500th bomb group (vh) - tribute to robert d. cookson sr ... · z - 7 crash land isely 3 dec 44...
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500th Bomb Group (VH) created 21 Aug 2014 by © Doug Comella
Group Mission Number
WING Mission Number 6
Date 11-Nov-44
Target Truk
Tail Code Ser. No.
Z - 1 Lost 3 Dec 44 MACR 10458 42-24656 GOLDSWORTHY - KING
Z - 1 Ditched 18 Dec 44 MACR 10658 42-24762
Z - 1 44-69761
Z - 1 44-61737
Z - 2 Ditched 27 Nov 44 MACR 10585 42-24662
Z - 2 42-24792
Z - 2 SEE Z-11 42-24744
Z - 3 SEE Z-19 42-63435
Z - 3 42-65249
Z - 4 42-24672 OSWALD
Z - 5 42-24643 LUMAN
Z - 6 Crashed in Test Flight 23 Feb 45 42-24694
Z - 6 44-69746
Z - 7 Crash Land Isely 3 Dec 44 42-24680
Z - 7 Lost 24 May 45 MACR 14488 42-63486
Z - 7 44-70117
Z - 8 42-24692
Z - 8 See Z-25 and Z-56 42-24743
Z - 8 Lost 17 Mar 45 MACR 13079 42-24849
Z - 8 44-69829
Z - 9 42-24689
Z - 9 44-61782
Z - 10 42-65219
Z - 11 Crashed Saipan 19 Feb 45 42-63489
Z - 11 Lost 1-2 Apr 45 MACR 14230 44-69666
Z - 11 SEE Z-2 42-24744
Z - 12 Lost 19 Feb 45 MACR 12500 42-24692
Z - 12 44-69721
Z - 13 Ditched 10 Feb 45 MACR 12058 42-93876
Z - 13 Ditch 26 May 45 MACR 14509 44-69755
Z - 14 42-65346
Z - 15 44-69944
Z - 16 44-70101
Z - 18 42-24813
Z - 19 SEE Z-3 42-63435
Z - 19 44-61692
Z - 21 42-24652 PIERCE
Z - 21 44-61685
Z - 22 42-63429
Z - 22 Lost 3 Jan 45 MACR 10905 42-24766
Z - 22 42-93875
Z - 22 44-61684
Z - 23 Crash land Iwo Jima 15 Apr 45 42-24664
Z - 23 42-94049
Z - 24 42-24676
Z - 25 Ditched 28 Dec 44 WSM Van Trigt 42-24686 Van TRIGT
Z - 25 Lost 23 Jan 45 MACR 11386 42-24785
Z - 25 See Z-56 and Z-8 42-24743
Z - 26 Ditched 13 Dec 44 MACR 10659 42-24687
Z - 26 42-65247
Z - 26 42-24770
Z - 27 42-24668
Z - 28 42-63436
Z - 28 Shot down by Russians 28 Aug 45 44-70136
Z - 29 Taxi Accident 5 Aug 45 42-65221
Z - 29 42-63429
Z - 30 See Z-33 42-24700
Z - 30 42-63487
Z - 30 Lost 24 May 45 MACR 14489 44-69742
Z - 30 44-61693
Z - 31 42-24785
Z - 31 Lost 19 Feb 45 MACR 12250 42-63494
Z - 31 Lost 4 Apr 45 MACR 13765 44-69751
Z - 32 42-63497
Z - 33 See Z-30 42-24700
Z - 34 42-93889
Z - 35 42-63429
Z - 36 44-69657
Z - 37 42-24680 SULLIVAN
Z - 38 42-24813
Z - 38 44-61789
Z - 39 Crash Saipan 15 Jun 45 44-61530
Z - 39 44-70144
Z - 41 42-24675
Z - 41 44-69868
Z - 42 42-24653 MORELAND
Z - 43 42-63441
Z - 43 44-69725
Z - 44 Lost 29 Nov 44 MACR 10449 42-65218
Z - 45 Ditched 9 Jan 45 MACR 10903 42-24657
Z - 45 42-63490
Z - 46 Ditched 7 Mar 45 WSM #264 MACR
1293642-24721
Z - 46 42-63441
Z - 46 see Z-49 44-69878
Z - 47 Lost 7 Apr 45 MACR 13657 42-24600
Z - 47 44-69885
Z - 48 Ditched 3 Jan 45 MACR 10899 42-24660 (A)
Z - 48 42-65247
Z - 49 42-24671 FEATHERS
Z - 49 see Z-46 44-69878
Z - 49 44-61668
Z - 50 42-24696
Z - 51 42-24761
Z - 52 42-65251
Z - 53 42-65296
Z - 54 42-93878
Z - 55 42-93947
Z - 56 See Z-25 and Z-8 42-24743
Z - 56 42-94001
Z - 57 42-24671
Z - 58 44-70113
Scheduled Aircraft 9
SCRATCH 0
ABORTS 1
(L) =LOST 0
(D) DITCHED 0
TAIL NUMBER ONLY
TAIL NUMBER AND SERIAL NUMBER
TAIL NUMBER AND AC NAME
TAIL NUMBER, SERIAL NUMBER, AC
UNRESLOLVED QUESTIONS
7 8 9
24-Nov-44 27-Nov-44 29-Nov-44
Musashino Tokyo
GOLDSWORTHY (A) GOLDSWORTHY
IRVIN IRVIN (D)
SAMUELSON
OSWALD OSWALD
LUMAN LUMAN CURTIS
FIELD FIELD (A)
SULLIVAN
FITZGERALD FITZGERALD (S)
HATCH HATCH - Maj PARSONS
THOMPSON (A) THOMPSON (S)
PIERCE PIERCE - Maj ROBERTS
HURLBUTT - Col
BRANNOCK (S)
HAYS HAYS - PACK ( RCM ) HAYS
TACKETT TACKETT
Van TRIGT Van TRIGT - Col KING SAVAGE
CORDRAY (A)
. GERWICK GERWICK (S)
SAVAGE
La MARCHE (S)La MARCHE - Col
DOUGHERTY
ASHLEY ASHLEY (S) ASHLEY
MORELAND MORELAND
SETTERICH SETTERICH (S)
HANSEN HANSEN (S) HANSEN (L)
Mc CLANAHAN Mc CLANAHAN Mc CLANAHAN (S)
HOLMES HOLMES (S)
BLACK BLACK - Col MULLEN
FEATHERS (A) FEATHERS FEATHERS
BRADEN BRADENSETTERICH
27 24 9
1 7 2
4 1 0
0 0 1
0 1 0
10 11 12
3-Dec-44 8-Dec-44 13-Dec-44
Musashino Iwo Jima Nagoya
GOLDSWORTHY -
Col BRUGGE - Col KING (L)
BROWN
BROWN
JACKSON (A)
FITZGERALD - Lt Col
DOUGHERTY JACKSON
LUMAN
FIELD CALHOUN - Lt Col REEVE SULLIVAN
MC NAMER (Crash Land)
CURTIS
HATCH PEARSON PEARSON
THOMPSON JACKSON THOMPSON
PIERCE (S) PIERCE - Maj ROBERTS PIERCE (S)
HURLBUTT - Lt Col MULLEN -
Maj HEWITT
HURLBUTT HURLBUTT - BRANNOCK
HAYS - Maj BRANNOCK HAYS - DORFMAN
TACKETT
TACKETT - Capt THOMPSON TACKETT - PACK
Van TRIGTVan TRIGT - PARSONS
(A)
GRISE GRISE GRISE (D)
CORDRAY CORDRAY - Maj PARSONS CORDRAY
GERWICK GERWICK GERWICK (A)
SAVAGE
SAVAGE
La MARCHE La MARCHE - Capt MARTIN (A) La MARCHE - MARTIN
AMOS BARRON BARRON
MORELAND - Col McDOWELL
MORELAND -
DOUGHTERTY
SETTERICH -
Sgt Williams SETTERICH
Mc CLANAHAN STANDEN Mc CLANAHAN
HOLMES HOLMES (A) HOLMES
ADAMS ADAMS - Maj GAY (A) ADAMS
BLACK - Maj GAY BLACK - Capt GIBSON BLACK - GAY
SETTERICH AMOS FEATHERS
BRADEN BRADEN BRADEN
23 22 25
1 0 1
1 3 2
1 0 0
0 0 1
T-1 and T-6 flew with 500th
13 14 15
18-Dec-44 22-Dec-44 24-Dec-44
Nagoya Nagoya Iwo Jima
BRICKER (D)
McGUIRE BROWN
SAMUELSON JACKSON (A)
OSWALD FITZGERALD
LUMAN - REEVE
TAYLOR (S)
McNAMER SULLIVAN (A)
FITZGERALD
HATCH - MARTIN
THOMPSON - WALKER (S)
PIERCE PIERCE GRAY - JOHANSEN
HURLBUTT FARRELL - DOUGHERTY
HAYS HAYS - PARSONS (S) REEVE
TACKETT - THOMPSON HODGE HODGE - BRANNOCK
Van TRIGT (A) Van TRIGT (A)
PARSONS
( SN listed as 24687) PARSONS
CORDRAY CARRICO - CORDRAY
GERWICKGERWICK - PARSONS
SAVAGE (A) SAVAGE PARSONS (S)
La MARCHE (A)
La MARCHE - DOUGHTERY
(A)
McCLURE (A) McCLURE - ENGLISH
BARRON - HOLMES RYAN (S)
MORELAND - MULLEN
CHANEY
AMOS
MAHONEY - GAY
FEATHERS - McDOWELL
GRAY
IRBY - MARTIN
24 14 11
1 2 2
3 5 0
0 0 0
1 0 0
16 17 18
27-Dec-44 3-Jan-45 9-Jan-45
Musashino Nagoya Musashino
McGUIRE - WALKER BROWN - REEVE McGUIRE (A)
JACKSON (A) SAMUELSON (A)
MATHER OSWALD
TAYLOR ENGLE
McNAMER
FITZGERALD -
THOMPSON (A)
HATCH - MILLER
KAPPIL KAPPIL
SAMUELSON CURTIS
REEVES - GARRIGUS PIERCE - THOMPSON (A)
HURLBUTT - MULLEN
(L)
JACKSON (A)
HAYS - BRANNOCK
CARRICO CARRICO
HODGE (A)
Van TRIGT - ROBERTS
(A)
SAVAGE - DOUGHTERY
ARBON (A) GERWICK
FARRELL
McCLURE
PARSONS PARSONS (S)
RYAN BARRON RYAN
CLINKSCALES
CHENEY
CHARTERS (D)
ADAMS - GAY
HOLMES
BLACK - McDOWELL AMOS (D)
CLINKSCALES (A) FEATHERS
GREGG (A) GREGG
SCHMIDT MAHONEY SCHMIDT
STANDEN IRBY - CARANO HALEY (S)
8 24 20
0 0 2
1 5 5
0 1 0
0 1 1
19 20 21
14-Jan-45 19-Jan-45 23-Jan-45
Nagoya Akashi Nagoya
McGUIRE BROWN
SAMUELSON 1st Lt Harlan JACKSON
MATHER (A)
HATCH (A)
LUMAN - Maj PARSONS CALHOUN ENGLE (A)
McNAMER SULLIVAN McNAMER
FITZGERALD - HALE TAYLOR
CURTIS
PEARSON (S) PEARSON
THOMPSON
PIERCE
Capt Donald JACKSON GRAY
HAYS HAYS - BRANNOCK
ARBON PORTER - ROBERTS (L)
SAVAGE ROUSE - Van TRIGT (S)
ARBON
FARRELL REEVES
McCLURE HODGE
1st Lt. PARSONS SHOREY PARSONS (A)
BARRON
MORELAND - McDOWELL
SETTERICH
BRADEN (
SN reads 24657)
STANDEN HOLMES STANDEN
ADAMS ADAMS
BLACK - BRANDON HALEY (A)
GREGG
MAHONEY (S)
HALEY IRBY
10 21 19
1 0 2
0 2 3
0 0 1
0 0 0
Three aborts bombed
Targets of Opportunity
See defn of abort at
bottom of column
22 23 24
27-Jan-45 4-Feb-45 10-Feb-45
Tokyo Kobe Ota
BROWN
SAMUELSON
WX aircraft SAMUELSON
MATHER
FITZGERALD -
DOUGHERTY LUMAN - PARSONS
CALHOUN -
BEIGHTOL WX
aircraft ENGLE
SULLIVAN CALHOUN
HATCH
KAPPIL (S) KAPPIL
THOMPSON
CURTIS
McGUIRE (D)
(S) McGUIRE (A)
TACKETT
PIERCE JACKSON
HAYS - BRANNOCK
CARICO
SAVAGE ARBON SAVAGE
SHOREY GRAY SHOREY
FARRELL (A) REEVES
McCLURE -
McLAUGHLIN ROUSE - Maj Van TRIGT ROUSE
PARSONS PARSONS
HANFT
REEVES
BARRON RYAN
MORELAND
GREGG
SETTERICH (A)
McCLANAHAN
( SN reads 24657 ) McCLANAHAN (A)
HOLMES HOLMES
ADAMS - Col BRANDON ADAMS
CHENEY
FEATHERS (A) FEATHERS - Maj GAY
MAHONEY SCHMIDT
CLINKSCALES IRBY CLINKSCALES
16 18 23
1 1 0
3 1 1
0 0 0
0 0 1
Discrepancies in reports as to
which aircraft aborted
Discrepancies in reports as to
which aircraft aborted Test Flight
25 26
15-Feb-45 19-Feb-45 23-Feb-45
Nagoya Musashino
CAPPEL THOMPSON - REEVE
JACKSON (A)
(S)
ENGLE ENGLE (D)
SULLIVAN - DORFMAN SULLIVAN
FITZGERALD - PARSONS
FITZGERALD -
DOUGHERTY
HATCH
THOMPSON (S) CALHOUN
PEARSON (A) PEARSON
CURTIS SAMUELSON (L)
PIERCE (A)
D.C. JACKSON (A) LIMPP - THOMPSON
TACKETT - BRANSON (S)
McCLURE
(SN reads 24771) McCLURE
LaMARCHE
ARBON - JOHNSON
GRAY (A) SHOREY
HUGHES ROUSE (L)
HANFT HANFT
FARRELL JACKSON
GRAY
BARRON RYAN (A)
BRADEN
SETTERICH CHANEY
McCLANAHAN McCLANAHAN (?A)
STANDEN
ADAMS
BLACK -McDOWELL (A)
FEATHERS
MAHONEY (S) MAHONEY
IRBY - FARRIS IRBY
CLINKSCALES (?A)
25 24 1
2 2 0
6 1 0
0 2 0
0 0 1
4 A/C from 499th BG
scheduled for mission.
2 scratch
27 28 WSM #264
25-Feb-45 4-Mar-45 7-Mar-45
Tokyo Musashino
MATHER - WILSON LEWIS - BRICKER (A)
JACKSON (S) JACKSON - LAW
OSWALD ALTHOFF
LUMAN - BRANDON
THOMPSON - ALTHOFF
FITZGERALD -
MONTGOMERY
CONN - HATCH - KAHN CONN - HATCH
KAPPIL KAPPIL (SD)
CALHOUN
MATHER
SULLIVAN
PIERCE PIERCE
LIMPP SASSER
HAYS - BRANNOCK
TACKETT - SAVAGE
McCLURE (A) LIMPP
JACKSON
ARBON (A) SHOREY (SD)
SHOREY ARBON
REEVES GRAY
PARSONS PARSONS
HUGHES HANFT
FARRELL FARRELL
GRAY HAAS
BARRON - McNEAL
RYAN
McCLANAHAN CHENEY
HOLMES (D)
ADAMS ADAMS
BLACK - GAY BLACK
GREGG BRADEN
SETTERICH SCHMIDT
HOLMES - CHAMBERS IRBY
CLINKSCALES HOLMES
SCHMIDT GREGG
31 26 1
1 0 0
2 1 0
0 0 0
0 0 1
29 30 31
9-10 Mar 45 11-12 Mar 45 13-14 Mar 45
Tokyo Nagoya Osaka
BRICKER BRICKER BRICKER
LEWIS - PARSONS LEWIS LEWIS
JACKSON
JACKSON - Van TRIGT -
MARTIN LAW - THOMPSON
TAYLOR OSWALD OSWALD
KAPPIL KAPPIL KAPPIL
BOOZE BOOZE BOOZE
SULLIVAN (S) Maj. PARSONS SULLIVAN
FITZGERALD TAYLOR FITZGERALD
CONN - HATCH CONN CONN - REEVE
THOMPSON THOMPSON THOMPSON
CALHOUN CALHOUN (A) CALHOUN
CURTIS CURTIS CURTIS (A)
LUMAN LUMAN LUMAN
MATHER - HALE MATHER - HEWITT
ALTHOFF ALTHOFF ALTHOFF
HANFT PIERCE PIERCE - RAND
JACKSON JACKSON - BERGQUIST HAAS
HAYS LIMPP (S)
SASSER TACKETT TACKETT
SEWELL (A) SEWELL - BRANDON
LaMARCHE - DOUGHERTY LaMARCHE LaMARCHE
HAAS SASSER SASSER
SHOREY SHOREY LIMPP
REEVES REEVES REEVES
ARBON (A) ARBON ARBON
PARSONS PARSON SEWELL - Van TRIGT
HUGHES HUGHES HANFT
FARRELL FARRELL GILLERT
GRAY HAAS GRAY
BARRON BARRON BARRON
MORELAND MORELAND MORELAND
SETTERICH - Van SICKLE (A) SETTERICH - Van SICKLE SETTERICH - McDOWELL (S)
McCLANAHAN (A) McCLANAHAN McCLANAHAN (A)
ADAMS ADAMS
BLACK BLACK (A) BLACK
GREGG CHENEY - McDOWELL (A) FEATHERS
BRADEN BRADEN
SCHMIDT SCHMIDT KING
IRBY IRBY CHENEY (S)
CLINKSCALES CLINKSCALES (A) CLINKSCALES
STANDEN (A) STANDEN STANDEN
RYAN GREGG RYAN
ADAMSON
(SN listed as 2475)
42 42 39
1 0 3
5 4 2
0 0 0
0 0 0
32 33 34
16-17 Mar 45 18-19 Mar 45 24-25 Mar 45
Kobe Nagoya Nagoya
BRICKER BRICKER BRICKER
LEWIS LEWIS
JACKSON JACKSON Lt. JACKSON - Maj. PARSONS
OSWALD - Maj REINECK OSWALD OSWALD
KAPPIL MATHER KAPPIL (A)
LAW BOOZE
SULLIVAN SULLIVAN SULLIVAN (A)
FITZGERALD (L)
THOMPSON
MATHER - Capt POSEY CONN CONN - Lt. Col. REEVE
THOMPSON
TAYLOR BOOZE
CURTIS CURTIS LAW
LUMAN LUMAN LUMAN
ALTHOFF LAW
PIERCE - Lt JOHNSON (S) PIERCE
JACKSON JACKSON - CORDRAY
LIMPP GILLERT LIMPP
TACKETT SASSER TACKETT
SEWELL - Lt Col BEIGHTOL SEWELL SEALY - Col. DOUGHERTY
LaMARCHE ROBINSON
HUGHES - Lt RAND HAAS (A)
SHOREY SHOREY
GILLERT REEVES (A) REEVES
ARBON ARBON ARBON
PARSONS PARSONS - DORFMAN PARSONS
HANFT (A) HANFT
FARRELL FARRELL FARRELL
GRAY GRAY
KING BARRON CHENEY - Capt. HAMILTON
MORELAND (S) MORELAND MORELAND
SETTERICH SETTERICH
ADAMSON
ADAMS ADAMS ADAMS
BLACK McCLANAHAN McCLANAHAN
FEATHERS FEATHERS FEATHERS
McCLANAHAN BRADEN
SCHMIDT SCHMIDT (A) SCHMIDT - Capt. THOMPSON
CHENEY - Lt Col OKERBLOOM IRBY
CLINKSCALES CHENEY
STANDEN STANDEN
RYAN RYAN RYAN
GREGG - Lt Col McDOWELL GREGG (A)
42 32 30
2 0 0
1 3 3
1 0 0
0 0 0
Z-51 flew with 499th
37
35 36 37
27-Mar-45 31-Mar-45 1-2 Apr 45
Kyushu Kyushu Musashino
GIEKER - Capt. HATCH BRICKER
LEWIS (SN listed as 9746) LEWIS
OSWALD OSWALD - WILNER OSWALD
KAPPIL KAPPIL KAPPIL
CALHOUN CALHOUN - MERRIHEW BOOZE
SULLIVAN
THOMPSON
THOMPSON (S)
SN reads 24849
ALTHOFF Lt. JACKSON
THOMPSON
MATHER LAW (L)
BOOZE CURTIS CURTIS
LUMAN - BRANDON LUMAN - REEVE LUMAN
MATHER - ENGLISH MATHER - HALE
ALTHOFF CALHOUN
PIERCE PIERCE - HOLDRIDGE
JACKSON Capt. JACKSON
LaMARCHE - BRANNOCK LIMPP HAYS - SAVAGE
HAAS SEALY TACKETT
LaMARCHE - DOUGHERTY -
(?) LIGHTBURN LIMPP
SASSER
SHOREY ROBINSON SHOREY
SASSER REEVES (A) REEVES
ARBON ARBON
HUGHES PARSONS PARSONS
HANFT HUGHES
SEWELL FARRELL FARRELL
GRAY ROBERTSON GRAY
BARRON SETTERICH BARRON - PACK
MORELAND - McDOWELL MORELAND MORELAND
SETTERICH (A) SETTERICH - McDOWELL
KING CHENEY - THOMPSON
ADAMSON McCLANAHAN - WHITE McCLANAHAN
KING
BRADEN ADAMSON BRADEN
IRBY IRBY
CLINKSCALES CLINKSCALES (S) CLINKSCALES
STANDEN STANDEN
RYAN RYAN RYAN
GREGG (SN listed as 2743) GREGG
30 27 35
0 2 0
1 1 0
0 0 1
0 0 0
V-52 flew with formation
38 39 40
38 39 40
3-4 Apr 45 7-Apr-45 8-Apr-45
Tachikawa Musashino Kyushu
BRICKER BRICKER
GIEKER LEWIS
JACKSON (A)
WALTER OSWALD
CALHOUN
BOOZE
SULLIVAN SULLIVAN
THOMPSON - SUTHERLAND THOMPSON
PEARSON PEARSON
McNAMER McNAMER
GIEKER
CURTIS (SN listed as 6972) CURTIS - BRANDON
THOMAS MATHER
ALTHOFF THOMAS
PIERCE
LIMPP JACKSON - ENGLISH
HAYS SASSER
TACKETT - DOUGHERTY TACKETT
HAAS
GILLERT
HAAS
ROBINSON SHOREY
SEALY SEALY
SEWELL (L)
GILLERT PARSONS
CAUFMAN HANFT
ROBERTSON ROBERTSON
GRAY (A)
ARBON
FIELD BARRON
MORELAND
MORELAND - McDOWELL (SN
listed as 6753)
SETTERICH SETTERICH
CLINKSCALES (SD) CHENEY (S) CHENEY (A)
KING KING (L)
ADAMSON McCLANAHAN SCHMIDT
ADAMSON
SCHMIDT - MILLER BRADEN SEALE
IRBY IRBY (S)
CHENEY CLINKSCALES IRBY
STANDEN STANDEN
SEALE (A)
GREGG (SN listed as 2743) GREGG (SN listed as 2743)
32 12 31
0 2 0
1 0 3
1 1 0
0 0 0
41 42 43
41 42 43
12-Apr-45 13-14 Apr 45 15-16 Apr 45
Musashino Tokyo Kawasaki
GIEKER BRICKER BRICKER
JACKSON (S)
OSWALD OSWALD
KAPPIL KAPPIL KAPPIL
BOOZE CALHOUN BOOZE
SULLIVAN SULLIVAN MITCHELL - Maj VanTRIGT
THOMPSON MOCK THOMPSON
WOLTER JACKSON WOLTER (A)
McNAMER McNAMER MOCK (A)
FIELD
JACKSON CURTIS CURTIS - Lt Col. BRANDON
LUMAN THOMAS GIEKER
THOMAS MATHER MATHER
ALTHOFF ALTHOFF ALTHOFF
PIERCE
LIMPP JACKSON JACKSON
HAYS - Col BRANNOCK LIMPP LIMPP (SN listed as 4049)
SASSER HUGHES HUGHES
SEALY (S) SEALY
GILLERT SEALY COFFMAN
HAAS
( flew with 499th BG) HAAS SASSER
ROBINSON SHOREY ROBINSON
HOLDRIDGE HANFT HOLDRIDGE
PARSONS
CAUFMAN ROBERTSON (A) ROBERTSON
GRAY CAUFMANN GRAY
HUGHES ARBON ARBON
BARRON
SETTERICH GROSSE - McDOWELL FIELD
clinkscales (sd) or STANDEN clinkscales (sd) or
clinkscales (sd) clinkscales (sd) (S)
MORELAND CHENEY SCHULTZ
SCHMIDT
GROSSE - Lt Col.
McDOWELL (SN
listed as 9887)
BRADEN - Maj ENGLISH BRADEN BRADEN
SCHMIDT
SCHULTZ
SEALE CLINKSCALES SEALE - Lt RAND
RYAN GREGG - HOLMES RYAN - Lt PACK
32 29 35
1 0 2
0 1 2
0 0 0
0 0 0
44 45 46 47
44 46 48 49
16-17 Apr 45 18-Apr-45 21-Apr-45 21-Apr-45
Izumi Airfield (Kyushu) Izumi Airfield (Kyushu) Oita Airfield Usa Airfield
SULLIVAN
OSWALD OSWALD (S)
KAPPIL KAPPIL
MITCHELL BOOZE
SULLIVAN
THOMPSON
WOLTER LEWIS
McNAMER
MITCHELL
CURTIS - Col REEVE
THOMAS
GILLERT PIERCE
SEALY
TACKETT - Van TRIGT
SHOREY HUGHES
HAYS - BRANNOCK
GILLERT
ROBINSON (S)
HAAS
PARSONS
HANFT
ROBERTSON
GRAY
HOLDRIDGE - HEWITT
BARRON
SCHULTZ
WHITE CHENEY
STANDEN SCHULTZ
GREGG RYAN (S)
ADAMSON
SETTERICH
( SN listed as
9887)
IRBY
GROSSE - BLACK FIELD
IRBY
CHENEY
11 12 11 11
0 0 1 2
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
48 49 50 51
51 53 56 58
22-Apr-45 24-Apr-45 26-Apr-45 27-Apr-45
Izumi Airfield Tachikawa Saeki Airfield Izumi
BRICKER
GIEKER
JACKSON
OSWALD
KAPPIL
BOOZE BOOZE
SULLIVAN
( fighter escort) SULLIVAN
JACKSON
PEARSON (A)
MATHER MOCK
WOLTER
CURTIS
LUMAN LUMAN-REEVE
THOMAS
ALTHOFF
GILLERT
COFFMAN
HAYS - BRANNOCK PIERCE HAYS - BRANNOCK
SASSER
SEALEY
HAAS
SHOREY ROBERTSON
SHOREY
HOLDRIDGE GRAY HOLDRIDGE
PARSONS HUGHES
HANFT (A)
COFFMAN GRAY
HANFT - REEVE ROBINSON ARBON
ROBINSON HAAS HANFT
CLINKSCALES (A)
BLACK - SHUFFLER
SETTERICH (A) WHITE - PARSONS
WHITE
SEALE (A)
RYAN
BRADEN - BRADON
(SN listed as 9887)
SCHMIDT STANDER
ADAMSON IRBY
CLINKSCALES
11 12 23 11
0 0 0 0
0 1 4 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
1 Superdumbo + 2 escorts
52 53 54
60 64 65
28-Apr-45 30-Apr-45 5-May-45
Izumi Tachikawa / Hamamatsu Kure
GIEKER BRICKER GIEKER (A)
LEWIS GIEKER LEWIS
JACKSON
OSWALD OSWALD
KAPPIL KAPPIL
BOOZE JACKSON (S)
SULLIVAN SULLIVAN THOMPSON
THOMPSON THOMPSON (A) THOMAS
WOLTER CONN - HATCH
MOCK MOCK
WOLTER MITCHELL WOLTER
CURTIS - Van TRIGT ALTHOFF CURTIS
ALTHOFF LUMAN - DOUGHERTY LUMAN
MATHER (A) MATHER ( escort ) MATHER
OSWALD
PIERCE (A) PIERCE
GILLERT SHOREY
HAYS - BRANNOCK HAYS - Col BRANDON
SASSER
GILLERT
HAAS HAAS (A)
HOLDRIDGE REEVES
PARSONS - BREWER
HANFT HANFT
GRAY ROBERTSON
GRAY
COFFMAN COFFMAN
ROBINSON ROBINSON
BARRON - ANTHONY GROSSE (A)
GROSSE SETTERICH
SETTERICH
ARBON (SD) ARBON (SD)
ADAMSON
SEALE SHUFFLER McDOWELL
GREGG SEALE
BLACK - DOUGHERTY
(SN listed as 9887) FEATHERS - Van TRIGT
SCHULTZ ( escort ) STANDEN
SCHMIDT WHITE
IRBY IRBY
FIELD CLINKSCALES - RAND
RYAN RYAN
GREGG
CHENEY CHENEY
25 25 36
0 0 1
1 2 3
0 0 0
0 0 0
55 56 57
67 68 69
10-May-45 11-May-45 14-May-45
Tokuyama Kawanishi Nagoya
GIEKER
LEWIS LEWIS (A)
JACKSON JACKSON
MATHER OSWALD
KAPPIL - Maj. THOMPSON
CALHOUN CALHOUN
SULLIVAN SULLIVAN
WOLTER (A) THOMPSON
PEARSON (A) CONN - CONNELL
MOCK
( bombed with 39th BG )
MITCHELL WOLTER
CURTIS CURTIS - REEVE
LUMAN MITCHELL
MATHER (A)
PEARSON - ENGLISH -
GIBSON
BRICKER
THOMAS ALTHOFF
PIERCE HAYS PIERCE
COFFMAN ROBINSON - HALE
HAAS SEALEY
SASSER TACKETT - BRANNOCK SASSER
SEALY
LaMARCHE - PARSONS
LaMARCHE - Van TRIGT-
DORMAN
MOCK HAAS
SHOREY SHOREY
REEVES REEVES
HUGHES PARSONS
HANFT
HUGHES (
bombed with 29th BG)
FARRELL FARRELL
GRAY GRAY
GILLERT (A) HANFT - Maj DAVIS
ROBINSON GILLERT
COFFMAN
CHENEY BARRON
McDOWELL
SETTERICH SETTERICH
ARBON & ? GRAY(SD) ARBON ( ? SD) 11V705
FIELD
ADAMSON (
bombed with 39th BG )
ADAMS (A) SEALE ADAMS - SUTHERLAND
McCLANAHAN McCLANAHAN - THOMPSON
FEATHERS - BLACK CLINKSCALES - RAND
BRADEN - HOPPER
SCHMIDT SCHMIDT - LANDAKER
IRBY FIELD
SHUFFLER
STANDEN SCHULTZ STANDEN (A)
RYAN - PACK (S) RYAN
GREGG (A) GREGG GREGG (A)
GROSSE
34 11 46
1 0 0
4 1 4
0 0 0
0 0 0
2 fighter escorts and 1 SD
58 59 60
70 71 72
16-17 May 45 19-May-45 23-24 May 45
Nagoya Hamamatsu Tokyo
LEWIS LEWIS
MITCHELL MITCHELL MITCHELL (S)
OSWALD OSWALD OSWALD
KAPPIL - Capt. WALTERS KAPPIL
CALHOUN CALHOUN CALHOUN
SULLIVAN (A) THOMAS THOMAS (L)
THOMPSON (A) THOMPSON THOMPSON
CONN - HATCH CONN GIEKER
MOCK MOCK MOCK
WOLTER (S) WOLTER
THOMAS CURTIS - REEVE CURTIS
LUMAN GIEKER LUMAN
MATHER MATHER MATHER
PEARSON PEARSON
BRICKER BRICKER ALTHOFF
ALTHOFF ALTHOFF GILLERT
PIERCE GILLERT HOLDRIDGE
JACKSON JACKSON JACKSON
HAYS -BRANNOCK HUGHES HAYS -Col BRANNOCK
TACKETT - Maj DAVIS
TACKETT - PARSONS -
PACK TACKETT
SEALY HOLDRIDGE SASSER
HAAS SEALY SEALY
SHOREY (A) SHOREY SHOREY
REEVES REEVES HUGHES (L)
PARSONS COFFMAN PARSONS - TALIAFERRO
HUGHES HANFT - LaMARCHE HANFT - Van TRIGT
FARRELL
FARRELL GRAY GRAY
ARBON CORDRAY - DERMAN (S)
ROBINSON
GILLERT
ROBINSON
( fighter escort )
SICHEL - Col BRANDON
SHULTZ (
SN listed as 9867)
McDOWELL McDOWELL
SETTERICH SETTERICH
SEALE ARBON (SD) BRICKER - BODLEY (SD)
WHITE WHITE
ADAMS - MUNDIL ADAMS
McCLANAHAN - THOMPSON McCLANANHAN
FEATHERS FEATHERS
SCHULTZ BRADEN (S)
SCHMIDT GROSSE
IRBY IRBY
BLACK ( mission board has
this as Z-58)
STANDEN STANDEN
RYAN RYAN
GREGG
CLINKSCALES (
fighter escort) GREGG
CHENEY FIELD
CLINKSCALES
45 26 46
1 0 3
3 0 0
0 0 2
0 0 0
61 62 63
73 74 75
25-26 May 45 29-May-45 1-Jun-45
Tokyo Yokohama Osaka
LEWIS LEWIS LEWIS - PACK
MITCHELL MITCHELL MITCHELL
OSWALD OSWALD
KAPPIL KAPPIL KAPPIL
CALHOUN CALHOUN CALHOUN
THOMPSON THOMPSON
GIEKER - PACK GIEKER - HOLMES CONN - HATCH
MOCK MOCK MOCK
WOLTER - CAMPBELL WOLTER - HAMILTON
WOLTER - CONNOR -
BROWN (S)
CURTIS CURTIS - Col REEVES CURTIS - BRANDON
LUMAN (D)
MATHER MATHER MATHER
PEARSON PEARSON PEARSON
ALTHOFF BRICKER - POSEY GIEKER
GILLERT ALTHOFF ALTHOFF
PIERCE GILLERT (S) GILLERT
JACKSON JACKSON JACKSON
HAYS -BRANNOCK HOLDRIDGE - Maj PARSONS HAYS -BRANNOCK
TACKETT - REINECK -
DAVIS - THOMPSON (A) SASSER COFFMAN
SEALY SEALY - ARNOLD
SASSER CORDRAY SASSER
DOUGHTERTY LaMARCHE CORDRAY
SHOREY SHOREY
REEVES PARSONS PARSONS
HANFT - CONNELL HANFT - Col BEIGHTOL REEVES
FARRELL FARRELL FARRELL
CORDRAY GRAY GRAY
ARBON ARBON ARBON
ROBINSON - TAYLOR ROBINSON - Col BERGQUIST ROBINSON
REEVES HOLDRIDGE - LaMARCHE
SHUFFLER - Van TRIGT -
WILLIS GROSSE
GROSSE WHITE McDOWELL
SETTERICH SETTERICH GROSSE
BRICKER (SD) BRICKER (SD)
SICHEL SHULTZ FIELD
ADAMS ADAMS - Col DOUGHERTY
ADAMS - Col.
SUTHERLAND (?A)
McCLANANHAN SEALE McCLANANHAN
FEATHERS FEATHERS GREGG
BRADEN BRADEN BRADEN
SCHMIDT SCHMIDT SCHULTZ
IRBY IRBY SHUFFLER (A)
STANDEN STANDEN
RYAN RYAN RYAN
GREGG GREGG
SEALE FIELD ADAMSON
CLINKSCALES CLINKSCALES CLINKSCALES
42 44 41
0 1 1
1 0 1
0 0 0
1 0 0
64 65 66
76 77 78
5-Jun-45 7-Jun-45 10-Jun-45
Kobe Osaka Hitachi
LEWIS - WILNER LEWIS
JACKSON
JACKSON
(SN listed as 5349) JACKSON
OSWALD SULLIVAN GIEKER
KAPPIL SICHEL LEWIS
CALHOUN CALHOUN ALTHOFF
MITCHELL MITCHELL MITCHELL
CONN - Col. REEVE CONN - Van TRIGT CONN - Lt Col. REEVE
MOCK MOCK
WOLTER WOLTER - RAND (A)
CURTIS CURTIS McNAMER
MATHER MATHER MATHER
PEARSON PEARSON PEARSON
GIEKER GIEKER BRICKER
ALTHOFF ALTHOFF
GILLERT GILLERT (A) GILLERT
REEVES JACKSON (S) JACKSON
HAYS - BROWN HAYS - Col SUTHERLAND COFFMAN
TACKETT - BRANNOCK -
ENGLISH TACKETT - BORKEPT TACKETT - Col Van SICKLE
COFFMAN SASSER SEALY
CORDRAY CORDRAY
SHOREY CORDRAY
PARSONS - DORFMAN REEVE - PACK REEVES - GARRIGUS
HANFT HANFT (S) HANFT
FARRELL FARRELL ARBON
GRAY GRAY
ARBON - JOHNSTON ARBON - GARRIGUS (A)
SEALY ROBINSON
HOLDRIDGE - Maj. PARSONS SEALY HOLDRIDGE - LaMARCHE
FIELD
BLACK McDOWELL McDOWELL
GROSSE GROSSE SEALE
BRICKER (SD) SCHULTZ
WHITE WHITE
ADAMS ADAMS
McCLANANHAN - PACK
McCLANANHAN
(SN listed as 5249)
ADAMS FEATHERS FEATHERS
ADAMSON ADAMSON ADAMSON
SCHMIDT SCHMIDT
SCHMIDT
(SN listed as 2476)
IRBY IRBY
SHUFFLER - Capt. CONNELL
KANGAS - BROWN -
THOMPSON STANDEN - PACK
STANDEN STANDEN
RYAN RYAN RYAN
GREGG GREGG GREGG
SCHULTZ (S) KANGAS
CLINKSCALES CLINKSCALES CLINKSCALES
42 41 34
1 2 0
0 2 1
0 0 0
0 0 0
67 68 69
79 80 81
15-Jun-45 17-18 Jun 45 20-21 Jun 45
Osaka Hamamatsu Fukuoka
LEWIS GIEKER GIEKER
JACKSON JACKSON JACKSON
SULLIVAN SULLIVAN - WILNER SULLIVAN
ALTHOFF ALTHOFF ALTHOFF
CALHOUN
GILLERT
MITCHELL MITCHELL MITCHELL
CONN - HATCH CONN - HAMILTON CONN
MOCK MOCK MOCK
MATHER BRANDON - GIBSON WOLTER - Maj. MARTIN
McNAMER McNAMER - HUNT McNAMER
SEALY SHUFFLER
PEARSON PEARSON PEARSON
BRICKER BRICKER CALHOUN
GILLERT GILLERT (A)
JACKSON JACKSON
HAAS HAYS - BRANNOCK HAYS
TACKETT - Col DOUGHERTY -
Maj MARTIN (A)
COFFMAN SASSER JACKSON
COFFMAN TACKETT - Maj Van TRIGT
CORDRAY - Maj. HEWITT ROBINSON
CORDRAY
( SN listed as 65251)
SEALY - Capt. GERRITY (A) HAAS HAAS
FARRELL FARRELL FARRELL
GRAY ARBON (A) GRAY
ARBON
ROBINSON ROBINSON
SASSER (A) / Crash land
HOLDRIDGE - BROWN HOLDRIDGE - LaMARCHE
BARRON or
BARRON
BARRON McDOWELL - PACK
SICHEL
(SN listed as 62975)
WHITE SICHEL BRICKER (SD)
ADAMS ADAMS ADAMS
McCLANANHAN - THOMPSON McCLANANHAN McCLANANHAN
FEATHERS - Capt. BLACK FEATHERS
SHUFFLER (A) WHITE WHITE
SCHMIDT SCHMIDT - BECK SCHMIDT
IRBY (SN listed as 6525) IRBY IRBY
Lt. Col PARSONS SHUFFLER STANDEN
RYAN RYAN FEATHERS
GREGG ( SN listed as 4761) GREGG - HEWITT GREGG (S)
KANGAS - Capt. WHITTEN KANGAS - HOPPER KANGAS (A)
CLINKSCALES BLACK ADAMSON
36 36 36
0 0 1
4 2 1
0 0 0
0 0 0
70 71 72
82 83 84
22-Jun-45 26-Jun-45 28-29 Jun 45
Kure Osaka Sasebo
POST
JACKSON JACKSON JACKSON (S)
SULLIVAN WALKER WALKER
ALTHOFF ALTHOFF POWERS
CALHOUN CALHOUN CALHOUN
SULLIVAN SULLIVAN
MITCHELL MITCHELL
CONN CONN - Van TRIGT SICHEL (S)
MOCK MOCK MOCK
CONNELL
McNAMER - Col. PARSONS McNAMER
GIEKER PEARSON
PEARSON PARSONS
WOLTER MITCHELL CONN
ALTHOFF
SEALEY COFFMAN COFFMAN
TACKETT - SWEENY -
PACK TACKETT
HAAS PIERCE
COFFMAN SEALY
SASSER JACKSON ARBON
CORDRAY CORDRAY - WEEKS CORDRAY
GILLERT (A) GILLERT (A) GILLERT
HAAS (A) HAAS
FARRELL (S) FARRELL
GRAY GRAY - HUNT GRAY
PIERCE (A) PIERCE - GARRIGUS
ROBINSON ROBINSON ROBINSON
HOLDRIDGE - Capt. HAMILTON SEALEY HOLDRIDGE
BARRON (S) BARRON - McNEIL BARRON
ADAMS WHITE McCLANAHAN
SHUFFLER SICHEL
WHITE (
SN listed as 9724)
McCLANANHAN
DEARBORN -
Capt. MAHONEY
McCLANANHAN
FEATHERS - Col. DOUGHERTY
WHITE BRADEN BRADEN
SICHEL STANDEN
IRBY IRBY IRBY
STANDEN STANDEN SHUFFLER
SHUFFLER GREGG
GREGG GREGG
KANGAS
ADAMSON ADAMSON ADAMSON - WILNER
33 30 36
2 0 2
3 1 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
73 74 75
85 86 87
1-2 Jul 45 3-4 Jul 45 6-7 Jul 45
Kuwamoto Kochi Akashi
POST POST - Van TRIGT
JACKSON JACKSON JACKSON
WALKER WALKER
POWERS - RAND POWERS (A) POWERS
CALHOUN CALHOUN CALHOUN
SULLIVAN SULLIVAN POST
MITCHELL WOLTER
CONN CONN CONN - Lt. Col. BRANDON
MOCK MOCK
WOLTER WOLTER
McNAMER McNAMER McNAMER - Lt. WILLNER
GIEKER GIEKER
CONNELL (A) PEARSON PEARSON
ALEXANDER - Van TRIGT (A) ALTHOFF
ALTHOFF ALTHOFF
PIERCE PIERCE PIERCE ( SN listed as 4650)
FARRELL
COFFMAN COFFMAN HAAS
TACKETT TACKETT
GERITY - SHUPE FARRELL SEALEY
SEALY TACKETT
SASSER SASSER SASSER
CORDRAY CORDRAY CORDRAY
JACKSON JACKSON JACKSON
GILLERT GILLERT - MARTIN
ROBINSON
( SN listed as 3297)
HAAS
FARRELL (A)
BRUMS - THOMPSON
ARBON ARBON ARBON
ROBINSON ROBINSON
HOLDRIDGE HOLDRIDGE HOLDRIDGE
BARRON BARRON BARRON
McDOWELL McDOWELL KANGAS - Lt PACK
WHITE SICHEL WHITE
SHUFFLER
DEARBORN - BRANDON DEARBORN DEARBORN
McCLANAHAN BLACK STANDEN
BLACK FEATHERS FEATHERS - Maj. MARTIN
BRADEN BRADEN
STANDEN
WHITTEN
SHUFFLER STANDEN CONNELL - Capt GOODREAU
SICHEL SICHEL
ROTHROCK - MILKE BRADEN GREGG
KANGAS KANGAS
ADAMSON ADAMSON ADAMSON
44 33 33
0 0 0
3 1 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
76 77 78
88 89 90
9-10 Jul 45 12-13 Jul 45 16-17 Jul 45
Sakai Ichinomiya Oita
ALEXANDER - THOMPSON ALEXANDER
JACKSON JACKSON
WALKER - GARRIGUS WALKER WALKER
POWERS (A)
CALHOUN - MILLER - HUNT POWERS (S) CALHOUN - Lt THOMPSON
POST POST - Maj HATCH POST
ALEXANDER
MOCK MOCK MOCK
WOLTER WOLTER - Lt SILVER McNAMER
McNAMER - Lt. WILNER CONN
MATHER - MARTIN MATHER - Maj MARTIN
PEARSON PEARSON PEARSON
GIEKER GIEKER
JACKSON CALHOUN POWERS
PARSONS - HALE - DORFMAN
( SN listed as 1865) PIERCE (SN listed as 1865)
CORDRAY ROTHROCK ROBERTSON
FARRELL - RAND (S) TACKETT (A) ROBINSON
TACKETT TACKETT - Col SUTHERLAND
SEALY SEALY ROTHROCK
SASSER - HAMILTON GERRITY - Maj MARTIN HOLDRIDGE - CRAIG
CORDRAY CORDRAY
JACKSON - GROSSMAN -
POSEY JACKSON JACKSON - Maj THOMPSON
GILLERT BRUNS
HAAS HAAS COLLINS - Maj LaMARCHE
FARRELL FARRELL
BRUNS SHOREY
SHOREY
ROBINSON ROBINSON
HOLDRIDGE - BRANNOCK HOLDRIDGE
KANGAS BARRON BARRON
STANDEN - JOHNSON
( WX Aircraft) HOFFMAN
WHITE WHITE WHITE
BARRON - BECK (SD) FEATHERS - BECK (SD) FEATHERS - BECK (SD)
DEARBORN DEARBORN DEARBORN
HOFFMAN
ADAMSON BISHOP
BRADEN PETERSBURG PETERSBURG
CONNELL - PACK
WHITTEN WHITTEN
CONNELL CONNELL
SICHEL (S) SICHEL SICHEL (A)
BISHOP BISHOP
WHITTEN KANGAS KANGAS - HALE
ADAMSON HINDERKSS
35 34 34
2 1 0
1 1 1
0 0 0
0 0 0
79 80 81
91 92 93
19-20 Jul 45 24-Jul-45 26-27 July 45
Hitachi Osaka / Kuwana Matsuyama
HINDERKS
ALEXANDER ALEXANDER ALEXANDER
JACKSON JACKSON JACKSON
WALKER WALKER
POWERS - WILNER
POWERS
(SN listed as 4693)
POWERS - HATCH FOX FOX - Col DOUGHERTY
POST McNAMER - HATCH
MATHER - MARTIN
(SN listed as 0107)
McNAMER CONN
PARSONS - DUSTIN - DORFMAN CONN
MOCK
MOCK HALL HALL
TAYLOR TAYLOR
MATHER MATHER - MARTIN
PEARSON PEARSON PEARSON
GIEKER GIEKER GIEKER
BOOZE BOOZE MITCHELL
PIERCE (
? If this is correct SN )
PIERCE
(SN listed as 1865)
PIERCE
(SN listed as 1865)
ROBERTSON ROBERTSON ROBERTSON
BRUNS COFFMAN ROTHROCK
POTTER - GARRIGUS
TACKETT - BRANDON (WX
Aircraft) SAWYER
GERRITY
COLLINS SICHEL
GILLERT QUEEN GERRITY
JACKSON SASSER COLLINS
CORDRAY
SAWYER
SAWYER - TAYLOR HAAS HAAS
FARRELL - REINECK FARRELL CORDRAY
BRUNS
SHOREY SHOREY SHOREY
ROBINSON ROBINSON QUEEN
HOLDRIDGE - MILLER -
HAMILTON ROTHROCK BRUNS
BARRON
BARRON - Van TRIGT -
THOMPSON
ISHAM ISHAM (A)
WHITE (A) WHITE
FEATHERS (SD) FEATHERS (SD)
HENDRICKS - HILL HINDERKSS RYAN
DEARBORN DEARBORN
HOFFMAN McCLANANHAN HOFFMAN
DEARBORN WHITTEN BARRON
PETERSBURG HOFFMAN
SICHEL WHITTEN
WHITTEN IRBY
CONNELL CONNELL CONNELL - BATTLE
SICHEL RYAN
BISHOP BISHOP
KANGAS - HALE KANGAS WHITE
DOUGHTERY (A) PETERSBURG (A)
34 47 33
0 0 0
1 2 1
0 0 0
0 0 0
82 83 84
94 95 96
28-29 July 45 1-2 Aug 45 5-6 Aug 45
Ichinomiya Toyama Nishinomiya
JACKSON
ALEXANDER ALEXANDER ALEXANDER
JACKSON FOX
WALKER WALKER WALKER
POWERS POWERS
FOX FOX
POST McNAMER
MITCHELL MITCHELL
POWERS COVINGTON COVINGTON
MOCK
HALL HALL HALL
TAYLOR TAYLOR TAYLOR
ROGERS - DOUGHERTY ROGERS
PEARSON PEARSON PEARSON
GIEKER BOWERS - HATCH Mc NAMER ( WX A/C)
MITCHELL POST POST
PIERCE SEALY
PIERCE ROBERTSON
ROTHROCK BRANNOCK ROTHROCK - BRANNOCK
SAWYER SAWYER SAWYER
ALDERMAN
COLLINS ROTHROCK BRUNS
QUEEN
SASSER SASSER SASSER
PARSONS MOCK GERRITY
QUEEN GILLERT
HAAS HAAS
HAAS - Lt Col McNEAL (
Jamming A/C )
GERRITY GERRITY
BRUNS BRUNS
LaMARCHE ALDERMAN - LaMARCHE
COLLINS (A) COLLINS
COFFMAN COFFMAN - La MARCHE
SICHEL Van TRIGT - ENGLISH
BISHOP
WHITE SMITH SMITH
HINDERKS HINDERKS Mc DOWELL
DEARBORN DEARBORN DEARBORN
HOFFMAN HOFFMAN HOFFMAN
PETERSBURG BLACK SICHEL
PARSONS - MILLER - RAND -
PERKINS - WHITNEY
WHITTEN WHITTEN MILLER
SICHEL WHITE
CONNELL CONNELL - Lt HEIONEN CONNELL ( Jamming A/C)
RYAN
BISHOP BISHOP
MILLER MILLER QUEEN
RYAN ADAMSON ADAMSON
33 42 35
0 0 0
0 1 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
T-35 flown by MITCHELL as SD
85 86 87
97 98 99
7-Aug-45 8-Aug-45 14-Aug-45
Toyokawa Yawata Osaka
ALEXANDER MAYHUGH
FOX KANGAS - BRANNOCK
WALKER
POWERS MARSHALL - Lt Col OKERBLOOM
FOX - Sgt McNEAL
McNAMER - DOUGHERTY McLARTY - HATCH
TAYLOR (S) COVINGTON McNAMER
COVINGTON
MOCK MOCK
HALL HALL
TAYLOR TAYLOR
ROGERS ROGERS (A)
HATCH CLANTON
POST GIEKER
POST (A) POWERS
SASSER - McNEAL SEALY (A)
ROBERTSON ROBERTSON
ROTHROCK GILLERT
GILLERT (A) SAWYER
SEALY JENKINSON - HOLDRIDGE
GERRITY WARD - La MARCHE
QUEEN ALDERMAN
SASSER
ALDERMAN QUEEN
SAWYER HAAS
WALKER
BRUNS BRUNS
PARSONS GERRITY (A)
ROTHROCK (S) COLLINS COLLINS
COFFMAN COFFMAN - DOUGHERTY
WHITE WHITE
ADAMSON LEO
SMITH SMITH
MITCHELL (SD)
MILLER
DEARBORN (A) DEARBORN (S)
HOFFMAN HOFFMAN (A)
SCHULTZ (A)
BISHOP JENNINGS - Van TRIGT
GUNNARSON - Maj TAYLOR
HOLDRIDGE WAREING - MARTIN
CONNELL
SICHEL - DORFMAN SICHEL (A)
Van TRIGT FEALE
CONNELL
MILLER ADAMSON
11 28 44
2 0 1
1 2 6
0 0 0
0 0 0
X
XX
100
14-15 Aug 45
Isezaki
GERRITY
1
0
0
0 12
0 9
Thanks go out to:
Jim Bowman for scanning the 73rd Bomb Wing Mission reports
Bob Mann for his B-29 reference books
Tom Robison for the easy-to-follow list of aircraft in each BG of the 73rd Bomb Wing (VH)
AFHRA for the CDs for the 500th Bomb Group (VH), Reels B0667 through B0670
Thanks go out to:
Jim Bowman for scanning the 73rd Bomb Wing Mission reports
Bob Mann for his B-29 reference books
Tom Robison for the easy-to-follow list of aircraft in each BG of the 73rd Bomb Wing (VH)
AFHRA for the CDs for the 500th Bomb Group (VH), Reels B0667 through B0670