The 24th. of May 1944

Pilot CaptainRobert Blaine ClayBrigham CityUtah
Co pilot1st. Lt.Frank HattenRangerTexas
Navigator1st. Lt.Marshall Ray PullenPittsburgTexas
Bombardier1st. Lt.George Walker ArnoldSeattleWashington
Top turretT/Sgt.Charles Bernard JilcottSpokaneWashington
Radio T/Sgt.Frank Heward BelsingerPhiladelphiaPennsylvania
Left waistS/Sgt.Daniel Harvey SurpriseWichitaKansas
Right waistS/Sgt.Franklin Leroy TravisNewtonNorthCarolina
Ball TurretS/Sgt.Michael De’MarieWhite PlainsNew York
Tail gunner1st. Lt.James Hareld WimmerOmaha Nebraska
351st. Bomb Group509th. Bomb Squadron

B-17G 42-38005 ”Stormy Weather” missions

 Mission No. Date 1944Target Pilot
121/1V-bombe site Lt. D. E. McCafferty
229/1FrankfurtLt. M. A. Brooksby  
330/1BrunswickLt. C. E. Wolcott  
44/2FrankfurtLt. R. B. Clay
511/2FrankfurtLt. T. E. Myers
620/2Leipzig Lt. M. A. Brooksby  
72/3FrankfurtLt. M. A. Brooksby  
84/3BonnLt. W. R. Logan  
96/3BerlinLt. A. Bartzocas  
1018/3LandsbergLt. M. A. Brooksby  
1127/3ToursLt. W. R. Logan  
1211/4ArnimswaldeLt. C. E. Wolcott
1319/4KasselLt. M. A. Brooksby  (Mission leader)
1420/4V-Bomb siteCap. D. L. Harris  
1522/4HammLt. J. S. Nesmith  
1626/4BrunswickCap. R. B. Clay  (Mission leader)
1727/4V-Bomb siteCap. M. A. Brooksby  
181/5V-Bomb siteLt. P. G. Anderson  
194/5BerlinCap. M. A. Brooksby  
207/5BerlinCap. R. B. Clay
219/5LuxemburgCap. M. A. Brooksby (Mission leader)
22245BerlinCap. R. B. Clay (Mission leader)

                                                                            

Mission 18

Two missions flown that day. Cap. R. B. Clay was mission leader on B-17 with serial no. 42-97193

“Star Duster”

Mission 19

Weather recall, mission credited