![]() ![]() One may unKderstand why the merital status is so declared upon discovering that none of us was ever wounded. You, I'm sure, must know of the museum located adjacent to the Cleveland International Airport. There is a photograph, which highlights this, and it hangs in the 100th Heavy Bombardment Group's museum. Noordyk, was the first crew in the iOOth that completed thirty missions intact. So far, no luck in selling any of the novels, six to date, and I remain just an old frustrated novelist. In my retirement I have turned to writing, novels in a sense, and have written a novel entitled "The Endangered Race" that has within its contents true incidents that happened during my tenure with the One Hundreth Heavy Bombardment Group. Incidently, although I am an old fogy, my memory is intact. From there, I shall reply as much as I can to your question. First, permit me to correct several errors which appeared in the article pertaining to yours truly. Up 'til now, I had not seen the article ("Splasher Six") to which you referred and were kind enough to include in your epistle. Your letter of the second and its contents was both a revelation and startling to this old man. KRZESINKI (POSEN) RECALLED) 32009 BLACK CAT 13ġ0. LUDWIGSHAFEN (RECALLED) 32009 BLACK CAT 13 LT P 32009 "BLACK CAT 13" NANTES (BRIDGES) LT P 31049 SUPERSTITIOUS ALOYSIOUS BERLIN LT P 32009 "BLACK CAT 13" POSEN / ROSTOCK T.O. LT P 32009 "BLACK CAT 13" RHEIMS/ CHAMPAGNE LT P 32009 "BLACK CAT 13" KRZESINKI (POSEN) LT P 32009 "BLACK CAT 13" QUACKENBRUCK (SCRB) LT P 32009 "BLACK CAT 13" LUDWIGSHAFEN/RECALLED LT P 32009 "BLACK CAT 13" BRUNSWICK/ WAGGUM It has been said that this plane was called Buffalo Gal, this is not correct, this aircraft was called "Black Cat 13".ĭate Crew Nbr Mission Nbr Last Name Initial Rank Position Aircraft Nbr Target Eight men were KIA with only the Waist Gunner surviving the mid air. It was involved in a Mid Air collision with AC 42-97621 Flying 009 that day was 2nd Lt Albert Spear, the crew had only been there a few days when this mid air occurred. It was MIA over Brussels on July 28, 1944. "Apparently he went to Major Kidd and told him he wasn't risking his crew with a bunch of rookies in the middle of the night."Īircraft 42-32009 was assigned to the 100th Bomb Group, 350th Squadron (LN-X) on February 14, 1944. They eventually went back to their barracks and found out the pilot had Everyone showed up at the plane except the pilot. No short cuts." He told me that after 20 missions they got orders to fly a night training with a bunch In his words " He was strictly by the book. S/Sgt Himpel credits his pilot for the whole crew flying 25 missions without any problems. Crew joined late Feb or early March 1944 and flew "BLACK CAT 13" CREW IS SHOWN AS CREW #17 ON THE COMBAT CREW ROSTER OF THE DATE THEY GARDNER TG CPT 07 JUN 44 NANTESģ50TH SQDN. ![]()
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