NUMBER 119
CREW MISSIONS
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Z SQUARE 13 SER.42-#93876 BW
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ORIGINAL AIRCRAFT CREDITED WITH ONE MISSION AND WAS DITCHED ON
FEBRUARY 10,1945. AFTER A MISSION TO OTA, JAPAN. AIRCRAFT COMMANDER WAS
CAPT. TULL H. McGUIRE. HIS WHOLE CREW WAS LOST.
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Z SQUARE 13 SER. #44-69755
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REPLACEMENT AIRCRAFT CREDITED WITH 24 MISSIONS WHEN IT WAS DITCHED ON
MAY 26, 1945 AFTER A MISSION TO TOKYO. MAJOR ROBERT D. LUMAN AND HIS
CREW WERE ALL LOST.
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Z SQUARE 14 SER. #42-65346
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ORIGINAL AIRCRAFT CREDITED WITH 38 MISSIONS
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CREW NUMBER 192
CREW MISSIONS
GROUND CREW: S/SGT. CLAY M. POWELL (CREW CHIEF), SGT. WILLIAM (BILL)
EVERS ASSISTANT CREW CHIEF Not sure who EVERS is. Spelling in
doubt. edl
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Z SQUARE 15 SER. #44-69944
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CREW NUMBER
CREW MISSIONA
NOTES: THIS CREW IS, ALSO, LISTED UNDER Z-11, WHICH WAS CRASH LANDED
2/15/45. THIS AIRCRAFT WAS CREDITED WITH 30 MISSIONS.
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Z SQUARE 15 "FIRE BUG" SER. #44-69944
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CREW NUMBER Shows as Crew 113 in July 1945 Clinton apparently replacing Bower.
CREW MISSIONS 3?
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Z SQUARE 16 "JE REVIENS" SER. #44-70101
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CREW NUMBER
CREW MISSIONS
PILOT AC 1/LT. JOHN W. GIEKER Flew on June 15, 1945 with Bricker
as pilot. Bowman note.
COPILOT 1/LT. DAVID G. WOODY
BOMBARDIER 1/LT. HAROLD J. PERLMUTTER
FLT. ENG. F/O. FRANCIS V. HENSSLER
RADIO S/SGT. CARMEN W. MANZELLA
RING GUN. S/SGT. HAROLD J. HOBENS
R. GUN. S/SGT. WALTER R. COUCH
L. GUN. S/SGT. DAVID J. BOBEL
RADAR 1/LT. ROBERT T. DENEVE
TAIL GUN. S/SGT. CLYDE H. MILLER
GROUND CREW: N/SGT. EARL E. FOSTER (CREW CHIEF), S.SGT. MARTIN LANDSTEIN,
CPL. ROBERT POLLACK, CPL. JOSEPH J. PRESIN Possibly Prosino?
AND PFC. JOHN DAVIDSON
NOTES: AIRCRAFT FLEW 27 MISSIONS AND AFTER WAR WAS CONVERTED TO A SB-29.
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Z SQUARE 18 SER. #42-24813
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THIS WAS A F - 13 TYPE OBTAINED FORM THE AIR DEPOT, 3RD. PHOTO RECON. SQ.
APO. 237 ON MAY 4,1945. RECORDS SHOW THAT THIS AIRCRAFT FLEW WITH THE
882ND SQUADRON AND WAS CREDITED WITH 6 MISSIONS. HER CREW CHIEF WAS
M/SGT. MILTON HULL. IT, ALSO, FLEW WITH THE 881ST. SQ. WHERE IT WAS
CREDITED WITH 9 MISSIONS WITH S/SGT. AARON H. HARDGROVE AS CREW CHIEF.
CAPTAIN WARREN H. PARSONS ACCEPTED THIS AIRCRAFT WHEN IT WAS
DELIVERED, SO IT WOULD SEEM IT FIRST FLEW WITH THE 882ND. SQ. AND WAS
THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE 881ST. NO RECORDS ARE AVAILABLE.
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Z SQUARE 19 "SNAFU PER FORT" SER. #42-63435 BA
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CREW NUMBER 106
CREW MISSIONS
NOTES: THIS CREW WAS LOST WHEN RAMMED ON 2/19/45 TOKYO MISSION. THEY
WERE FLYING Z 12 #42-24692. SGT. ROBERT P. EVANS WAS ONLY ONE TO
SURVIVE WAR. SGT. ROBERT J. JANECEK DIED IN JAPANESE PRISON.
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Z SQUARE 19 "Sna Pe Fort" SER. #42-63435
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CREW MISSIONS
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Z SQUARE 19 "Sna Pe Fort" SER. #44-61692
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CREW NUMBER 110
CREW MISSIONS
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881ST. SQ.
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CREW NUMBER 108 (REPLACEMENT)
CREW MISSIONS
GROUND CREW:
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CREW NUMBER 109 (REPLACEMENT)
CREW MISSIONS
GROUND CREW:
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881ST. SQ.
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CREW NUMBER 111 (REPLACEMENT)
CREW MISSIONS
GROUND CREW
NOTES:
881ST. SQ.
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CREW NUMBER 118 (REPLACEMENT)
CREW MISSIONS
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GROUND CREW
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881ST. SQ.
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CREW NUMBER 120 (REPLACEMENT)
CREW MISSIONS
GROUND CREW
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881ST. SQ.
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CREW NUMBER 121 (REPLACEMENT)
CREW MISSIONS
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GROUND CREW
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