During the transfer to Sudbury, England, the Morris' crew experienced carburator problems on the south Atlantic leg and nearly had to ditch. Turned out there was sabotage to the float on #3 engine and we had to lay over a day for a carburator change. -George W. Pray |
| CREW INFO | |||||
| Name/TD> | Rank | Position | First Mission | Last Mission | Status |
| Morris D White | Pilot | 05/08/44 | 09/19/44 | Finished tour. 33 missions | |
| Leo J. Moffatt | Copilot | 05/08/44 | 09/17/44 | Finished tour. 38 missions. | |
| Roy G. Maurer | Navigator | 05/08/44 | 10/25/44 | Finished tour. 33 missions. | |
| James F. Taylor | LT | Bombardier | 05/08/44 | 10/17/44 | Finished tour. 35 missions. |
| Dante F. Bernini | SGT | Flight Engineer | 05/08/44 | 09/12/44 | Finished tour. 35 missions. |
| Merle E. Tisinger | Radio Operator | 05/08/44 | 06/15/44 | Unknown. Six missions. | |
| Marion M. Cassel | Tail | 05/08/44 | 08/19/44 | Unknown. 29 missions | |
| James C. Tarwater | Top | 05/08/44 | 09/12/44 | Finished tour. 33 missions. | |
| Jack M. Truxell | Ball | 05/08/44 | 08/25/44 | Finished tour. 29 missions. | |
| Harold "Bud" Schwarz | Nose | 05/08/44 | 08/25/44 | Finished tour. 30 missions. | |
| George W. Pray | T/SGT | Crew Chief | |||
| MISSION INFO | |||||
| Mission | Date | Name/TD> | ID | S/N | Type |
| 002 | 05/07/44 | Blazing Betsy | PL | 42-52695 | B24H |
| 003 | 05/09/44 | Twentieth Century Wolf | NM | 42-52483 | B24H |
| 006 | 05/23/44 | Blazing Betsy | PL | 42-52695 | B24H |
| 007 | 05/24/44 | Blazing Betsy | PL | 42-52695 | B24H |
| 009 | 05/27/44 | Blazing Betsy | PL | 42-52695 | B24H |
| 011 | 05/29/44 | Blazing Betsy | PL | 42-52695 | B24H |
| 012 | 05/30/44 | Blazing Betsy | PL | 42-52695 | B24H |
| 014 | 06/04/44 | Blazing Betsy | PL | 42-52695 | B24H |
| 015 | 06/06/44 | Blazing Betsy | PL | 42-52695 | B24H |
| 018 | 06/07/44 | Blazing Betsy | PL | 42-52695 | B24H |
| 019 | 06/08/44 | Blazing Betsy | PL | 42-52695 | B24H |
| 022 | 06/14/44 | Blazing Betsy | PL | 42-52695 | B24H |
| 023 | 06/15/44 | Blazing Betsy | PL | 42-52695 | B24H |
| 026 | 06/20/44 | Blazing Betsy | PL | 42-52695 | B24H |
| 028 | 06/22/44 | Blazing Betsy | PL | 42-52695 | B24H |
| 032 | 06/27/44 | Blazing Betsy | PL | 42-52695 | B24H |
| 033 | 06/28/44 | PH | 42-52681 | B24H | |
| 034 | 06/29/44 | Blazing Betsy | PL | 42-52695 | B24H |
| 035 | 06/30/44 | PK | 4x-xx561 | B24H | |
| 038 | 07/04/44 | PC | 42-52663 | B24H | |
| 040 | 07/06/44 | Sagittarias | PP | 41-29400 | B24H |
| 043 | 07/12/44 | Blazing Betsy | PL | 42-52695 | B24H |
| 044 | 07/14/44 | PK | 4x-xx561 | B24H | |
| 045 | 07/17/44 | PA | 42-52639 | B24H | |
| 046 | 07/18/44 | Blazing Betsy | PL | 42-52695 | B24H |
| 050 | 08/01/44 | Lady V | PK | 43-37856 | B17G |
| 064 | 08/18/44 | Lady V | PK | 43-37856 | B17G |
| 066 | 08/25/44 | Lady V | PK | 43-37856 | B17G |
| 071 | 09/03/44 | Easy Movement | PL | 43-38041 | B17G |
| 073 | 09/09/44 | Lady V | PK | 43-37856 | B17G |
| 079 | 09/19/44 | Lady V | PK | 43-37856 | B17G |
| Completed 33 Missions | |||||
| Created: 10/10/99 | Modified: 12/04/19 |
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