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


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


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


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



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)


PEARSON PEARSON PEARSON

ALTHOFF BRICKER - POSEY GIEKER

GILLERT ALTHOFF ALTHOFF

PIERCE GILLERT (S) GILLERT


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


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


CONN - Col. REEVE CONN - Van TRIGT CONN - Lt Col. REEVE

MOCK MOCK

WOLTER WOLTER - RAND (A)

CURTIS CURTIS McNAMER



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


SULLIVAN SULLIVAN - WILNER SULLIVAN


CALHOUN

GILLERT


CONN - HATCH CONN - HAMILTON CONN

MOCK MOCK MOCK

MATHER BRANDON - GIBSON WOLTER - Maj. MARTIN

McNAMER McNAMER - HUNT McNAMER

SEALY SHUFFLER


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


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


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


WALKER WALKER

POWERS - RAND POWERS (A) POWERS


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


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


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


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


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


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

500th bomb group (vh) - tribute to robert d. cookson sr ... · z - 7 crash land isely 3 dec 44...

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