From: "Mike Tull"
<mikeinthesky@windstream.net> To:
Looking4@379thbga.org Date: Fri, August 20,
2010 1:11 am Subject: Samuel Wesley Stone, Jr
Any information that you could give me on
S/Sgt. Samuel Wesley Stone, Jr. would be greatly
appreciated.
Mike – Association records for Samuel Wesley
Stone, Jr. show he flew 26 missions as gunner
with the 524th Squadron from May 29, 1943 to
June 8, 1944. Our records show missions 1, 2, 4,
5, 6, 43, 47, 48, 51, 52, 55, 60, 61, 62, 64,
65, 70, 81, 82, 87, 91, 99, 120, 129, 138, and
139. Sgt Stone may have flown additional
missions, but these are what we have in our
records.
Sgt Stone was with the 379th
during the Group’s training in the US, and was a
crewmember of one of the Group’s originally
assigned aircraft (42-29772) flown to the UK
from Kearney, Nebraska in April of 1943. This
crew also participated in the 379th’s first
combat mission against St. Nazaire on May 29,
1943. Crew was as follows:
Theiss, Joseph
E, Lieutenant, Pilot Krafft, Julius W,
Lieutenant, Co-Pilot Edwards, James G,
Lieutenant, Navigator Peifer, Thomas D,
Lieutenant, Bombardier McKeegan, Hugh (NMI),
Sergeant, Radio Operator/Gunner Nolan,
Morrison T, Staff Sergeant, Top Turret Gunner
Frydryk, Frank P, Staff Sergeant, Ball Turret
Gunner Johnson, Robert H, Staff Sergeant,
Right Waist Gunner Klump, Delbert W,
Sergeant, Left Waist Gunner Stone, Samuel W,
Sergeant, Tail Gunner
This response will
be posted in the "Looking 4" section of our
website, in case any members or readers have any
additional information. If you have or are aware
of photos of Sgt Stone, we would be grateful for
any copies you’d be willing to share.
Responding 4 8/30/2010 Kent
Search No. 1469 - Leonard Tracy Tew
From: Gary L. Jackson, PhD, jacksondoc@yahoo.com
To:
Looking4@379thbga.org
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 8:09 AM
Subject: 2LT Leonard Tracy Tew, US Army (KIA)
Hi
My uncle Lennie was a
B-17 navigator in the 525th Bombardment
Squadron, 379th
Bombardment Group. He was killed by flak over
Merseberg on 12May44.
The report I found
online says he was the 525th "Chinese
navigator". I have searched internet and have
not yet found what this term means Got anybody
who can help me? I am guessing that it means
something like he was the "master navigator" for
the Squadron.
Lennie was a wonderful
person - in high school won the Texas state
carpentry championship by making a desk from
mahogany brought back from Canal Zone by my
grandfather who served in the Zone wuring WW1.
Lennie left Texas A&M College @1942 to join the
Air Corps. Everybody I ever talked to about him
says he was very smart and had a wonderful
personality - beloved by all. He was very
handsome, especially as seen in uniform in
photos @1943 alongside my mother, 2LT Ruth W.
Tew, Army Nurse Corps.
Lennie reported for
duty in England @ 15March 1944 (we have an old
ID card photo taken
that date) and lasted less than 2 months before
being killed. Lennie could have become
president of the USA,
no doubt in my mind, if he had made it thru the
War.
He is buried alongside
my mother in Galveston Memorial Cemetery,
Hitchcock, Texas, not far from home in Alta Loma
(now called Santa Fe), TX.
Grandpa Tracy Levi Tew
was a vet of WW1 Coast Artillery Corps, serving
quartermaster duties apparently in the Zone. He
was killed (rear-ended) at the front gate of
Ellington Field in March 1942 after dropping off
a load of eggs for the mess hall - after losing
his job as an accountant in Chicago, he moved
the family to Alta Loma and based on his degree
in animal husbandry form Iowa State University,
started an egg ranch. The family built the whole
house in Alta Loma themselves, and it still
stands.
I am sure somebody
remembers him and I would love to hear from that
guy.
Thanks for any help
Gary L. Jackson, PhD
Major, Military Intelligence, US Army (Retired)
Gary – Thanks so much for the information on
Lt. Leonard Tew. Association records for Leonard
T. Tew show he flew 10 missions as navigator
with the 525th Squadron from April 19 to May 12,
1944. Our records show missions 98, 99, 100,
103, 104, 106, 108, 114, 115, and 116. Lt Tew
may have flown additional missions, but these
are what we have in our records.
On May
12, 1944, the 379th was dispatched to bomb the
synthetic oil plant at Merseburg, Germany.
Lt Tew is shown as KIA while flying in a/c
42-107175. Crew was as follows:
Burke,
Edward R, 2nd Lieutenant, Pilot Hlesta,
Nicholas (NMI), 2nd Lieutenant, Co-Pilot Tew,
Leonard T, 2nd Lieutenant, Navigator, Killed In
Action Froelick, Byron M, 2nd Lieutenant,
Bombardier Salter, Leon (NMI), Tech Sergeant,
Radio Operator/Gunner Lindahl, George G, Tech
Sergeant, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner Roche,
William J, Staff Sergeant, Ball Turret Gunner
Burraston, Floyd , Staff Sergeant, Waist Gunner
Spitzgo, Carmen R, Staff Sergeant, Tail Gunner
This response will be posted in the "Looking
4" section of our website, in case any members
or readers have any additional information.
Edward Burke and Floyd Burraston are on our
current Association roster. A photo from the
National Archives identified as the crew of Lt.
Burke, dated 11 April 1944, is being sent by
separate e-mail. If you identify Lt Tew as one
of the crew members pictured, we would be
grateful for that information.
Responding
4 8/17/2010 Kent
Search No. 1468 - Gus George
From: jack green,
jglg4549@sbcglobal.net To:
Looking4@379thbga.org Sent: Tuesday, August
03, 2010 1:10 PM Subject: 379th Pilot
Sirs, I'm in the process of scanning and
tagging my wife's father's WW2 pics. He was Gus
George and he passed away nearly 20 years ago.
In addition to being a B-17 pilot with the 379th
BG, he was the elected Sheriff of Fort Bend
County, Texas and the SO Academy is named for
him. I have about 30 pictures, most are mounted,
and some are identified. As you might imagine,
with 70 year old pictures and mounting, a lot of
the paper they were mounted on is broken and
missing..... due largely to being slipped into a
binder too small for the pages. While some of
the men are identified, several are not. We
would be delighted to share the pics and would
appreciate any help you could muster on
identifying the men I cannot.Where do we get
some more of these men? Jack Green
Jack – Association
records for Gus George show he flew 13 missions
as pilot with the 527th Squadron from July 24 to
August 13, 1944. Our records show missions 173,
175, 176, 177, 178, 182, 183, 185, 186, 188, and
189. Lt George may have flown additional
missions, but these are what we have in our
records.
As was typical of Eighth Air
Force operations, Lt George flew his missions in
a number of different aircraft. However, the
majority of those missions was flown aboard a/c
42-102627, “Queenie”. Other aircraft were
42-97370, “The Hellion” (mission 173), 43-37570,
“Miss Liberty” (mission 183), 42-97469, “Busy
Baby” (mission 185), and 42-31915, “Mary Jo”.
Photos of all these aircraft (except Mary Jo, we
know of no photo of that aircraft) are being
sent by separate e-mail. Lt George’s “regular”
crew was as follows:
George, Gus (NMI),
2nd Lieutenant, Pilot Palmer, Owen, 2nd
Lieutenant, Co-Pilot Campbell, James T, 2nd
Lieutenant, Navigator Kenyon, Forrest L, 2nd
Lieutenant, Bombardier Sweeney, John E, Staff
Sergeant, Radio Operator/Gunner Seeger,
Ernest G, Staff Sergeant, Engineer/Top Turret
Gunner Kelley, Patrick J, Sergeant, Ball
Turret Gunner Evanson, Elmer R, Sergeant,
Waist Gunner Butterfield, Jack V, Sergeant,
Tail Gunner
This response will be posted
in the "Looking 4" section of our website, in
case any members or readers have any additional
information.
Responding 4 8/11/2010
Kent
Search No. 1467 - Walter A. French
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From: David French,
vermillyon@sbcglobal.net To:
Looking4@379thbga.org Subject: Walter A.
French
Dear Sir or Ma'am: I have
recently dicovered that my great uncle, Sgt
Walter A. French, served with the 526th, 379th
BG, 41st CBW, 1st Bombardment Division, 8th AF,
based at Station 117, Kimbolton Airfield,
Huntingdonshire, England.
I am writting
to you today to ask if you know of where I may
find any pictures of his plane, or even of him
(a rarity, I am sure). His plane's tail number
was 42-37791, and was a B-17G nicknamed "Blues
In The Night". (The information I have lists the
plane as a B-17G-10-DL.) Prior to this, I only
knew he had gone down with the plane, and had
assumed there were no survivors. There were in
fact survivors, but Sgt. French was not among
them. Finding out some of the particulars was
more than I had hoped for, so it makes knowing
more about his fellow servicemen and thier
planes something of a secondary nature. At the
same time, I also am trying to find out all that
I can, especially since so little was known for
so long.
Thank you in advance for any
help or information you may have, or list of
places to look perhaps.
Regards,
David French
David –
Association records for Walter A. French show he
flew 1 mission as tail gunner with the 526th
Squadron on May 7, 1944. Our records show this
as mission number 111, to an aircraft component
plant at Berlin, Germany. Sgt French may have
flown additional missions, but this is what we
have in our records.
Crew of aircraft
42-37791, “Blues in the Night”, was as follows:
Smith, Thomas M, Lieutenant, Pilot, Killed
In Action Scase, Robert C, Lieutenant,
Co-Pilot, Killed In Action Chamberlain, James
C, Lieutenant, Navigator, Killed In Action
Morrison, Thomas P, Lieutenant, Bombardier,
Prisoner of War Bilohlavek, George A, Staff
Sergeant, Radio Operator/Gunner, Killed In
Action Woznakiewics, Leon N, Sergeant,
Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, Killed In Action
Kambie, Francis A, Sergeant, Ball Turret Gunner,
Killed In Action Killingsworth, Dan L, Staff
Sergeant, Waist Gunner, Killed In Action
French, Walter A, Sergeant, Tail Gunner, Killed
In Action
This response will be posted in
the "Looking 4" section of our website, in case
any members or readers have any additional
information. The best photo we have of “Blues in
the Night” (pictured with an earlier crew, which
has been identified), and copies of selected
pages from the Missing Air Crew Report (MACR),
including the survivor’s account of the crash,
are being sent by separate e-mail. Also included
in that e-mail will be a crew photo which the
caption identifies as the Lt. T.M. Smith crew on
29 April 1944, which is likely your uncle’s
crew. If you recognize him in this photo, we
would be grateful for that identification. Also,
if you have any additional photos of your uncle
that you’d be willing to share for our archives,
that would be extremely helpful.
Responding 4 7/18/2010 Kent
Search No. 1466 - Paul D. Schmit
From: David
Schmit, f11mpls@hotmail.com To:
looking4@379thbga.org Sent: Tuesday, July
06, 2010 7:35 AM Subject: info
hello-
I am not sure i am contacting the right
individual, but perhaps you can steer me in the
right direction. I am seeking information on my
Grandfather, Paul D Schmit. He was stationed
with the 379th Bomb Group, 527th Bomb Squad, 8th
Airforce/1st Bombardment.
Anything you
could tell me or pictures you can share. I plan
on visiting Kimbolten, UK by the end of the
month. I want to gather as much info as possible
before my trip.
Thanks. David
David – Association records for Paul D.
Schmit show he flew 35 missions as engineer/top
turret gunner with the 526th Squadron from
November 4, 1944 to March 15, 1945. Our records
show mission numbers 231, 232, 234, 236, 237,
238, 239, 240, 242, 243, 248, 249, 256, 257,
258, 264, 265, 267, 268, 272, 274, 276, 277,
278, 281, 282, 283, 286, 289, 290, 294, 298,
299, 300, and 301. Sgt Schmit may have flown
additional missions, but these are the ones we
have in our records.
As with most flying
crews, Sgt Schmit flew his missions in a number
of different aircraft. A photo of a/c 42-97128,
“Screwball Express”, an airplane he more than
any other (9 missions), is being sent by
separate e-mail – though crew pictured is
earlier. Crew for most of his missions, and
likely the crew he trained with, was as follows:
Brown, James H, Lieutenant, Pilot
Courtney, Jack M, Lieutenant, Co-Pilot Carr,
Duane S, Lieutenant, Navigator Falwell, Ralph
J, Lieutenant, Bombardier Foster, Richard R,
Staff Sergeant, Radio Operator/Gunner Schmit,
Paul D, Sergeant, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Storm, Paul C, Corporal, Ball Turret Gunner
Berry, Gilbert , Sergeant, Waist Gunner
Rambeau, Robert E, Private, Tail Gunner
This response will be posted in the "Looking 4"
section of our website, in case any members or
readers have any additional information. Sorry,
we have no photo of Sgt Schmit or his crew. If
you have any photos of Sgt Schmit or his crew
that you’d be willing to share for our archives,
we would be grateful.
Responding 4
7/10/2010 Kent
Search No. 1465 - James M. Boyer
From: "Stephanie
Mann" <englishreform@cox.net> To:
<looking4@379thbga.org> Sent: Thursday, June
24, 2010 6:41 AM Subject: James M. Boyer
My father, James M. Boyer, died on June 10,
2010. He was 88 years, six months old. His
records were lost in the 1973 fire, but I do
have the General Orders Number 105 awarding him
the Distinguished Flying Cross. He was a Staff
Sergeant, Waist Gunner in the 379th at
Kimbolton. Do you have additional information?
He did not talk about the war for many years and
then his memory began to fade. He developed
Alzheimers and died of pneumonia. The organist
played "Off we Go" at the end of his funeral,
held on Flag Day!
Thank you very much.
Stephanie A. Mann
Stephanie -
Please accept our
condolences on your father's passing. With your
permission, we'd like to add his name to our
Taps roster.
Association records
for James M. Boyer show he flew 34 missions as
tail gunner with the 524th Squadron from March
16 to June 18, 1944. Our records show mission
numbers 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 90, 92, 93, 97, 98,
99, 100, 101, 102, 104, 106, 108, 112, 115, 116,
117, 122, 123, 129, 132, 134, 135, 137, 139,
140, 141, 142, 143, and 145. Sgt Boyer may have
flown additional missions, but these are the
ones we have in our records.
As with most flying
crews, Sgt Boyer flew his missions in a number
of different aircraft. Photos of a/c 42-39828,
"Penny Ante", and 42-107213, "Rubble Rouser",
airplanes he flew for a lot of those missions,
are being sent by separate e-mail - though crews
pictured are earlier. Crew for most of his
missions, and likely the crew he trained with,
was as follows:
McDonald, John F, 2nd
Lieutenant, Pilot
Lambert Jr., Hugh W,
2nd Lieutenant, Co-Pilot
Zeiman, Harold H, 2nd
Lieutenant, Navigator
Morrison, Elmo L, 2nd
Lieutenant, Bombardier
Swinehart, James E,
Tech Sergeant, Radio Operator/Gunner
Mcgrath, Kenneth H,
Tech Sergeant, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Swain, Roger C,
Sergeant, Ball Turret Gunner
Boyer, James M,
Sergeant, Right Waist Gunner
Small, Reuben E,
Sergeant, Left Waist Gunner
Johnson, Ake W,
Sergeant, Tail Gunner
This response will be
posted in the "Looking 4" section of our
website, in case any members or readers have any
additional information. If you have any photos
of Sgt Boyer or his crew that you'd be willing
to share for our archives, we would be grateful.
Responding 4
6/26/2010
Kent
Search No. 1464 - August J Donatelli
From: John Bacchia,
johnbacchia@msn.com To: looking4@379thbga.org
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 2:14 PM
Subject: donatelli
Hello,
I'm
looking for a photo of tail gunner "Augie" Gus
Donatelli (or any of his bombers) according to
my information, he flew on a bomber called
"Rocky" "Fickle Finger" and "555". I'm a friend
of family, and I'm working on a book - he later
became an umpire.
I would appreciate any
direction you might give me.
Thanks
John Bacchia
John – Association
records for August J Donatelli show he flew 17
missions as tail gunner with the 527th Squadron
from December 13, 1943 to March 6, 1944. Our
records show mission numbers 48, 49, 53, 55, 57,
59, 60, 64, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and
78. Sgt Donatelli may have flown additional
missions, but these are the ones we have in our
records.
On March 6, 1944, the 379th was
dispatched to bomb the ball bearing factory at
Berlin, Germany. Sgt Donatelli was flying a/c
42-31555, and was last seen leaving formation
with #3 engine smoking. Crew was as follows:
Hendrickson, William C, 1st Lieutenant,
Pilot, Prisoner Of War Moore, John H, 2nd
Lieutenant, Co-Pilot, Killed in Action
Wolodka, Harry B, Flight Officer, Navigator,
Prisoner Of War Moore, James P, 2nd
Lieutenant, Bombardier, Prisoner Of War
Houser, Gus A, Tech Sergeant, Radio
Operator/Gunner, Prisoner Of War Ball Jr.,
Gus J, Staff Sergeant, Engineer/Top Turret
Gunner, Prisoner Of War Bishop, Samuel N,
Staff Sergeant, Ball Turret Gunner, Prisoner Of
War Grange, Thomas (NMI), Staff Sergeant,
Right Waist Gunner, Prisoner Of War Webly,
Rance J, Staff Sergeant, Left Waist Gunner,
Prisoner Of War Donatelli, August J, Staff
Sergeant, Tail Gunner, Prisoner Of War
This response will be posted in the "Looking 4"
section of our website, in case any members or
readers have any additional information. Sorry,
we have no record of an airplane named “Fickle
Finger” or “555”, although crews frequently had
nicknames for aircraft that didn’t actually get
a name painted on the nose – I suspect that is
the case with “555” at least, since the aircraft
being flown on that last mission had a serial
number ending in 555. If you have any photos of
Sgt Donatelli or his crew that you’d be willing
to share for our archives, we would be grateful.
Responding 4 6/11/2010 Kent
Search No. 1463 - Herbert D Rossberg
From: Lee H. McCain,
lhmccain@earthlink.net To:
looking4@379thbga.org Sent: Monday, May 31,
2010 9:29 AM Subject: Looking for Herbert D.
Rossberg
Hi, Please provide me
information about my uncle, Lt. Herbert D.
Rossberg, Pilot, for BS 527 who was shot down
and killed on February 8, 1944 during a mission
to Frankfurt, Germany. Many thanks!
Lee – Association records for Herbert D.
Rossberg show he flew 3 missions as pilot with
the 527th Squadron from February 4 to February
8, 1944. Our records show mission numbers 64,
66, and 67. Lt. Rossberg may have flown
additional missions, but these are the ones we
have in our records.
On February 8, 1944,
the 379th was dispatched to bomb an engine
component factory at Frankfurt, Germany. Lt
Rossberg was flying a/c 42-39782, “Pistol
Packin’ Mama”, which is believed to have been
attacked by fighters shortly after crossing the
enemy coast near Amiens, France. Crew was as
follows:
Rossberg, Herbert D, 2nd
Lieutenant, Pilot, Killed In Action Bauer,
Matthew J, 2nd Lieutenant, Co-Pilot, Prisoner Of
War Kupsick, John A, 2nd Lieutenant,
Navigator, Evaded Dougherty, James B, 2nd
Lieutenant, Bombardier, Killed In Action
Bennett, George F, Staff Sergeant, Radio
Operator/Gunner, Evaded Atkinson, Charles E,
Staff Sergeant, Top Turret Gunner, Evaded
Dugan, Edward P, Staff Sergeant, Ball Turret
Gunner, Prisoner Of War Smotherman, Thurman
P, Sergeant, Right Waist Gunner, Prisoner Of War
Paplaskas, Albert F, Staff Sergeant, Left Waist
Gunner, Killed In Action Brown Jr., Frederick
H, Sergeant, Tail Gunner, Prisoner Of War
This response will be posted in the "Looking
4" section of our website, in case any members
or readers have any additional information. A
photo of “Pistol Packin’ Mama”, pictured with
members of an unknown crew, and selected
information from the Missing Air Crew Report, is
being sent by separate e-mail. If you have any
photos of Lt Rossberg or his crew that you’d be
willing to share for our archives, we would be
grateful.
Responding 4 6/4/2010 Kent
Search No. 1462 - Farley W. Overton
From: CWO Kane M. Overton, drache0151@yahoo.com
To: looking4@379thbga.org Subject: Farley W.
Overton
Dear Sir or Ma'am,
My
Grandfather, T/Sgt Overton, Farley W. 34688684
served with 526th Squadron, 379th Bomber Group
(Heavy), 8th Army Air Force. He was involved in
operations over Germany as Radio Operator and
Aerial Gunner. According to his personal
decoration citations, he was in country for at
least a period including 19 June - 12 December
1944. Then he was transferred to Tyndall Field,
Fl as a Flexible Gunnery Instructor (938ss), and
where he met my Grandmother. I do not have any
way to learn anymore about his service or his
aircraft since his passing in the 90's. Any
assistance would be appreciated.
Respectfully Submitted CWO Kane M. Overton
United States Marine Corps
Kane – Association records for Farley W.
Overton show he flew 36 missions as radio
operator/gunner with the 526th Squadron from
July 17 to November 11, 1944. Our records show
mission numbers 167, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173,
174, 175, 179, 180, 182, 183, 184, 185, 191,
193, 194, 195, 197, 198, 199, 208, 209, 210,
211, 215, 220, 221, 223, 224, 226, 227, 228,
229, 231, and 237. Sgt Overton may have flown
additional missions, but these are the ones we
have in our records.
As with most 8th Air
Force crew, Sgt Overton flew his required
missions in a number of different aircraft. A
photo of the aircraft used for his 2nd mission,
43-37570, “Miss Liberty”, is being sent via
separate e-mail – photos of the aircraft used in
his 1st mission are not available. A crew photo
(dated 11 July 1944) showing, from information
we have, Sgt Overton’s crew on arrival at
Kimbolton, is also included. Crew for Sgt
Overton’s early missions was as follows:
Greiner, Harold D, Lieutenant, Pilot Dail,
William T, Lieutenant, Co-Pilot Hettler Jr.,
Daniel R, Lieutenant, Navigator Reagan,
Kinsey S, Lieutenant, Bombardier Overton,
Farley W, Staff Sergeant, Radio Operator/Gunner
Maul, George F, Staff Sergeant, Engineer/Top
Turret Gunner Sickles, Carl E, Sergeant, Ball
Turret Gunner Papadake, George (NMI),
Sergeant, Waist Gunner Burke, James F,
Private, Tail Gunner
This response will
be posted in the "Looking 4" section of our
website, in case any members or readers have any
additional information. If you have any
additional photos of Sgt Overton or his crew
that you’d be willing to share for our archives,
we would be grateful.
Responding 4
5/9/2010 Kent
Search No. 1461 - Orvest Ellingson
From: Steven Ellingson, sgellingson@comcast.net
To: looking4@379thbga.org Sent:
Thursday, April 15, 2010 11:38 PM Subject:
Orvest Ellingson
I am looking for
information on my uncle, Orvest Ellingson who
seved in the 379th. He was on a plane called the
" Blue Blazin' Blizzard" and according to family
members was shot down sometime during the war.
Thank You, Steven Ellingson
Steven – Association records for Orvest
Ellingson show he flew 5 missions as pilot with
the 524th Squadron from August 18 to September
8, 1944. Our records show mission numbers 191,
192, 196, 197, and 199. Lt Ellingson may have
flown additional missions, but these are the
ones we have in our records.
On September
8, 1944, the 379th’s target was the synthetic
oil facility at Ludwigshafen, Germany. Lt
Ellingson was piloting a/c 42-31720, “The Blue
Blazing Blizzard”, which was seen to be hit by
flak, and left the formation with it’s #3 engine
on fire. The aircraft subsequently exploded,
with some of the crew being thrown out in the
explosion and parachuting to safety. Crew, and
their disposition, was as follows:
Ellingson, Orvest G, 2nd Lieutenant, Pilot,
Killed In Action Wells, Joseph L, 2nd
Lieutenant, Co-Pilot, Prisoner Of War
Collins, Merill B, 2nd Lieutenant, Navigator,
Prisoner Of War Danielsen, Clifford N, 2nd
Lieutenant, Bombardier, Killed In Action
Mansen, Roy F, Staff Sergeant, Radio
Operator/Gunner, Killed In Action Harrell,
Robert J, Staff Sergeant, Engineer/Top Turret
Gunner, Prisoner Of War Demure, Joe K, Staff
Sergeant, Ball Turret Gunner, Killed In Action
Young, Clair F, Staff Sergeant, Waist Gunner,
Prisoner Of War Tipsword, Wallace R, Staff
Sergeant, Tail Gunner, Prisoner Of War
This response will be posted in the "Looking 4"
section of our website, in case any members or
readers have any additional information. A photo
of the aircraft 42-31720, “The Blue Blazing
Blizzard” is being sent by separate e-mail. Note
that this photo is dated April 1944, so the crew
pictured is not Lt Ellingson’s crew. If you have
any photos of Lt Ellingson or his crew that
you’d be willing to share for our archives, we
would be grateful.
Responding 4 4/16/2010
Kent
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