CREW 07
WILD THING
CREW CHIEF
VICTOR "SNOW" WHITE
MAJOR MAC PRESLEY
| CREW
STATION |
NAME |
RANK |
Experience |
Missions |
CLAIMED KILLS CONFIRMED |
Notes |
PILOT  |
Presley, Mac |  |
16 |       
1104th Squadron Commander. One mission with Crew
05. |
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| CO-PILOT |
Findlay, Isidore |  |
2 |
On
administrative duty in Operations until orders come down, the War
Department may want him on Bond Tour duty. |
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| CO-PILOT |
Talbert, Tony | |
2 | 
Crew
01, CP.
Temporarily assigned Crew 07 Feb. 16, 1943. Bumped out of the right
seat by Lt Col Kimura before mission 20. INFIRMARY. Return to duty
March 20. |
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BOMBARDIER |
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NAVIGATOR |
Chance,
Nathan |
 |
10 |
1 |
 
Transfer fram 1107th, Crew
07, Feb 14, 1943. |
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Engineer |
Franklin, Arnie |  |
+1 | 8 | 6 1 |
   Ace Gunner. |
| RADIO
OPERATOR |
Janssen, Victor | |
6 | 1 |  Crew 01, RO. Temporarily
assigned Crew 07 Feb. 16, 1943. |
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| Ball
Turret Gunner |
Houghton, Martin |  |
7 | 1 |
Rescued at sea, Feb. 4, 1943. Originally Crew
05, Engineer/TTG. |
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| Left
Waist Gunner |
Strait, Martin | |
7 | Crew
01, E. Temporarily assigned Crew 07 Feb. 16, 1943. |
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| Right
Waist Gunner |
Sprague, Richard |
 |
8 |
Transfer fram 1107th, Crew
07, Feb 14, 1943. |
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| Tail
Gunner |
Emery, Wayne |
|
10 |
2 |
Transfer fram 1107th, Crew
07, Feb 14, 1943. |
MISSION SUMMARY
| MISSION # |
DATE |
TARGET
AREA AND TARGET |
BOMB
RUN |
ENEMY
AC CLAIMS D/P/K |
CREW
CASULTIES L/S/K |
NOTES |
| 15/1* |
Jan. 23, 1943 | Lorient, Subs | 30 | 1/3/4 | 3/1/0 | New Combat Crew January 1943. |
| 16/2 * |
Jan. 27, 1943 | Wilhelmshaven, Port | 0 | 5/8/6 | 2/1/7 | Scrapped. |
| 19/1 |
Feb. 16, 1943 | St. Nazaire, Subs | 30 | 1/3/4 | 1104th Lead. Lt. Col. Kimura as CP. |
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| 20/2 |
Feb. 26, 1943 | Wilhelmshaven, Subs | 40 | 3/2/3 | 1/0/0 |
918th Lead. Lt. Col. Kimura as CP. |
| 21/3 |
Feb. 27, 1943 | Brest, Port | 30 |
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1104th Lead. | |
| 22/4 |
Mar. 4, 1943 | Hamm/Rotterdam, MY | 20 | 0/0/1 | 1/1/0 |
1104th Lead. |
| 23/5 |
Mar. 6, 1943 | Lorient, Port | 0 | 0/0/1 | 0/0/1 |
1104th Lead. Bombardier SW on Bomb Run. Lt. Col. Kimura as CP. |
| 24/6 |
Mar. 8, 1943 | Rennes, MY | 30 | 2/1/1 |
|
918th Lead. Lt. Col. Kimura as CP. |
* RASCAL
CREW
NOTES| Mission |
PILOT |
CO-PILOT |
BOMBARDIER |
NAVIGATOR |
ENGINEER |
RADIO OPERATOR | BALL
TURRET GUNNER |
LEFT
WAIST GUNNER |
RIGHT
WAIST GUNNER |
TAIL
GUNNER |
| 15/1* | Presley LW |
Findlay | Ellsworth SW |
Knowles |
Franklin |
Cushing LW |
Morse | Fisk | Griffith LW |
Newman |
| 16/2* | SW | LW | Travis | |
2x LW |
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| 19/1 | Presley | Kimura | Ellsworth | Chance |
Franklin |
Janssen |
Houghton | Strait | Sprague | Emery |
| 20/2 | Kimura | |
LW |
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| 21/3 | Talbert | |||||||||
| 22/4 | SW | |
LW | |||||||
| 23/5 | Kimura | SW-DOW | |
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| 24/6 | Kimura | Clayton (CREW 10)
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GREEN:
New crew man. RED:
KIA.
PURPLE: Wounded. ORAGNGE: POW. PINK: MIA. LT GREEN: Temporary
Replacement crew man.
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RASCAL
1104 CREWS
1104 HQ
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