"Anoxia Queen" Crew 09 (Part 9)

Mission: 035 -  Sortie 04 / 35
              037 -  Sortie 05 / 35
              038 -  Sortie 06 / 35
              039 -  Sortie 07 / 35
              040 -  Sortie 08 / 35
              041 -  Sortie 09 / 35
              042 -  Sortie 10 / 35
              043 -  Sortie 11 / 35
              045 -  Sortie 13 / 35
              046 -  Sortie 14 / 35 
              047 -  Sortie 15 / 35 (A)
              050 -  Sortie 17 / 35 (B)
              051 -  Sortie 18 / 35 (C)
              061 -  Sortie 22 / 35 (D)
              062 -  Sortie 23 / 35 (E)
              063 -  Sortie 24 / 35 (F)
              067 -  Sortie 26 / 35 (G)
              072 - Sortie  28/ 35  (H)
              073 -  Sortie 29 / 35 ( I )
              074 - Sortie  30 / 35  (J)
              075 - Sortie  31 / 35  (K)
              079 - Sortie  33 / 35  (L)
              083 -  Sortie 34 / 35  (M)
               

Date: December  05, 1943
         December  13, 1943
         December  16, 1943
         December  20, 1943
         December  22, 1943
         December  24, 1943
         December  30, 1943
         December  31, 1943
         January      05, 1944
         January      07, 1944
         January      11, 1944 (A)
         January      24, 1944 (B)
         January      29, 1944 (C)
         February    24, 1944 (D)
         February    25, 1944 (E)
         February    28, 1944 (F)
         March        04, 1944 (G)
         March        16, 1944 (H)
         March        18, 1944 ( I ) 
         March        19, 1944  (J)
         March        22, 1944  (K)
         March        28, 1944  (L)
         April          10,  1944 (M)

              
Target: Bordeaux, France - Merignac Airfield (No attack - weather)
           Kiel, Germany     - City Center
           Bremen, Germany
           Bremen, Germany - City Center (PFF)
           Munster / Osnabruck, Germany - City Center (PFF)
           Quoeux, France - Crossbow No. 80 / Crossbow No. 19-28
           Ludwigshafen, Germany - IG Farben Chemical works
           Paris - CAM, France - Ball bearing plant
           Elberfeld, Germany - Ball bearing plant
           Ludwigshafen, Germany - I.G.Farben Power station
           Brunswick, Germany - A/c Factory (390A)Build-up area 390 Comp (A)
           Frankfurt, Germany - A/c plant machine shop (B)
           Frankfurt, Germany - Marshalling yard (C)
           Rostock, Germany - Secondary target  (D)
           Regensburg, Germany - Me 109 Aircraft plant (E)
           Grand Parc, France - V1 Target not bombed due to poor visibility (F)
           Berlin, Germany - Abandoned and bombs returned (G)
           Ulm & Augsburg, Germany - Town center (PFF) (H)
           Augsburg, Germany - Lechfeld airfield / factory SW side ( I )
           Marquise - Mimoyecques, France - Construction site for V1 weapons (J)
           Berlin, Germany - Friedrichstrasse Bahnhof  (K)
           Chateaudun, France  - Airfield hangers  (L)
           Maldegem, Belgium - Airfield                (M)
  

Aircraft Serial Number 42-39819 BI - F

Crew 09

Crewman                                                                Role
Whitehead, Ralph H                                                 Pilot
Gerhardt, Scott                                                        Co-Pilot
Allebach, Kenneth                                                    Navigator
Lufkin, Charles H                                                      Bombardier
Sharpe, Cecil E                                                        Eng/Top Turret Gunner
Quigley, Edward J                                                    Radio Op/ Gunner
Fisher, Clarence H                                                    Ball Turret Gunner
Carlson, Robert T                                                     Waist Gunner (WIA Jan 7, 1944)
Mallos, James P                                                      Waist Gunner (KIA  Jan 7, 1944)
Wright, William C                                                     Tail Gunner

(A) Carl Christian replaced Robert Carlson and James C. Higginbotham replaced James Mallos as the Waist Gunners starting with mission 047 / Sortie 15.
(B) Harry J. Jay was the Ball Turret Gunner, William H. Glass was the Waist Gunner and John H. Alvey was the Navigator for Mission 050 / Sortie 17
(C) Jesse V. Best was the Ball Turret Gunner and Charles J Marshall as the Navigator  for Mission 051 / Sortie 18
(D) Floyd F. Daugherty was the Ball Turret Gunner and  Marvin C. Johns was the Navigator for Mission 061 / Sortie 22
(E) Stephen J. Heck was the Ball Turret Gunner and Marvin C. Johns was the Navigator for Mission 062 / Sortie 23
(F) George W. Agiasottelis was the Ball Turret Gunner for Mission 063 / Sortie 24
(G) Harvey J. Prater was the Ball Turret Gunner for Mission 067 / Sortie 26
(H) Philip W. Wade was the Bombardier and Jesse L. Graham was the Ball Turret Gunner for Mission 072 / Sortie 28. Edward J. Quigley was WIA.  
( I ) Philip W. Wade was the Bombardier and Robert H. Clarke was the Ball Turret Gunner for Mission 073 / Sortie 29
(J) Warren H. Hawes was the Pilot, Philip W. Wade was the Bombardier and Carl Christian was the Ball Turret Gunner for Mission 074 / Sortie 30.
(K) Robert W. Sabel was the Pilot, Melvin M. Robinson was the Bombardier and William G. Blough was the Ball Turret Gunner for Mission 031 / Sortie 075.
(L) Richard L. Mann was the Co-Pilot and Edward M. Ireland was the Bombardier for Mission 079 / Sortie 33.
(M) Calvin Worthington was the Pilot, Edward R. Minerley was the Bombardier, William R. Geschwender was the Eng. / Top Turret Gunner, George E. Konyha was the Radio Op. / Gunner, Stanley L. Motyka was the Ball Turret Gunner and Floyd F. Daugherty was the Tail Gunner for Mission 086 / Sortie 34 / 35.


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