Erwin crew
MISSION LIST
CREW #67; 391st Squadron
Mission #2 May 24, 1944 42-94811 D/K 391BS Erwin Tommy Thumper II
Mission #3 May 25, 1944 42-94771 L/N 391BS Erwin
Mission #4 May 27, 1944 42-94879 B/D 391BS Erwin Collapsible Susie
Mission #6 May 29, 1944 42-94771 L/N 391BS Erwin Slight damage, one crewmember wounded.
Mission #8 May 31, 1944 42-94762 B/K 391BS Erwin The Uninvited
Mission #10 June 6, 1944 41-29599 L/B 391BS Erwin Boots
Mission #12 June 6, 1944 41-29599 L/B 391BS Irwin (or Erwin) Boots
Mission #14 June 11, 1944 42-94771 L/N 391BS Erwin
Mission #16 June 14, 1944 42-94771 L/N 391BS Erwin
Mission #18 June 20, 1944 42-94771 L/N 391BS Erwin
Mission #19 June 20, 1944 42-94771 L/N 391BS Erwin
Mission #22 June 24, 1944 44-40486 B/C 391BS Erwin Cokey
Flo
Mission #23 June 24, 1944 44-40267 B/A 391BS Irwin (or Erwin)
Mission #26 June 27, 1944 42-94766 L/F 391BS Erwin Crow's Nest
Mission #30 July 6, 1944 44-40323 L/N 391BS Erwin Sunshine Rose (deputy lead)
Mission #32 July 8, 1944 44-40323 L/N 391BS Erwin Sunshine
Rose
Mission #37 July 18, 1944 42-50613 L/A 391BS Erwin Holy Joe
Mission #40 July 21, 1944 42-50585 L/D Erwin (Weather ship)
Mission #41 July 24, 1944 44-40323 L/N 391BS Erwin Sunshine Rose
Mission #42 July 25, 1944 42-50585 L/D 391BS Erwin (deputy lead)
CREW #87; 391st Squadron (as of July 28, 1944)
Mission #49 August 2, 1944 44-40323 L/C 391BS Erwin Sunshine Rose (deputy lead)
Mission #50 August 3, 1944 44-40438 D/C 391BS Erwin unknown name (lead)
Mission #52 August 5, 1944 44-40328 L/B 391BS Erwin This
Above All
Mission #54 August 7, 1944 44-40323 L/C 391BS Erwin Sunshine
Rose
MISSION AND CREW DETAILS
CREW #67; 391st Squadron
ERWIN ELDON E (P) (1024) 1 LT 391 O-664385
SOROLLE JOHN R (CP) (1024) 2 LT 391 O-817541
GOMBERT DIRK (N) (1034) 2 LT 391 O-703727
JONES ROY O JR (B) (1035) 2 LT 391 O-697775
LAMAR HORACE B (AEG) (748) S/SGT 391 34720250
O’LEARY JAMES T (ROG) (757) S/SGT 391 11081665
WARNER LLOYD D (AG) (612) SGT 391 36594122
BABCOCK LAWRENCE W (BG) (748) SGT 391 37507630
BLAGRAVE HUBERT L (BG) (611) SGT 391 37199499
Mission #2 May 24, 1944 42-94771 L/N scheduled for Erwin, but replaced.
Mission #2 May 24, 1944 42-94811 D/K 391BS Erwin Tommy Thumper II
Flew position 2-1 in Low Squadron.
Carried 12 500 lb GP bombs. Dropped on the secondary target at 0923 hours from 20,000 feet.
No damage reported.
#1 Prop control switch sticks; #4 turbo-supercharger 5" M.P. less than others at altitude. Top turret lens vibrate loose causing improper sighting. Inspected and repaired.
Erwin, E. E. (P)
Scholle, J. R. (CP)
Noullet, W. L. (N) (from crew #63)
Jones, R. O. (B)
O'Leary, J. T. (R)
Lamar, H. B. (E)
Babcock, L. W. (BG)
Blagrave, H. L. (TG)
Warner, L. D. (NG)
Clausen, A. G. (G)
May 24, 1944 Erwin
Crew Status Report 1700 hours
Crew #67, 391st Squadron
Erwin, E. E. (P) OK
Scholle, J. R. (CP) OK
Gombert, D. (N) OK
Jones, R. O. (B) OK
O'Leary, J. T. (R) OK
Lamar, H. B. (E) OK
Warner, L. D. (NG) OK
Blagrave, H. L. (TG) OK
Babcock, L. W. (BG) OK
Clausen, A. C. (G) OK
Mission #3 May 25, 1944 42-94771 L/N 391BS Erwin
Took off at 0504 hours.
Flew position 2-1 in High Squadron.
Carried 12 500 lb bombs. Dropped on the Secondary Target from 18,500 feet. No time report.
No damage reported.
Landed 1106 hours.
Erwin, E. E. (P)
Scholle, J. R. (CP)
Schaber, F. (N) (from crew #66)
Jones, R. D. (B)
O'Leary, J. T. (R)
Lamar, H. B. (E)
Babcock, L. W. (BG)
Blagrave, H. L. (TG)
Warner, L. D. (NG)
Clausen, B. C. (G)
Mission #4 May 27, 1944 42-94879 B/D 391BS Erwin Collapsible Susie
Took off at 0827 hours.
Flew position 2-1 in Lead Squadron.
Carried 10 500 lb GP bombs. Brought all bombs back to base.
No damage reported.
Landed 1609 hours.
#3 Tachometer out; Prop and cowl flap control switch stuck. Inspected and repaired.
Erwin (P)
Scholle (CP)
Schaber (N) (from crew #66)
Jones (B)
O'Leary (R)
Lamar (E)
Babcock (BG)
Blagrave (TG)
Warner (NG)
Clausen (G)
Mission #6 May 29, 1944 42-94771 L/N 391BS Erwin
Took off at 0740 hours from Hardstand #20.
Flew position 2-1 in High Squadron.
Carried 10 500 lb GP bombs. Dropped on the Primary at 1234 hours from 22,500 feet.
Slight damage reported.
One crewmember, the Bombardier, was wounded.
Landed 1631 hours.
Extensive flak damage: to #2 engine, fuel cell #3, extensive damage to airplane. To Sub-depot for repair.
Erwin (P)
Scholle (CP)
Wilson (N) (from another crew)
Jones (B) WIA
O’Leary (R)
Lamar (E)
Warner (NG)
Babcock (BG)
Blagrave (TG)
Clausen (G)
May 30, 1944 42-94883 B/N Erwin The Hit Parade
Took off at 1606 hours on a local flight.
Landed 1726 hours.
Mission #8 May 31, 1944 42-94762 B/K 391BS Erwin The Uninvited
Took off at 0748 hours.
Carried 6 1000 lb bombs. Brought all bombs back to base.
Mission was Recalled.
Landed 1228 hours.
Erwin (P)
Scholle (CP)
Gombert (N)
Pelley (B) (from crew #55)
O’Leary (R)
Lamar (E)
Babcock (BG)
Blagrave (TG)
Warner (NG)
Clausen (G)
Mission #10 June 6, 1944 41-29599 L/B 391BS Erwin Boots
Took off at 0239 hours.
Flew position 2-1 in 3rd Squadron.
Carried 12 500 lb bombs. Brought all bombs back to base.
No damage reported.
Landed 1047 hours.
Erwin, E. E. (P) 1
Lt
Scholle, J. R. (CP) 2 Lt
Gombert, D. (N) 2 Lt
O’Leary, J. J. (R) T/Sgt
Lamar, H. B. (E) T/Sgt
Babcock, L. W. (BG) S/Sgt
Blagrave, H. L. (TG) S/Sgt
Warner, L. D. (NG) S/Sgt
Clausen, A. C. (G) S/Sgt
Mission #12 June 6, 1944 41-29599 L/B 391BS Irwin (or Erwin) Boots
Took off at 1700 hours.
Flew position 3-1 in Lead Squadron.
Carried 12 500 lb bombs. Dropped on the Primary at 2036 hours from 14,500 feet.
No damage reported.
Reported in at 2320 hours as having landed at Chebburg.
Erwin (P)
Scholle (CP)
Gombert (N)
Lamar (E)
O’Leary (R)
Warner (G)
Clausen (G)
Babcock (G)
Blagrave (G)
Mission #14 June 11, 1944 42-94771 L/N 391BS Erwin
Took off 0415 hours.
Flew position 2-1 in Lead Squadron.
Carried 12 500 lb bombs. Jettisoned 12 bombs.
No battle damage reported.
Landed 1104 hours.
Erwin (P)
Scholle (CP)
Pelley (B)
O’Leary (R)
Lamar (E)
Babcock (BG)
Blagrave (TG)
Warner (NG)
Clausen (G)
Mission #16 June 14, 1944 42-94771 L/N 391BS Erwin
Took off at 0321 hours.
Flew position 2-1 in Lead Squadron.
Carried 20 100 lb bombs, including 3 6 hr., 2 12 hr., 1 36 hr., & 4 72 hr. delayed action bombs. Dropped 10 bombs on secondary target. Hit runway South.
Jettisoned the 10 delayed action bombs.
No battle damage reported.
Landed 0936 hours.
Erwin (P)
Scholle (CP)
Combert (N)
O’Leary (R)
Lamar (E)
Babcock (BG)
Blagrave (TG)
Warner (NG)
Clausen (G)
June 17, 1944 44-40420 Erwin (spelled Irwin)
Took off at 1517 hours for local flight to Wharton.
No landing time shown.
Mission #18 June 20, 1944 42-94771 L/N 391BS Erwin
Took off at 0454 hours.
Flew position 2-1 in High Squadron.
Carried 12 500 lb bombs. Dropped on the Primary at 0916 hours from 23,500 feet.
No damage reported.
Landed 1152 hours.
Erwin (P)
Scholle (CP)
Gombert (N)
O’Leary (R)
Lamar (E)
Babcock (BG)
Blagrave (TG)
Warner (NG)
Clausen (G)
Mission #19 June 20, 1944 42-94771 L/N 391BS Erwin
Took off at 1806 hours.
Flew position 2-1 in Group D (391st)
Carried 52 100 lb GP bombs. Dropped at 2110 hours from 22,500 feet. Basically jettisoned the load. Did not know where the bombs dropped.
Slight battle damage reported.
Landed 2221 hours.
No Crew Loading List available.
Mission #22 June 24, 1944 42-94818 E/B scheduled for Erwin but replaced
Mission #22 June 24, 1944 44-40486 B/C 391BS Erwin Cokey
Flo
Took off at 0447 hours.
Flew as Airborne spare. Flew the mission, probably in High Squadron, which had three aborts.
Carried 52 100 lb bombs. Dropped on the Primary at 0817 hours from 22,000 feet
No damage reported.
Landed 1014 hours.
Erwin (P)
Scholle (CP)
Gombert (N)
Jones, R. (B)
O’Leary (R)
Lamar (E)
Babcock (BG)
Warner (NG)
Clausen (G)
Mission #23 June 24, 1944 44-40267 B/A 391BS Erwin
Took off at 1625 hours.
Flew position 2-1 in High Squadron.
Carried 24 250 lb GP bombs. Brought all bombs back to base. Target unidentified.
No damage reported.
Landed 2058 hours.
Erwin (P)
Scholle (CP)
Gombert (N)
Jones, R. (B)
O’Leary (R)
Lamar (E)
Babcock (BG)
Blagrave (TG)
Warner (NG)
Clausen (G)
June 25, 1944 44-40458 Erwin Picadilly Tilly
Took off at 1815 hours on a local flight.
Landed 1830 hours.
Mission #26 June 27, 1944 42-94766 L/F 391BS Erwin Crow's Nest
Took off at 1522 hours.
Flew position 2-1 in the only Squadron flying that day (391st)
Carried 10 500 lb bombs. Dropped on the primary target of Beauvoir at 1900 hours from 24,600 feet.
No damage reported.
Landed 2012 hours.
Erwin (P)
Scholle (CP)
Gombert (N)
Jones, R. (B)
O’Leary (R)
Lamar (E)
Babcock (BG)
Blagrave (TG)
Warner (NG)
Clausen (G)
Mission #30 July 6, 1944 44-40323 L/N 391BS Erwin Sunshine Rose (deputy lead)
Took off at 0542 hours.
Flew Deputy Lead, position 1-2 in Low Squadron.
Carried 20 250 lb bombs. Dropped on the Primary at 0911/30 hours from 23,500 feet.
No damage reported.
Landed 1027 hours.
Erwin (P)
Scholle (CP)
Topping (N) (from crew #65)
Alder (N) (a write-in)
O’Leary (R)
Lamar (E)
Babcock (BG)
Blagrave (TG)
Warner (NG)
Clausen (G)
Sooves (position not given) Lt.
Mission #32 July 8, 1944 44-40323 L/N 391BS Erwin Sunshine
Rose
Took off at 0425 hours.
Flew Deputy Lead, position 1-2 in High Squadron.
Carried 20 250 lb bombs. Dropped 12 bombs on the Primary at 0815 hours from 23,000 feet. Jettisoned 8 bombs that had hung up.
Minor flak damage reported.
Landed 0920 hours.
Erwin (P)
Scholle (CP)
Topping (N2) (from crew #65)
Alder (N) (a write-in)
Jones, R. (B)
Browne (R) (a write-in)
Lamar (E)
Babcock (BG)
Blagrave (TG)
Warner (NG)
Clausen (G)
July 14, 1944 44-40323 L/N Erwin Sunshine Rose
Took off at 1259 hours for a local flight (practice bombing)
Landed 1426 hours.
July 17, 1944 44-40323 L/N Erwin
Took off at 1809 hours on a local flight.
Landed 2102 hours.
Mission #37 July 18, 1944 42-50613 L/A 391BS Erwin Holy Joe
Took off at 0517 hours.
Flew Deputy Lead, position 1-2 in High Squadron.
Carried 52 100 lb Fragmentation bombs. Dropped 40 bombs on Primary at 0839 hours from 16,000 feet.
Jettisoned 12 bombs in the channel that had hung up.
No battle damaged reported.
Landed 1052 hours.
Erwin (P)
Scholle (CP)
Topping (N2) (from crew #65)
Alder (N) (a write-in)
Jones, R. (B)
Browne (R) (a write-in)
Lamar (E)
Babcock (BG)
Blagrave (TG)
Warner (NG)
Clausen (G)
July 19, 1944 42-50613 L/A Erwin Holy Joe
Took off at 1627 hours.
Was this a practice mission? Part of a group of 11 planes.
Landed 1832 hours.
July 20, 1944 44-40323 L/N Erwin Sunshine Rose
Took off at 0956 hours on a flight to Lympie.
Landed 1514 hours.
Mission #40 July 21, 1944 42-50585 L/D Erwin (Weather ship)
Took off at 0420 hours.
Weather mission.
Landed 0701 hours.
Mission #41 July 24, 1944 44-40323 L/N 391BS Erwin Sunshine Rose
Took off at 1004 hours.
Flew Deputy Lead, position 1-2 in Low Squadron.
Carried 52 100 lb GP bombs. Brought all bombs back to base due to 10/10 cloud over target area.
Landed 1459 hours.
Erwin (P)
Scholle (CP)
Noulette (N) (a write-in)
Alder (N) (a write-in)
Jones, R. (B)
O'Leary (R)
Lamar (E)
Babcock (BG)
Blagrave (TG)
Warner (NG)
Clausen (G)
Mission #42 July 25, 1944 42-50585 L/D 391BS Erwin (deputy lead)
Took off at 0756 hours.
Flew Deputy Lead, position 1-2 in Low Squadron.
Carried 52 100 lb GP bombs. Dropped on the Primary at 1038 hours from 11,500 feet.
No damage reported.
Landed 1255 hours.
Erwin (P)
Scholle (CP)
Noullet (N2) (a write-in)
Alder (N) (a write-in)
Jones, R. (B)
O'Leary (R)
Bell (E) (a write-in)
Babcock (BG)
Blagrave (TG)
Warner (NG)
Clausen (G)
CREW #87; 391st Squadron (as of July 28, 1944)
Erwin (P)
Scholle (CP)
Alder (N)
Noullet (N)
Jones, R. O. (B)
O'Leary (R)
Lamar (E)
Warner (NG)
Blagrave (TG)
Babcock (BG)
Clausen (G)
Mission #49 August 2, 1944 44-40323 L/C 391BS Erwin Sunshine Rose (deputy lead)
Took off at 1555 hours.
Landed 2131 hours.
Erwin (P)
Scholle (CP)
Alder (N)
Noullet (N)
Jones, R. O. (B)
O'Leary (R)
Lamar (E)
Warner (NG)
Blagrave (TG)
Babcock (BG)
Mission #50 August 3, 1944 44-40438 D/C 391BS Erwin unknown name (lead)
Erwin (P)
Crabtree (Command Pilot)
Scholle (CP)
Alder (N)
Noullet (N)
Jones, R. O. (B)
O'Leary (R)
Lamar (E)
Warner (NG)
Babcock (TG)
Clausen (G)
Mission #52 August 5, 1944 44-40328 L/B 391BS Erwin This
Above All
Erwin (P)
Scholle (CP)
Alder (N)
Noullet (N)
Jones, R. O. (B)
O'Leary (R)
Lamar (E)
Warner (NG)
Blagrave (TG)
Babcock (BG)
Mission #54 August 7, 1944 44-40323 L/C 391BS Erwin Sunshine
Rose
Erwin (P)
Eaton (Command Pilot) Col.
Scholle (CP)
Alder (N)
Ackerman (N) Capt.
Jones, R. O. (B)
O'Leary (R)
Lamar (E)
Warner (NG)
Blagrave (TG)
Babcock (BG)
B-24J 44-40323 L/C Sunshine Rose Missing in Action Flak believed near Nanteuill. Received direct flak hit in the bomb bay. Plane pulled out of formation in a 45 degree glide. It leveled off at about 10,000 feet, made a 180 degree turn to the right and started to climb. Plane appeared to stall and entered another downward glide, seemingly still under control. One chute was positively seen and possibly another. Crashed at Malmmedy. Group Operations Officer, Col Eaton was lost in this plane flying as mission's Command Pilot. With 391BS. Pilot: Erwin. Missing Air Crew Report # 7877.
KIA ERWIN ELDON E (P) CAPT 391 O-664385 FORT WORTH TX 22
??? SCHOLLE JOHN R (CP) 2 LT 391 O-817541 23
KIA ALDER HERBERT P (N) 2 LT 391 O-703918 CA 18
POW JONES ROY O JR (B) 2 LT 391 O-697775 AL 14
POW LAMAR HORACE B (TT) T/SGT 391 34720250 PONTOTAC MS 23
KIA O'LEARY JAMES A (R) T/SGT 391 11081665 MN 21
POW BLAGRAVE HUBERT L (WG) S/SGT 391 37199499 KANSAS CITY MO 23
EVD BABCOCK LAWRENCE W (TG) S/SGT 391 37507630 KANSAS CITY MO 22
KIA WARNER LLOYD D (NG) S/SGT 391 36594122 DETROIT MI 23
KIA EATON JOSEPH J L (Com P) LT COL HQ O-023265 AL 8
POW ACKERMAN HARRY (GpN) MAJ HQ O-434658 1
ALDER HERBERT G is listed on the Wall of the Missing at Ardennes American Cemetery.
EATON JOSEPH J JR is listed on the Wall of the Missing at Ardennes American Cemetery.
ERWIN ELDON E is buried at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, B-13-31.
O’LEARY JAMES is listed on the Wall of the Missing at Ardennes American Cemetery.