Fellmeth's Crew

LT Fellmeth's crew: Back Row (L to R): Ground crewman, Curtis Viertel (WG), Frank McCreary (CP), Corneilous Felton (C/C), Henry Wolff (B), Adolph Fellmeth, Jr., (P) Front Row (L to R): William Mendelson (N), John Krischak (WG), George Soto (BG), Dale Deffendall (TG), Glenn Walfoort (FE/Top), Robert Schmidt (R/O)

(courtesy of Adolph Fellmeth, III, son of Adolph Fellmeth, Jr.)

On 17 May 44, 42-52634, piloted by LT Adolph F. Fellmeth, was up on a local cross country flight. Coming in for landing, the wind was blowing in such a direction as to necessitate using a shorter runway than the pilot had been accustomed to. He used runway 01, which was 4,200 ft long. The visibility at the time was 1.5 to 2 miles with wet runway and slight precipitation. The wind was 030ö at 5 MPH. The plane (flown by the copilot, 2nd LT Frank McCreary) landed about 500 to 600 ft from the touchdown end of the runway. The aircraft went off the end of the runway, severely damaging the landing geargave way as they struck a ditch and a row of small tree stumps located some 100 ft from the end of the runway. There were no inuries to the six crewmen.

CREW INFO
Name	Rank	Position	First Mission	Last Mission	Status
Adolph F. Fellmeth, Jr	2nd LT	Pilot	05/08/44	/ /44
Frank A. McCreary	2nd LT	Copilot	05/ /44	/ /44
William Mendelson		Navigator	05/ /44	/ /44
Henry J. Wolff		Bombardier	05/ /44	/ /44
Glenn D. Walfoort		Flight Engineer	05/ /44	/ /44
Robert H. Schmidt		Radio Operator	05/ /44	/ /44
John P. Krischak		Waist	05/ /44	/ /44
Curtis C. Viertel		Waist	05/ /44	/ /44
George Soto		Ball	05/ /44	/ /44
Dale Deffendall		Tail
Cornelius C. Felton, Jr.		Crew Chief

MISSION INFO
MISSION	DATE	NAME	ID	S/N	TYPE
Arrived		Funny Face	PT	42-52673	B24H
002	05/07/44		PK	42-52634	B24H
003	05/09/44		NO	42-52749	B24H
004	05/11/44		PK	42-52634	B24H
006	05/23/44		PK	42-xx117	B24H
007	05/24/44	Jane's Wittle Wabbit	PE	42-52751	B24H
009	05/27/44		PK	42-xx117	B24H
012	05/30/44		PK	42-xx117	B24H
014	06/04/44		PA	42-52639	B24H
016	06/06/44	Consolidated Mess	PB	42-52475	B24H
019	06/08/44	Funny Face	PJ	42-52673	B24H
023	06/15/44		PA	42-52639	B24H
025	06/17/44		TR	44-40300	B24D
026	06/20/44	Funny Face	PJ	42-52673	B24H
031	06/25/44		PK	4x-xx561	B24H
043	07/12/44		PK	4x-xx561	B24H
050	08/01/44	Marge	NL	43-38110	B17G
053	08/04/44	Old Man's Folly	PJ	43-37891	B17G
057	08/08/44	The Fertile Turtle	PG	43-37943	B17G
060	08/13/44	Old Man's Folly	PJ	43-37891	B17G
061	08/14/44	Old Man's Folly	PJ	43-37891	B17G
063	08/16/44	The Fertile Turtle	PG	43-37943	B17G
070	09/01/44	Old Man's Folly	PJ	43-37891	B17G
071	09/03/44	Old Man's Folly	PJ	43-37891	B17G
072	09/05/44	Old Man's Folly	PJ	43-37891	B17G
073	09/09/44	Old Man's Folly	PJ	43-37891	B17G
074	09/10/44	Old Man's Folly	PJ	43-37891	B17G
076	09/12/44	The Old Yard Dog	TF	42-98006	B17G
078	09/17/44	Old Man's Folly	PJ	43-37891	B17G
079	09/19/44	Old Man's Folly	PJ	43-37891	B17G
Completed 30 Missions

Created 09/09/99	Modified 12/04/19
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