Sandy Wilson’s Research Data

Sandy Wilson’s Research Data

From: Mike@445BG.org
To: pebbles1653@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: Earl T. Doggett
Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 08:28:11 -0700

Hi Sandy –

Thanks for your inquiry about your uncle.  His name appears in the overseas movement orders for crew #77 which was piloted by 2^nd Lt Earl G. Metcalf. They flew a B-24H-1 CF aircraft, tail number 41-29118 named Nine Yanks and a Jerk over to England arriving on the 25^th of November, 1943.  He flew 6 operational missions, including the one he was lost on. I’m attaching a page from the Missing Air crew Report listing the crew and the circumstances of their loss. According to the report, they were last sighted leaving the English coast heading to an assembly point. The Lead Bombardier’s report from the bombing mission of 2 Feb 44 reports that 42-7523 wasn’t seen in the formation from the beginning of the mission. The following list of missions are the ones he flew:

No.	Date	Target	Target Description	Sent	Lost
1	12/13/43	Kiel, Germany	Port area, dock, shipyard, submarine pens	15	0
4	12/22/43	Osnabrück, Germany	Railroad marshalling yard	26	2
7	12/31/43	St. Jean D’Angely, France	German airfield	22	0
9	01/05/44	Kiel, Germany	Port area, dock, shipyard, submarine pens	23	1
13	01/21/44	Bonnieres, France	V-1 flying bomb launch site	29	0
16	02/02/44	Siracourt, France	V-1 flying bomb launch site	28	2

If I can be of further assistance, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,

Michael S. Simpson

Unit Historian, 445^th Bomb Group (H)

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