b24_207.jpg (8150 bytes)O'BRIAN CREW
(was O'Neill crew)
207th Squadron


CREW NOTES
  Pilot Co-Pilot Bombardier Navigator Nose
Gunner
Engineer Radio
Operator
Waist
Gunner
Belly
Gunner
Tail
Gunner
1 O'Neill White Fairchild Scott x McPherson Perera Clark O'Reily McGuinness
2 O'Neill White Fairchild Scott x McPherson Perera Clark O'Reily McGuinness
3 O'Neill White Fairchild Scott x McPherson Perera Clark O'Reily McGuinness
4 O'Neill White Fairchild Scott
(LW)
x McPherson Perera Clark
(LW)
O'Reily McGuinness
5 O'Neill White Fairchild Scott
(KIA)
(2-109)
x McPherson Perera Clark O'Reily McGuinness
6 O'Neill
(LW)
White Fairchild Poindexter x McPherson
(109)
Perera Clark O'Reily McGuinness
(110)
7 O'Neill White Fairchild Poindexter x McPherson Perera Clark
(KIA)
O'Reily
(KIA)
McGuinness
(KIA)
8 O'Neill White Fairchild Poindexter x McPherson Perera
(LW)
Green
(LW)
White Merry
(KIA)
9 O'Neill White
(LW)
Fairchild Poindexter x McPherson Perera Green White Baker
10 O'Neill White Fairchild
(LW)
Poindexter x McPherson Perera Green White Baker
11 O'Neill
(LW)
White
(LW)
Fairchild Poindexter x McPherson
(109)
Perera
(KIA)
Green White Baker
(110)
16 O'Neill
(SW)
White Fairchild Poindexter x McPherson Fokker Green White Baker
17 O'Brian White Fairchild Poindexter x McPherson Fokker Green White Baker

 

MISSION NOTES
  Target Type Aim Damage Notes
1 Abbeville, FR airfield Off 0%  
2 Vegasack, GE u-boats On 20%  
3 Brest, FR u-boats On 30%  
4 Lorient, FR u-boats On 50% 2 LW
5 Saarbrucken, GE industry Abort 0% Abort due to damage on way to target
6 Amsterdam, NE aircraft On 30%  
7 Amsterdam, NE aircraft On 40%  
8 Hamburg, GE oil Off 0% 1 KIA, 2 LW Aircraft written off as salvage due to damage.
9 Romilly-sur-Seine aircraft On 40% 1 LW, 4 enemy aircraft shot down
10 La Rochelle, FR industry On  40%  1 LW, 4 enemy aircraft shot down
11 Gadames, Libya fortification Off 5% 1 KIA, 2 LW, 2 enemy aircraft shot down
16 Tours, FR airfield On 30% 1 SW sent home, 4 enemy aircraft shot down

 

PERSONNEL RECORD
Name Rank Position Date of
Assignment
Status Missions Kills Notes
N.
O'Brian
1LT Pilot 28 Aug 43   0 0  
Liam
O'Neill
1LT Pilot 10 Aug 42 (sent
home)
12 0
Purple Heart on missions 6, 11,
and 16.
(New York)
Andrew
White
1LT Co-Pilot 10 Aug 42   12 0 Purple Heart with Bronze Cluster
Purple Heart on mission 9
and mission 11.
(California)
Norman
Fairchild II
1LT Bombardier 10 Aug 42   12 1 Purple Heart
Purple Heart on mission 10.
Promoted 03 Mar 43.
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(Tennessee)
Jacob
Poindexter
2LT Navigator 02 Jan 43   7 0 (Pennsylvania)
Andrew
Scott
1LT Navigator 10 Aug 42 KIA 5 2

Purple Heart with Bronze Cluster
Purple Heart on mission 4.
Killed on mission 5.
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(Michigan)

Hamish
McPherson
MSG Engineer 10 Aug 42   13 7
Received Air Medal on mission 10.

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(New Jersey)
Norman
Fokker
SGT Radio Operator 09 Mar 43   1 0 (Ohio)
Jose
Perera
SSG Radio Operator 10 Aug 42 KIA 11 0 Purple Heart with Bronze Cluster
Purple Heart on mission 8.
Killed on mission 11.
Promoted 03 Mar 43.
(Maryland)
Peter
Green
SGT Waist Gunner 23 Jan 43   5 1 Purple Heart
Purple Heart on mission 8.
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(Washington)
Robert
Clark
SGT Waist Gunner 10 Aug 42 KIA 7 0 Purple Heart with Bronze Cluster
Purple Heart on mission 4 KIA and mission 7.
(California)
Eric
White
SGT Belly Gunner 23 Jan 43   5 0 (Illinois)
"Tiny"
O'Reily
SGT Belly Gunner 10 Aug 42 KIA 7 0 Purple Heart
KIA on mission 7.
(Texas)
Robert
Baker
SGT Tail Gunner 11 Feb 43   4 2 Shot down b17luftwaffe.jpg (1655 bytes)b17luftwaffe.jpg (1655 bytes) -110
(Kentucky)
Douglas
Merry
SGT Tail Gunner 23 Jan 43 KIA 1 1 Purple Heart
KIA on mission 8.
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(Massachusetts)
Michael
McGuinness
SGT Tail Gunner 10 Aug 42 KIA 7 1 Purple Heart
KIA on mission 7.
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(Virginia)

 

Player:
Paul Scheepers, New Zealand