500th bomb group (vh) - tribute to robert d. cookson sr ... · z - 7 crash land isely 3 dec 44...
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Legend is at bottom of this column
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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SULLIVAN
FITZGERALD FITZGERALD (S)
HATCH HATCH - Maj PARSONS
THOMPSON (A) THOMPSON (S)
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PIERCE PIERCE - Maj ROBERTS
HURLBUTT - Col
BRANNOCK (S)
HAYS HAYS - PACK ( RCM ) HAYS
TACKETT TACKETT
Van TRIGT Van TRIGT - Col KING SAVAGE
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CORDRAY (A)
. GERWICK GERWICK (S)
SAVAGE
La MARCHE (S)La MARCHE - Col
DOUGHERTY
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ASHLEY ASHLEY (S) ASHLEY
MORELAND MORELAND
SETTERICH SETTERICH (S)
HANSEN HANSEN (S) HANSEN (L)
Mc CLANAHAN Mc CLANAHAN Mc CLANAHAN (S)
HOLMES HOLMES (S)
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BLACK BLACK - Col MULLEN
FEATHERS (A) FEATHERS FEATHERS
BRADEN BRADENSETTERICH
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27 24 9
1 7 2
4 1 0
0 0 1
0 1 0
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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
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MC NAMER (Crash Land)
CURTIS
HATCH PEARSON PEARSON
THOMPSON JACKSON THOMPSON
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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)
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CORDRAY CORDRAY - Maj PARSONS CORDRAY
GERWICK GERWICK GERWICK (A)
SAVAGE
SAVAGE
La MARCHE La MARCHE - Capt MARTIN (A) La MARCHE - MARTIN
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AMOS BARRON BARRON
MORELAND - Col McDOWELL
MORELAND -
DOUGHTERTY
SETTERICH -
Sgt Williams SETTERICH
Mc CLANAHAN STANDEN Mc CLANAHAN
HOLMES HOLMES (A) HOLMES
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ADAMS ADAMS - Maj GAY (A) ADAMS
BLACK - Maj GAY BLACK - Capt GIBSON BLACK - GAY
SETTERICH AMOS FEATHERS
BRADEN BRADEN BRADEN
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23 22 25
1 0 1
1 3 2
1 0 0
0 0 1
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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)
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McNAMER SULLIVAN (A)
FITZGERALD
HATCH - MARTIN
THOMPSON - WALKER (S)
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PIERCE PIERCE GRAY - JOHANSEN
HURLBUTT FARRELL - DOUGHERTY
HAYS HAYS - PARSONS (S) REEVE
TACKETT - THOMPSON HODGE HODGE - BRANNOCK
Van TRIGT (A) Van TRIGT (A)
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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
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BARRON - HOLMES RYAN (S)
MORELAND - MULLEN
CHANEY
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AMOS
MAHONEY - GAY
FEATHERS - McDOWELL
GRAY
IRBY - MARTIN
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24 14 11
1 2 2
3 5 0
0 0 0
1 0 0
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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
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McNAMER
FITZGERALD -
THOMPSON (A)
HATCH - MILLER
KAPPIL KAPPIL
SAMUELSON CURTIS
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REEVES - GARRIGUS PIERCE - THOMPSON (A)
HURLBUTT - MULLEN
(L)
JACKSON (A)
HAYS - BRANNOCK
CARRICO CARRICO
HODGE (A)
Van TRIGT - ROBERTS
(A)
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SAVAGE - DOUGHTERY
ARBON (A) GERWICK
FARRELL
McCLURE
PARSONS PARSONS (S)
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RYAN BARRON RYAN
CLINKSCALES
CHENEY
CHARTERS (D)
ADAMS - GAY
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HOLMES
BLACK - McDOWELL AMOS (D)
CLINKSCALES (A) FEATHERS
GREGG (A) GREGG
SCHMIDT MAHONEY SCHMIDT
STANDEN IRBY - CARANO HALEY (S)
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8 24 20
0 0 2
1 5 5
0 1 0
0 1 1
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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)
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McNAMER SULLIVAN McNAMER
FITZGERALD - HALE TAYLOR
CURTIS
PEARSON (S) PEARSON
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THOMPSON
PIERCE
Capt Donald JACKSON GRAY
HAYS HAYS - BRANNOCK
ARBON PORTER - ROBERTS (L)
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SAVAGE ROUSE - Van TRIGT (S)
ARBON
FARRELL REEVES
McCLURE HODGE
1st Lt. PARSONS SHOREY PARSONS (A)
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BARRON
MORELAND - McDOWELL
SETTERICH
BRADEN (
SN reads 24657)
STANDEN HOLMES STANDEN
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ADAMS ADAMS
BLACK - BRANDON HALEY (A)
GREGG
MAHONEY (S)
HALEY IRBY
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10 21 19
1 0 2
0 2 3
0 0 1
0 0 0
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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
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SULLIVAN CALHOUN
HATCH
KAPPIL (S) KAPPIL
THOMPSON
CURTIS
McGUIRE (D)
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(S) McGUIRE (A)
TACKETT
PIERCE JACKSON
HAYS - BRANNOCK
CARICO
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SAVAGE ARBON SAVAGE
SHOREY GRAY SHOREY
FARRELL (A) REEVES
McCLURE -
McLAUGHLIN ROUSE - Maj Van TRIGT ROUSE
PARSONS PARSONS
HANFT
REEVES
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BARRON RYAN
MORELAND
GREGG
SETTERICH (A)
McCLANAHAN
( SN reads 24657 ) McCLANAHAN (A)
HOLMES HOLMES
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ADAMS - Col BRANDON ADAMS
CHENEY
FEATHERS (A) FEATHERS - Maj GAY
MAHONEY SCHMIDT
CLINKSCALES IRBY CLINKSCALES
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16 18 23
1 1 0
3 1 1
0 0 0
0 0 1
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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)
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SULLIVAN - DORFMAN SULLIVAN
FITZGERALD - PARSONS
FITZGERALD -
DOUGHERTY
HATCH
THOMPSON (S) CALHOUN
PEARSON (A) PEARSON
CURTIS SAMUELSON (L)
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PIERCE (A)
D.C. JACKSON (A) LIMPP - THOMPSON
TACKETT - BRANSON (S)
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McCLURE
(SN reads 24771) McCLURE
LaMARCHE
ARBON - JOHNSON
GRAY (A) SHOREY
HUGHES ROUSE (L)
HANFT HANFT
FARRELL JACKSON
GRAY
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BARRON RYAN (A)
BRADEN
SETTERICH CHANEY
McCLANAHAN McCLANAHAN (?A)
STANDEN
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ADAMS
BLACK -McDOWELL (A)
FEATHERS
MAHONEY (S) MAHONEY
IRBY - FARRIS IRBY
CLINKSCALES (?A)
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25 24 1
2 2 0
6 1 0
0 2 0
0 0 1
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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
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THOMPSON - ALTHOFF
FITZGERALD -
MONTGOMERY
CONN - HATCH - KAHN CONN - HATCH
KAPPIL KAPPIL (SD)
CALHOUN
MATHER
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SULLIVAN
PIERCE PIERCE
LIMPP SASSER
HAYS - BRANNOCK
TACKETT - SAVAGE
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McCLURE (A) LIMPP
JACKSON
ARBON (A) SHOREY (SD)
SHOREY ARBON
REEVES GRAY
PARSONS PARSONS
HUGHES HANFT
FARRELL FARRELL
GRAY HAAS
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BARRON - McNEAL
RYAN
McCLANAHAN CHENEY
HOLMES (D)
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ADAMS ADAMS
BLACK - GAY BLACK
GREGG BRADEN
SETTERICH SCHMIDT
HOLMES - CHAMBERS IRBY
CLINKSCALES HOLMES
SCHMIDT GREGG
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31 26 1
1 0 0
2 1 0
0 0 0
0 0 1
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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
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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
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ALTHOFF ALTHOFF ALTHOFF
HANFT PIERCE PIERCE - RAND
JACKSON JACKSON - BERGQUIST HAAS
HAYS LIMPP (S)
SASSER TACKETT TACKETT
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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
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BARRON BARRON BARRON
MORELAND MORELAND MORELAND
SETTERICH - Van SICKLE (A) SETTERICH - Van SICKLE SETTERICH - McDOWELL (S)
McCLANAHAN (A) McCLANAHAN McCLANAHAN (A)
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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)
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42 42 39
1 0 3
5 4 2
0 0 0
0 0 0
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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
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SULLIVAN SULLIVAN SULLIVAN (A)
FITZGERALD (L)
THOMPSON
MATHER - Capt POSEY CONN CONN - Lt. Col. REEVE
THOMPSON
TAYLOR BOOZE
CURTIS CURTIS LAW
LUMAN LUMAN LUMAN
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ALTHOFF LAW
PIERCE - Lt JOHNSON (S) PIERCE
JACKSON JACKSON - CORDRAY
LIMPP GILLERT LIMPP
TACKETT SASSER TACKETT
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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
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KING BARRON CHENEY - Capt. HAMILTON
MORELAND (S) MORELAND MORELAND
SETTERICH SETTERICH
ADAMSON
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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)
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42 32 30
2 0 0
1 3 3
1 0 0
0 0 0
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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
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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
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ALTHOFF CALHOUN
PIERCE PIERCE - HOLDRIDGE
JACKSON Capt. JACKSON
LaMARCHE - BRANNOCK LIMPP HAYS - SAVAGE
HAAS SEALY TACKETT
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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
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BARRON SETTERICH BARRON - PACK
MORELAND - McDOWELL MORELAND MORELAND
SETTERICH (A) SETTERICH - McDOWELL
KING CHENEY - THOMPSON
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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
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30 27 35
0 2 0
1 1 0
0 0 1
0 0 0
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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
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SULLIVAN SULLIVAN
THOMPSON - SUTHERLAND THOMPSON
PEARSON PEARSON
McNAMER McNAMER
GIEKER
CURTIS (SN listed as 6972) CURTIS - BRANDON
THOMAS MATHER
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ALTHOFF THOMAS
PIERCE
LIMPP JACKSON - ENGLISH
HAYS SASSER
TACKETT - DOUGHERTY TACKETT
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HAAS
GILLERT
HAAS
ROBINSON SHOREY
SEALY SEALY
SEWELL (L)
GILLERT PARSONS
CAUFMAN HANFT
ROBERTSON ROBERTSON
GRAY (A)
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ARBON
FIELD BARRON
MORELAND
MORELAND - McDOWELL (SN
listed as 6753)
SETTERICH SETTERICH
CLINKSCALES (SD) CHENEY (S) CHENEY (A)
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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)
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32 12 31
0 2 0
1 0 3
1 1 0
0 0 0
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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
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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
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ALTHOFF ALTHOFF ALTHOFF
PIERCE
LIMPP JACKSON JACKSON
HAYS - Col BRANNOCK LIMPP LIMPP (SN listed as 4049)
SASSER HUGHES HUGHES
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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
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HUGHES ARBON ARBON
BARRON
SETTERICH GROSSE - McDOWELL FIELD
clinkscales (sd) or STANDEN clinkscales (sd) or
clinkscales (sd) clinkscales (sd) (S)
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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
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32 29 35
1 0 2
0 1 2
0 0 0
0 0 0
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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
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SULLIVAN
THOMPSON
WOLTER LEWIS
McNAMER
MITCHELL
CURTIS - Col REEVE
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THOMAS
GILLERT PIERCE
SEALY
TACKETT - Van TRIGT
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SHOREY HUGHES
HAYS - BRANNOCK
GILLERT
ROBINSON (S)
HAAS
PARSONS
HANFT
ROBERTSON
GRAY
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HOLDRIDGE - HEWITT
BARRON
SCHULTZ
WHITE CHENEY
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STANDEN SCHULTZ
GREGG RYAN (S)
ADAMSON
SETTERICH
( SN listed as
9887)
IRBY
GROSSE - BLACK FIELD
IRBY
CHENEY
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11 12 11 11
0 0 1 2
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
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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
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SULLIVAN
( fighter escort) SULLIVAN
JACKSON
PEARSON (A)
MATHER MOCK
WOLTER
CURTIS
LUMAN LUMAN-REEVE
THOMAS
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ALTHOFF
GILLERT
COFFMAN
HAYS - BRANNOCK PIERCE HAYS - BRANNOCK
SASSER
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SEALEY
HAAS
SHOREY ROBERTSON
SHOREY
HOLDRIDGE GRAY HOLDRIDGE
PARSONS HUGHES
HANFT (A)
COFFMAN GRAY
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HANFT - REEVE ROBINSON ARBON
ROBINSON HAAS HANFT
CLINKSCALES (A)
BLACK - SHUFFLER
SETTERICH (A) WHITE - PARSONS
WHITE
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SEALE (A)
RYAN
BRADEN - BRADON
(SN listed as 9887)
SCHMIDT STANDER
ADAMSON IRBY
CLINKSCALES
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11 12 23 11
0 0 0 0
0 1 4 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
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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)
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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
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OSWALD
PIERCE (A) PIERCE
GILLERT SHOREY
HAYS - BRANNOCK HAYS - Col BRANDON
SASSER
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GILLERT
HAAS HAAS (A)
HOLDRIDGE REEVES
PARSONS - BREWER
HANFT HANFT
GRAY ROBERTSON
GRAY
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COFFMAN COFFMAN
ROBINSON ROBINSON
BARRON - ANTHONY GROSSE (A)
GROSSE SETTERICH
SETTERICH
ARBON (SD) ARBON (SD)
ADAMSON
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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
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25 25 36
0 0 1
1 2 3
0 0 0
0 0 0
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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
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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
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BRICKER
THOMAS ALTHOFF
PIERCE HAYS PIERCE
COFFMAN ROBINSON - HALE
HAAS SEALEY
SASSER TACKETT - BRANNOCK SASSER
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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
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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 )
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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
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34 11 46
1 0 0
4 1 4
0 0 0
0 0 0
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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CLINKSCALES
45 26 46
1 0 3
3 0 0
0 0 2
0 0 0
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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CLINKSCALES CLINKSCALES CLINKSCALES
42 44 41
0 1 1
1 0 1
0 0 0
1 0 0
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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
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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
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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
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COFFMAN SASSER SEALY
CORDRAY CORDRAY
SHOREY CORDRAY
PARSONS - DORFMAN REEVE - PACK REEVES - GARRIGUS
HANFT HANFT (S) HANFT
FARRELL FARRELL ARBON
GRAY GRAY
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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
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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
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CLINKSCALES CLINKSCALES CLINKSCALES
42 41 34
1 2 0
0 2 1
0 0 0
0 0 0
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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
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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
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BRICKER BRICKER CALHOUN
GILLERT GILLERT (A)
JACKSON JACKSON
HAAS HAYS - BRANNOCK HAYS
TACKETT - Col DOUGHERTY -
Maj MARTIN (A)
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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
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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)
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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)
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CLINKSCALES BLACK ADAMSON
36 36 36
0 0 1
4 2 1
0 0 0
0 0 0
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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
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SULLIVAN SULLIVAN
MITCHELL MITCHELL
CONN CONN - Van TRIGT SICHEL (S)
MOCK MOCK MOCK
CONNELL
McNAMER - Col. PARSONS McNAMER
GIEKER PEARSON
PEARSON PARSONS
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WOLTER MITCHELL CONN
ALTHOFF
SEALEY COFFMAN COFFMAN
TACKETT - SWEENY -
PACK TACKETT
HAAS PIERCE
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COFFMAN SEALY
SASSER JACKSON ARBON
CORDRAY CORDRAY - WEEKS CORDRAY
GILLERT (A) GILLERT (A) GILLERT
HAAS (A) HAAS
FARRELL (S) FARRELL
GRAY GRAY - HUNT GRAY
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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)
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McCLANANHAN
DEARBORN -
Capt. MAHONEY
McCLANANHAN
FEATHERS - Col. DOUGHERTY
WHITE BRADEN BRADEN
SICHEL STANDEN
IRBY IRBY IRBY
STANDEN STANDEN SHUFFLER
SHUFFLER GREGG
GREGG GREGG
KANGAS
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ADAMSON ADAMSON ADAMSON - WILNER
33 30 36
2 0 2
3 1 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
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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
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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
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ALEXANDER - Van TRIGT (A) ALTHOFF
ALTHOFF ALTHOFF
PIERCE PIERCE PIERCE ( SN listed as 4650)
FARRELL
COFFMAN COFFMAN HAAS
TACKETT TACKETT
GERITY - SHUPE FARRELL SEALEY
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SEALY TACKETT
SASSER SASSER SASSER
CORDRAY CORDRAY CORDRAY
JACKSON JACKSON JACKSON
GILLERT GILLERT - MARTIN
ROBINSON
( SN listed as 3297)
HAAS
FARRELL (A)
BRUMS - THOMPSON
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ARBON ARBON ARBON
ROBINSON ROBINSON
HOLDRIDGE HOLDRIDGE HOLDRIDGE
BARRON BARRON BARRON
McDOWELL McDOWELL KANGAS - Lt PACK
WHITE SICHEL WHITE
SHUFFLER
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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
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ADAMSON ADAMSON ADAMSON
44 33 33
0 0 0
3 1 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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ADAMSON HINDERKSS
35 34 34
2 1 0
1 1 1
0 0 0
0 0 0
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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
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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
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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
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COLLINS SICHEL
GILLERT QUEEN GERRITY
JACKSON SASSER COLLINS
CORDRAY
SAWYER
SAWYER - TAYLOR HAAS HAAS
FARRELL - REINECK FARRELL CORDRAY
BRUNS
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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
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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
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DOUGHTERY (A) PETERSBURG (A)
34 47 33
0 0 0
1 2 1
0 0 0
0 0 0
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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
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POST McNAMER
MITCHELL MITCHELL
POWERS COVINGTON COVINGTON
MOCK
HALL HALL HALL
TAYLOR TAYLOR TAYLOR
ROGERS - DOUGHERTY ROGERS
PEARSON PEARSON PEARSON
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GIEKER BOWERS - HATCH Mc NAMER ( WX A/C)
MITCHELL POST POST
PIERCE SEALY
PIERCE ROBERTSON
ROTHROCK BRANNOCK ROTHROCK - BRANNOCK
SAWYER SAWYER SAWYER
ALDERMAN
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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
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LaMARCHE ALDERMAN - LaMARCHE
COLLINS (A) COLLINS
COFFMAN COFFMAN - La MARCHE
SICHEL Van TRIGT - ENGLISH
BISHOP
WHITE SMITH SMITH
HINDERKS HINDERKS Mc DOWELL
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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
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RYAN ADAMSON ADAMSON
33 42 35
0 0 0
0 1 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
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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
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McNAMER - DOUGHERTY McLARTY - HATCH
TAYLOR (S) COVINGTON McNAMER
COVINGTON
MOCK MOCK
HALL HALL
TAYLOR TAYLOR
ROGERS ROGERS (A)
HATCH CLANTON
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POST GIEKER
POST (A) POWERS
SASSER - McNEAL SEALY (A)
ROBERTSON ROBERTSON
ROTHROCK GILLERT
GILLERT (A) SAWYER
SEALY JENKINSON - HOLDRIDGE
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GERRITY WARD - La MARCHE
QUEEN ALDERMAN
SASSER
ALDERMAN QUEEN
SAWYER HAAS
WALKER
BRUNS BRUNS
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PARSONS GERRITY (A)
ROTHROCK (S) COLLINS COLLINS
COFFMAN COFFMAN - DOUGHERTY
WHITE WHITE
ADAMSON LEO
SMITH SMITH
MITCHELL (SD)
MILLER
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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
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MILLER ADAMSON
11 28 44
2 0 1
1 2 6
0 0 0
0 0 0
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X
XX
100
14-15 Aug 45
Isezaki
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GERRITY
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0
0
0 12
0 9
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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
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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