Sproul crew
Mission #96 December 4, 1944 43-38423 L/N 391BS Sproul
Mission #100 December 12, 1944 43-38222 L/H 18BS Sproul
Mission #102 December 24, 1944 43-38423 L/N 391BS Sproul
Mission #103 December 27, 1944 43-38423 L/N 391BS Sproul
Mission #104 December 28, 1944 43-38423 L/N 391BS Sproul Jettisoned 4, brought back 2 due to mechanical problems
Mission #105 December 30, 1944 43-38423 L/N 391BS Sproul
Mission #106 December 31, 1944 43-38423 L/N 391BS Sproul MIA. See below.
Mission #96 December 4, 1944 43-38423 L/N 391BS Sproul
Mission #100 December 12, 1944 43-38222 L/H 18BS Sproul
Mission #102 December 24, 1944 43-38423 L/N 391BS Sproul
Mission #103 December 27, 1944 43-38423 L/N 391BS Sproul
Mission #104 December 28, 1944 43-38423 L/N 391BS Sproul Jettisoned 4, brought back 2 due to mechanical problems
Mission #105 December 30, 1944 43-38423 L/N 391BS Sproul
Mission #106 December 31, 1944 43-38423 L/N 391BS Sproul MIA. See below.
Mission #106 December 31, 1944 B-17G 43-38423 L/N missing in Action Hamburg flak. Aircraft received a direct flak hit and left formation, jettisoning bombs, Number 1 & 2 props were feathered and #2 engine was on fire. Fire also observed coming from open bomb bay doors. Last seen in a left hand spiral at 10,000 feet. At least two men bailed out but no chutes seen. Crashed Tossener Dike, Holland? With391BS. Pilot: Sproul, Missing Air Crew Report # 11372. 3 Killed in Action. 6 Prisoner of War. See 34th Bombardment Group (H) 1941-1945, p.45-46, where Fred LaMaster tells of this mission and his Prisoner of War experiences in a story called, “Shot Down.”
POW SPROUL C CRANFORD (P) 2 LT 391 O-825703 8
KIA FRYER AUSTIN F (CP) 2 LT 391 O-777519 8 TX
POW MARTIN REX H (N) 2 LT 391 O-2064627 13 BURBANK CA
KIA FLANIGAN WILLIAM F (B) 2 LT 391 O-557155 15
POW SPENCE GUILFORD (E/TT) SGT 391 92931847 8 FREWSBURG NY
KIA COLE LeROY H (R) SGT 391 14132291 8
POW KRYSTOF JOSEPH P (BT) SGT 391 31379590 7
POW SIEMSEN ALAN D (WG) SGT 391 38540767 7
POW LeMASTER FRED Y (TG) SGT 391 34814455 7