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Top, left to right: Madison A. Parker,Charles E. Plummer,Gerald D. Carlson, Evan D. Rosser, and William J. Cox. Bottom, left to right Forrest C. Clark, Rolfe H. Sheldon, Robert B. Nelson, and David W. Feldman. (A. G. Parker) |
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We arrived in later part of February of 1945. On my first mission I flew as a co-pilot with another crew. The first two missions were to bomb the Bismark, we never found the Bismark, the secondary target were the German oil fields, which we did bomb. On the mission I flew the American Beauty (04/10/45), the bombadier missed the target and I came back with 57 holes in the plane, from flack. We returned to the US with "The Short Arm." - Robert Nelson Madison Parker's Diary |
| CREW INFO | |||||
| Name | Rank | Position | First Mission | Last Mission | Status |
| Robert B. Nelson | Pilot | Completed tour. | |||
| Rolfe H. Sheldon | Co-pilot | Completed tour. | |||
| David W. Feldman | Navigator | Completed tour. | |||
| Charles E. Plummer | FE/Top | Completed tour. | |||
| Forrest C. Clark | AFE/Gunner | Completed tour. | |||
| Evan D. Rosser | Radio Operator/Waist | Completed tour. | |||
| Madison A. Parker | Asst. R/O/Gunner | Completed tour. | |||
| William J. Cox | Armorer/Gunner | Completed tour. | |||
| Gerald D. Carlson | Asst Armorer/Gunner | Completed tour. | |||
| MISSION INFO | |||||
| Mission | Date | Name | ID | S/N | Type |
| 177 | 04/03/45 | B17G | |||
| 178 | 04/04/45 | The Short Arm | NA | 44-6616 | B17G |
| 179 | 04/05/45 | Miss B. Havin | NN | 43-38859 | B17G |
| 183 | 04/10/45 | American Beauty | DG | 42-98008 | B17G |
| 184 | 04/11/45 | The Short Arm | NA | 44-6616 | B17G |
| 185 | 04/14/45 | The Short Arm | NA | 44-6616 | B17G |
| 187 | 04/16/45 | PR | 43-37800 | B17G | |
| 188 | 04/17/45 | The Short Arm | NA | 44-6616 | B17G |
| Completed 8 Missions | |||||
| Created 01/16/00 | Modified 05/24/07 |
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