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MISSIONS NOTES
of
COMPLETE AND INCOMPETE
RAIDS ON TARGETS OF JAPAN
by
S/SGT ALBERT L. FIERRO
LEFT GUNNER

The following mission notes were transcribed by the Fierro family from S/Sgt Albert L. Fierro's handwritten mission notes as they were written in 1945 - no gramatic or spelling corrections have been made.

CREW MEMBERS
of
Plane #265365 CREW #41

“HELLS BELLE” – “CITY OF WILMINGTON”

COMBAT CREW

AIRPLANE COMMANDER:
Major Harold G. McNeese
Fort Wayne, Indiana

PILOT:
1st Lt. Edward L. Olsen
San Francisco, California

BOMBARDIER:
1st Lt. Robert J. Breitbarth
Salt Lake City, Utah

NAVIGATOR:
1st Lt. Homer D. Martin
Montrose, West Virginia

RADAR OPERATOR:
2nd Lt. Carl L. Davenport
Fairview, Missouri

FLIGHT ENGINEER:
M/Sgt. Thomas L. Johnson
Fort Ogdon, Florida

RADIO OPERATOR:
S/Sgt. Frederick W. Levesque
Barre, Vermont

C.F.C. GUNNER:
S/Sgt. Hugh G. Roberts
Corbin, Kentucky

RIGHT GUNNER:
S/Sgt. William B. Haas
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania

TAIL GUNNER:
Sgt Vincent F. Dunleavy
Scranton, Pennsylvania

GROUND CREW MEMBERS


CREW CHIEF:
P. F. McALLEN
Fannettsburg, Pennsylvania

ASST CREW CHIEF and NO. 3 ENGINE:
Willis J. Spray
Sheridan, Arkansas

OF NO. 1 ENGINE:
Allen D. Guthrie
Iowa, Park, Texas

OF NO. 2 ENGINE:
Paul F. Heffner
Muncie, Indiana

OF NO. 4 ENGINE:
Ralph R. Mattson
Quincy, Massachusetts


Continued

62nd Squadron Crew Index
Source: A. L. Fierro, Left Gunner