Moore crew
Mission List
Mission #110 January 10, 1945 43-38415 L/G 391BS Moore Failed to take off.
Mission #111 January 13, 1945 43-38415 L/G 391BS Moore
Mission #112 January 14, 1945 44-8629 L/D 391BS Moore
Mission #115 January 20, 1945 43-38415 L/G 391BS Moore
Mission #116 January 23, 1945 43-38415 L/G 391BS Moore
Mission #118 January 29, 1945 43-38415 L/G 391BS Moore
Mission #120 February 6, 1945 43-38415 L/G 391BS Moore
Mission #122 February 14, 1945 43-38415 L/G 391BS Moore
Mission #142 March 14, 1945 44-8176 H/Q 7BS Moore (PFF)
Mission #144 March 17, 1945 44-8112 H/D 18BS Moore (PFF)
Mission #148 March 21, 1945 44-8176 H/Q 7BS Moore (PFF)
Mission #154 March 30, 1945 44-8235 H/X 18BS Moore (PFF) S/Sgt James A. Butz 36686085 (BT) WIA
Mission #157 April 4, 1945 44-8829 H/B 18BS Moore (PFF)
Mission #162 April 10, 1945 44-8556 H/F 7BS Moore (PFF)
Mission #165 April 15, 1945 44-8829 H/B 18BS Moore (PFF)
CREW #4; 4th Squadron
Mission #171 May 1, 1945 43-38410 B/H 18BS Moore
Mission #172 May 2, 1945 44-8921 H/E 7BS Moore (PFF)
Mission #174 May 5, 1945 44-8921 H/E 7BS Moore
Mission #175 May 6, 1945 44-8921 H/E 391BS Moore
Mission #110 January 10, 1945 43-38415 L/G 391BS Moore Failed to take off.
Mission #111 January 13, 1945 43-38415 L/G 391BS Moore
Mission #112 January 14, 1945 44-8629 L/D 391BS Moore
Mission #115 January 20, 1945 43-38415 L/G 391BS Moore
Mission #116 January 23, 1945 43-38415 L/G 391BS Moore
Mission #118 January 29, 1945 43-38415 L/G 391BS Moore
Mission #120 February 6, 1945 43-38415 L/G 391BS Moore
Mission #122 February 14, 1945 43-38415 L/G 391BS Moore
Mission #142 March 14, 1945 44-8176 H/Q 7BS Moore (PFF)
Mission #144 March 17, 1945 44-8112 H/D 18BS Moore (PFF)
Mission #148 March 21, 1945 44-8176 H/Q 7BS Moore (PFF)
Mission #154 March 30, 1945 44-8235 H/X 18BS Moore (PFF) S/Sgt James A. Butz 36686085 (BT) WIA
Mission #157 April 4, 1945 44-8829 H/B 18BS Moore (PFF)
Mission #162 April 10, 1945 44-8556 H/F 7BS Moore (PFF)
Mission #165 April 15, 1945 44-8829 H/B 18BS Moore (PFF)
CREW #4; 4th Squadron
Mission #171 May 1, 1945 43-38410 B/H 18BS Moore
Took off 0746 hours from hardstand #17.
Flew position 1-1, Lead of D Squadron
Dropped 90 cases of 10 in 1 at 0920 hours from 550 feet.
Landed1059 hours.
Moore (P)
Dippel (CP)
Daniels (Command Pilot)
Hanes (N)
Green (B)
Perkins (R)
Hannar (E)
Pantedos (G)
Gulli (PN)
McLaughlin (Photographer)
Mission #172 May 2, 1945 44-8921 H/E 7BS Moore (PFF)
Took off 1126 hours from hardstand #10.
Flew position 1-1, Lead of B Squadron.
Dropped 45 cases of 10 in 1 rations at the I.P. and the other 45 cases at 1341 hours from 500 feet.
Landed 1534 hours.
Moore (P)
Dippel (CP)
Brunk (Command Pilot)
Hanes (N)
Noaiell (MO)
Green (B)
Perkins (R)
Hannar (E)
Penler (X)
Mauk (X)
VanLier (PN)
Mission #174 May 5, 1945 44-8921 H/E 7BS Moore
Took off 0906 hours from hardstand
#10.
Flew Lead of 7th
Squadron.
Dropped 3 sets of rations at 1031
hours from 400 feet.
Landed 1156 hours.
Moore (P)
Maj Alexander (Command Pilot)
Hanes (N)
Noaiell (MO)
Green (B)
Perkins (R)
Hannar (E)
Oberg (G)
Johnson (X)
Hirsh (X)
Duke (X)
Mission #175 May 6, 1945 44-8921 H/E 391BS Moore
Took off 1330 hours from hardstand #10.
Flew with 391st Squadron.
Dropped 3 sets of rations at 1426 hours from 300 feet.
Landed 1545 hours.
Moore (P)
Dippel (CP)
Lobdell (N)
Green (B)
Perkins (R)
Hannan (E)
(Additional passengers, if any, are not listed.)
43-38299 Outta Dis World, later Joy Rider
B-17G-85-BO
(Name “Roger’s Dodgers” according to Roger Freeman and Wallace Forman but that seems to have been the crew’s name, not the plane’s name.)
(Name was originally “Outta Dis World” later changed to “Joy Rider,” according to a neighbor of Walter Summers, ball turret gunner on the Anderson crew, the second “regular crew” of this plane.)
June 21, 1945 Returned to US: Bradley
Flown to US by the Moore crew #72-34. Microfilm reel B0115, p.1580.
Moore, Benjamin D. 1Lt O-830887 Pilot 1091 B-17 Pilot
Dippel, Martin P. 2Lt O-934397 Co-Pilot 1091 B-17 Pilot
Hanes, Charles E. 1Lt O-736855 Nav 1034 Navigator
Perkins, Jack D. T/Sgt 35550743 Radio Op 757 Radio Operator- Mechanic-Gunner
Hannar, James L. T/Sgt 19170814 Eng 748
Green, Wallace E. 2Lt O-92853 Bomb 1035
Mehl, Frederick W. T/Sgt 37202322 Crew Chief 750
Curtis, Harley E. S/Sgt 37538306 Gunner 611
Harkley, Clayton R. S/Sgt 20724262 Gunner 612
Oberg, Don L. S/Sgt 20840095 Gunner 612
Pantedos, Anthony W. S/Sgt 25121171 Passenger 612
Slovenske, Sigmund S. S/Sgt 27033985 Passenger 612
Burke, Gerald W. Sgt 36598110 Passenger 747
Caputo, Vincent A. Sgt 32260959 Passenger 555
Sevcik, Philip J. Sgt 33286618 Passenger 747
Stathis, George E. Sgt 32802280 Passenger 862
Thompson, James E. Sgt 18163133 Passenger 852
Jacobs, Maurice K. Cpl 38413034 Passenger 573
Vanderwarf, Harold E. Cpl 36630739 Passenger 555
Crook, Lonnie H. Maj O-432329 Passenger 1035