Mueller, JP crew
Mission #124 February 17, 1945 44-6929 B/Q 18BS Mueller
Mission #125 February 19, 1945 44-8605 B/H 18BS Mueller Happy Warrior
Mission #127 February 21, 1945 43-38331 B/Y 18BS Mueller
Mission #128 February 22, 1945 43-38433 B/R 18BS Mueller
Mission #129 February 24, 1945 43-38338 B/M 18BS Mueller
Mission #131 February 26, 1945 43-38971 B/A 18BS Mueller
Mission #132 February 27, 1945 43-38433 B/R 18BS Mueller Aborted - one engine out.
CREW #83; 18th Squadron
Mission #134 March 2, 1945 43-38971 B/A 18BS Mueller
Mission #135 March 3, 1945 43-38971 B/A 18BS Mueller
Mission #136 March 4, 1945 43-38338 B/M 18BS Mueller MIA. Collision. See below.
Mission #124 February 17, 1945 44-6929 B/Q 18BS Mueller
Mission #125 February 19, 1945 44-8605 B/H 18BS Mueller Happy Warrior
Mission #127 February 21, 1945 43-38331 B/Y 18BS Mueller
Mission #128 February 22, 1945 43-38433 B/R 18BS Mueller
Mission #129 February 24, 1945 43-38338 B/M 18BS Mueller
Mission #131 February 26, 1945 43-38971 B/A 18BS Mueller
Mission #132 February 27, 1945 43-38433 B/R 18BS Mueller Aborted - one engine out.
CREW #83; 18th Squadron
Mission #134 March 2, 1945 43-38971 B/A 18BS Mueller
From hardstand #14, took off 0627 hours.
Flew position 4-1 in High Squadron.
Carried 20 250 lb bombs. Dropped on secondary target at 1027 hours from 23,800 feet.
Landed 1549 hours.
Muller (P)
Artruc (CP)
Ciagne (N)
Harvey (Tog)
Zerott (R)
Farnsworth (E)
Kippen (TG)
Grzelak (BG)
Haugen (G)
Mission #135 March 3, 1945 43-38971 B/A 18BS Mueller
Mission #136 March 4, 1945 43-38338 B/M 18BS Mueller
Mid-air Collision over France at Mandres (Z-2691). See below.
Mission #136 March 4, 1945 B-17G 43-38338 B/M Collided with aircraft 071during assembly over France. One plane came down into the other from above. The tail came off the lower aircraft and half of the wing exploded, the two sections falling separately. The upper aircraft lost a wing tip and spun out of control into the clouds. One chute reported. With 18BS. Pilot: Mueller. No Missing Air Crew Report. 8 Killed in Action.
KIA MUELLER JAMES P (P) 1 LT 18 O-770733
KIA ARTRUC ARTHUR H (CP) 2 LT 18 O-829391 RI
KIA CIAGNE JOHN J (N) F/O 18 T-132857 MI
KIA HARVEY PHILLIPS J (Tog) SGT 18 15343740
KIA FARNSWORTH LOREN E (E) S/SGT 18 39325816
KIA ZEROTT FRANCES R (R) S/SGT 18 37287354 MN
KIA GREZELAK KAIMIERZ J (BT) SGT 18 36689901
KIA HAUGEN JOHN D (WG) SGT 18 39208961
Injured KIPPEN (TG) His would have been the one chute seen.
NOTE:
Artruc was listed as pilot of this crew, first appearing on the crew lists for January 7, 1945. Shortly before their first combat mission, then Co-pilot, O’Brien, flew a few missions subbing on the Kennedy crew as Co-pilot. Mueller subs as Pilot with Artruc changed to Co-pilot on the crew’s first mission. By the second mission, Mueller is listed as the regular Pilot and Artruc as the regular Co-pilot. O’Brien becomes the regular Co-pilot of the Kennedy crew.