KNAPP
CREW |
CREW NOTES |
Pilot | Co-Pilot | Bombardier | Navigator | Nose Gunner |
Engineer | Radio Operator |
Waist Gunner |
Belly Gunner |
Tail Gunner |
|
14 | Knapp (POW) |
Riddick (KIA) |
Tupper (KIA) |
Houk (KIA) |
x | Cushman (KIA) |
Dowd (KIA) |
Manzo (KIA) |
Kibler (POW) |
Giffin (KIA) |
MISSION NOTES |
Target | Type | Aim | Damage | Notes | |
14 | Ploesti, Rumania | oil | shot down by flak before the target area was reached |
PERSONNEL RECORD |
Name | Rank | Position | Date of Assignment |
Status | Missions | Kills | Notes |
Norman "Doc" Knapp |
1LT | Pilot | 01 APR 43 | POW | 1 | 0 |
Silver Star and Purple Heart on mission 14 (Boston, Massachusetts) |
Samuel Riddick |
2LT | Co-Pilot | 01 APR 43 | KIA | 1 | 0 |
Silver Star and Purple Heart on mission 14 (Benbrook, Texas) |
Albert Tupper |
2LT | Bombardier | 01 APR 43 | KIA | 1 | 0 |
Silver Star and Purple Heart on mission 14 (Coldwater, Mississippi) |
George Houk |
2LT | Navigator | 01 APR 43 | KIA | 1 | 0 |
Silver Star and Purple Heart on mission 14 (Roosevelt, Utah) |
Eugene Cushman |
SFC | Engineer | 01 APR 43 | KIA | 1 | 0 |
Silver Star and Purple Heart on mission 14 (Lincoln Park, New Jersey) |
Douglas Dowd |
SGT | Radio Operator | 01 APR 43 | KIA | 1 | 0 |
Silver Star and Purple Heart on mission 14(Rapid City ,South Dakota) |
Tony Manzo |
SGT | Waist Gunner | 01 APR 43 | KIA | 1 | 0 |
Silver Star and Purple Heart on mission 14 (Fair Lawn, New Jersey) |
Harry Kibler |
SGT | Belly Gunner | 01 APR 43 | POW | 1 | 0 |
Silver Star and Purple Heart on mission 14 (Palm Bay, Florida) |
Vincent Giffen |
SGT | Tail Gunner | 01 APR 43 | KIA | 1 | 0 |
Silver Star and Purple Heart on mission 14 (San Francisco, California) |
Player: Andy Hall, USA http://web.wtez.net/r/h/rh61158/B17/DoctorsOrdersMissions.htm |