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Copyright 401st BGA
Capt Gaston M. Fox Crew #1
Gaston Fox
"Heaven Can Wait"
Back Row:
(L to R) Gerald Blaise, Leonard Mendelson, Gaston Fox, Darrell Wilson.
Front Row:
Jerome Sabel, Duane Brandt, Charles Sierra, Allen Brown, Cecil Estes, Joseph Gallas.
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Crewman
Role
Status
Capt Gaston M. Fox
Pilot
POW
1st Lt Francis W. Hoad
Copilot
POW
2nd Lt Darrell D. Wilson
Navigator
POW
2nd Lt Leonard J. Mendelson
Bombardier
POW
T/Sgt Duane G. Brandt
Radio Operator
KIA
T/Sgt Allen D. Brown
Engr / Top Turret
KIA
Sgt Donald W. Van Boovan
Ball Turret Gunner
POW
Sgt Cecil C. Estess
Tail Gunner
KIA
Sgt Joseph Gallas
Left Waist Gunner
KIA
Sgt Charles P. Sierra
Right Waist Gunner
POW
Recorded Missions
#
Date
Mission
Aircraft
1
11/26/1943
Bremen (#1)
(Unknown)
2
12/01/1943
Solingen (#2)
42-31087 Boche Buster
3
12/05/1943
Paris (#3)
42-31087 Boche Buster
4
12/22/1943
Osnabruck (#7)
42-31087 Boche Buster
5
12/24/1943
Gorenflos (#8)
42-31087 Boche Buster
6
12/30/1943
Ludwigshaven (#9)
42-31087 Boche Buster
7
12/31/1943
Cognac (#10)
42-31087 Boche Buster
8
01/14/1944
Gorenflos (#15)
42-38033 Man O War
9
01/21/1944
Notre Dame de Ferme (#16)
42-31087 Boche Buster
10
02/03/1944
Wilhelmshaven (#19)
42-31662 Fancy Nancy IV
11
02/04/1944
Frankfurt (#20)
42-31593 Carrie B
12
02/11/1944
Frankfurt (#23)
42-38033 Man O War
13
02/21/1944
Lippstadt (#25)
42-31087 Boche Buster
14
02/22/1944
Oschersleben (#26)
42-31087 Boche Buster
15
03/02/1944
Frankfurt (#29)
42-31891 The Shape
16
03/06/1944
Berlin/Templin (#32)
42-31891 The Shape
17
03/09/1944
Berlin (#34)
42-31891 The Shape
18
03/11/1944
Munster (#35)
42-31891 The Shape
19
03/23/1944
Ahlen (#42)
42-31511 Fool's Luck III
20
03/24/1944
Schweinfurt (#43)
42-31891 The Shape
21
03/27/1944
Tours (#45)
42-31891 The Shape
22
04/09/1944
Marienburg (#47)
42-107039 Ice Cold Katy
23
04/10/1944
Brussels (#48)
42-31511 Fool's Luck III