DOLLINS CREW
207th Squadron
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| CREW NOTES |
| Pilot | Co-Pilot | Bombardier | Navigator | Nose Gunner |
Engineer | Radio Operator |
Waist Gunner |
Belly Gunner |
Tail Gunner |
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| 1 | Dollins | Bremmer | Finizio | Brushears | x | Dingus | Sholtis | Facey | Caplinger | Menzies |
| 2 | Dollins | Bremmer | Finizio | Brushears | x | Dingus (190) |
Sholtis | Facey | Caplinger | Menzies (LW) |
| 3 | Dollins | Bremmer | Finizio | Brushears | x | Dingus (109) |
Sholtis (LW) |
Facey | Caplinger | Menzies |
| 4 | Dollins | Bremmer | Finizio (109) |
Brushears | x | Dingus | Sholtis | Facey (KIA) |
Caplinger | Menzies (109) |
| 5 | Dollins | Bremmer | Finizio | Brushears | x | Dingus | Sholtis | McMidden | Caplinger | Menzies |
| 6 | Dollins | Bremmer | Finizio | Brushears (LW) |
x | Dingus | Sholtis (LW) |
McMidden | Caplinger | Menzies |
| 7 | Dollins | Bremmer (KIA) |
Finizio (KIA) |
Brushears (KIA) |
x | Dingus | Sholtis (KIA) |
McMidden (KIA) |
Caplinger (KIA) |
Menzies (KIA) |
| 8 | Dollins | Cutter (LW) |
Mickelson (109) |
Simons (LW) (110) |
x | Dingus (LW) |
Miller | Owen | Jones | Hornblower |
| 9 | Dollins | Cutter | Mickelson | Simons | x | Dingus | Miller | Owen | Jones | Hornblower |
| 10 | Dollins (KIA) |
Cutter (KIA) |
Mickelson (KIA) |
Simons (KIA) |
x | Dingus (KIA) |
Miller (KIA) |
Owen (KIA) |
Jones (KIA) |
Hornblower (KIA) |
| MISSION NOTES |
| Target | Type | Aim | Damage | Notes | |
| 1 | Abbeville, FR | airfield | On | 20% | First aircraft B-24(D) 41-23676 "Meat Hound" was crash landed on first mission. All crew bailed over England. |
| 2 | Vegesack, GE | u-boats | Off | 0% | Second aircraft B-24(E) 41-21905 "Silks-a-poppin'" made emergency landing in England and made it back to base. |
| 3 | Brest, FR | u-boats | Off | 0% | |
| 4 | Lorient, FR | u-boats | On | 30% | |
| 5 | Saarbrucken, GE | industry | On | 96% | |
| 6 | Amsterdam, NE | aircraft industry | On | 60% | 2 LW |
| 7 | Amsterdam, NE | aircraft industry | |||
| 8 | Hamburg, GE | oil | Off | 0% | 2 LW |
| 9 | Romilly-sur-Seine | aircraft industry | Did Not Fly | ||
| 10 | La Rochelle, FR | industry | Shot down by enemy aircraft |
| PERSONNEL RECORD |
| Name | Rank | Position | Date of Assignment |
Status | Missions | Kills | Notes |
| Chris Dollins |
1LT | Pilot | 09 Oct 42 | KIA | 9 | 0 |   Air Medal after mission 1. Killed on mission 10. (Iowa) |
| Mark Cutter |
2LT | Co-Pilot | 20 Jan 43 | KIA | 2 | 0 |  Killed on mission 10. Purple Heart on mission 8. (Pennsylvania) |
| Kelly Bremer |
1LT | Co-Pilot | 09 Oct 42 | KIA | 7 | 0 | KIA on mission 7. (New York) |
| Don Mickelson |
2LT | Bombardier | 20 Jan 43 | KIA | 2 | 1 | KIA on mission 10. Shot down  ME-109.(Vermont) |
| Nelson Finizio |
1LT | Bombardier | 09 Oct 42 | KIA | 7 | 1 | KIA on mission 7. Air Medal after mission 5. Shot down
ME-109.(Virginia) |
| Micheal Simons |
2LT | Navigator | 20 Jan 43 | KIA | 2 | 1 | Killed on mission 10. Purple Heart on mission 8. Shot down
ME-110.(Alabama) |
| Darren Brushears | 1LT | Navigator | 09 Oct 42 | KIA | 7 | 0 | KIA on mission 7. Purple Heart on mission 6. (Texas) |
| Javier Dingus |
SGT | Engineer | 09 Oct 42 | KIA | 9 | 2 | Killed on mission 10. Purple Heart on mission 8. Shot down
ME-109.Shot down
FW-190.(Texas) |
| Dusty Miller |
SGT | Radio Operator | 21 Jan 43 | KIA | 2 | 0 | Killed on mission 10. (Kentucky) |
| Kurt Sholtis |
SGT | Radio Operator | 09 Oct 42 | KIA | 7 | 0 |  KIA on mission 7. Purple Heart on missions 2 and 6. (California) |
| Gary Owen |
SGT | Waist Gunner | 21 Jan 43 | KIA | 2 | 0 | Killed on mission 10. (Ohio) |
| Bert McMidden |
SGT | Waist Gunner | 19 Nov 42 | KIA | 3 | 0 | Killed on mission 7. (Tennessee) |
| Allan Facey |
SGT | Waist Gunner | 09 Oct 42 | KIA | 4 | 0 | Killed on mission 4. (Pennsylvania) |
| Harry Jones |
SGT | Belly Gunner | 21 Jan 43 | KIA | 2 | 0 | Killed on mission 10. (Iowa) |
| Cody Caplinger |
SGT | Belly Gunner | 09 Oct 42 | KIA | 7 | 0 | Killed on mission 7. (South Carolina) |
| Horatio Hornblower |
SGT | Tail Gunner | 21 Jan 43 | KIA | 2 | 0 | Killed on mission 10. (Virginia) |
| Lonnie Menzies |
SGT | Tail Gunner | 09 Oct 42 | KIA | 7 | 1 | Killed on mission 7. Purple Heart on mission 3. Shot down
ME-109.(Florida) |
| Player: Shaun Edley, South Africa |
*** Diary ***
29 DEC 42
Dollins is standing at the bar with a bunch of the guys basking in the ease of the last mission. "Damn good milk run to add to the list" Dollins says out loud when Finizio comes up with a face like thunder.
"What in Sam Hill is the matter with you, Nelson? You sure look down for a guy who's just increased his dame attraction factor."
"I don't know, skip. I walked past O'Conner now and asked him how he was doing. He just dumped on me for being a gloryhound and a tin chaser. Shee, that guy better lighten up. He's wound tighter than a watch and he's like a dark cloud in a thunderstorm."
"You know, you're right, Nelson. I'll try talk to him but he's always looking at his watch and saying he's got to go, like some damn white rabbit or something. If he won't talk, maybe I should ask the doc to have a word in his shell-like. He's becoming a real drag."
With that, Dollins drains his Jack and stomps out the door.