Steven K. Dixon 2022
Squadron: 104 Aircraft Name: Scarecrow
Crew:
Mission AAR
Previous aircraft - Dolly with Ale - lost on mission to Mannheim.
Previous aircraft - Dolly with Ale 2 - was lost on mission to Warnemunde.
Previous Aircraft - Cynthia - lost during Rostock mission.
Previous Aircraft - Cynthia 2 lost on Lubeck Mission.
Previous aircraft - Whitby Warrior lost on Osnabruck mission
Previous Aircraft - GT-K Lost on Emden mission
Previous Aircraft - Sassy Lost on Berlin mission
Previous Aircraft - Miss Vera Lost on Bremen Mission
Previous Aircraft - Canuck - Lost on Peenemunde mission
Previous Aircraft - Bright Beach Fling - Lost on Aulnoye mission
1943
Mission 13 - Believe to have been 20% on target with bombs. Encountered three E/A: 2xMe110, 1x DO217. Damages to our a/c include heat out in Flight deck and tail gunner position. A few misc. holes in our a/c. Heat out resulted in inbound flight returning at 2000' altitude.
Mission 14 - We were bounced by an Me110 shortly after take-off. Wounded Sgt. Overby (tail gunner), knocked out tail guns, tail heat and tail oxygen. Descended to low altitude, continued mission. Encountered no other night fighters, not hit by flak, hit target with estimated 40% of our bombs. Sgt. Overby declared "fit to continue combat duties," by medical orderly who bandaged his light wound.
Mission 15 - SCARECROW had just reached high altitude when an undetected Do217 came in from 6 Low. Among the many hits, the hit to the bomb bay detonated the bombs.
Previous aircraft - Dolly with Ale - lost on mission to Mannheim.
Previous aircraft - Dolly with Ale 2 - was lost on mission to Warnemunde.
Previous Aircraft - Cynthia - lost during Rostock mission.
Previous Aircraft - Cynthia 2 lost on Lubeck Mission.
Previous aircraft - Whitby Warrior lost on Osnabruck mission
Previous Aircraft - GT-K Lost on Emden mission
Previous Aircraft - Sassy Lost on Berlin mission
Previous Aircraft - Miss Vera Lost on Bremen Mission
Previous Aircraft - Canuck - Lost on Peenemunde mission
Previous Aircraft - Bright Beach Fling - Lost on Aulnoye mission
1943
Mission 13 - Believe to have been 20% on target with bombs. Encountered three E/A: 2xMe110, 1x DO217. Damages to our a/c include heat out in Flight deck and tail gunner position. A few misc. holes in our a/c. Heat out resulted in inbound flight returning at 2000' altitude.
Mission 14 - We were bounced by an Me110 shortly after take-off. Wounded Sgt. Overby (tail gunner), knocked out tail guns, tail heat and tail oxygen. Descended to low altitude, continued mission. Encountered no other night fighters, not hit by flak, hit target with estimated 40% of our bombs. Sgt. Overby declared "fit to continue combat duties," by medical orderly who bandaged his light wound.
Mission 15 - SCARECROW had just reached high altitude when an undetected Do217 came in from 6 Low. Among the many hits, the hit to the bomb bay detonated the bombs.
Position |
Name |
Rank |
Pilot |
Lester Manchester |
Pi/Of |
Wireless |
Charles Ambleton |
CPL |
Tail Gunner |
William Overby |
SGT |
Navigator |
Horace McGill |
SGT |
Mid-Upper |
John Jones |
CPL |
Bomb Aimer |
Joseph Banks |
SGT |
Engineer |
Mark Brommer |
SGT |
Missions 1943:
Mission Number |
Target |
Result |
13 |
Bristillerie, Fr. |
On Target 20% |
14 |
Courtrai, Be. |
On Target 40% |
15 |
Meulan-les-Merleaux, Fr. |
DNB - Shot Down |
16 |
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Credited Kills: 1943
Mission No. |
ME 110 F-4 |
ME 110 G-4 |
JU 88 C-6 |
JU 88 G-7 |
DO 217 J-1 |
DO 217 N-2 |
HE 219 A-0 |
FW 190 A-5UZ |
ME 109 G-6U4N |
ME 262 B-1AU1 |
TA 154 A-0 |
DO 217 J-1 (Italy) |
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