Rosencrans - #7/271
Rosencrans, Gordon W., Jr., Pilot
Windham, Samuel H., Co-Pilot
Jaros, Arthur C. Jr., Navigator
Besser, Victor H., Bombardier
Anthony, John D., Gunner
Haynes, Harry L., Gunner
Houck, Roy V., Engineer/Gunner
Martin, Winfield D., Gunner
McCullough, Howard E., Gunner
Whisenant, Jesse M., Radio Operator/Gunner
I received the following Individual Flight Record for Victor H. Besser from his daughter, Jo Ann Pfaff. Although not all of the crew necessarily flew the same missions, this should be pretty close.
Date | Destination | Flight Time |
7-16-44 | Wiener Neudorf Aircraft Engine Factory, Austria | 7:35 |
7-18-44 | Manzell Dornierwerke Aircraft Components Factory near Friedrichshafen, Germany | 5:10 |
7-21-44 | Brux Synthetic Oil Refinery, Czechoslovakia | 7:10 |
7-22-44 | Romana Americana Oil Refinery, Ploesti, Roumania | 6:55 |
7-23-44 | Troop Concentrations at Pljevlja, Prejepolje, Sjenica, and Andrijevica, Yugoslavia | 5:40 |
7-24-44 | 3:10 | |
7-29-44 | 3:10 | |
7-31-44 | Bucharest, Prahova Oil Refinery, Roumania | 7:20 |
8-2-44 | Avignon Railroad Bridge, France | 7:50 |
8-6-44 | 3:15 | |
8-7-44 | Blechhammer South Oil Refinery, Germany | 7:50 |
8-9-44 | Almasfuzito Oil Refinery, Hungary | 7:05 |
8-10-44 |
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2:10 |
8-12-44 | 1:10 | |
8-13-44 | Genoa Gun Positions, Italy | 6:30 |
8-14-44 | Genoa Gun Positions near Frejus, France | 5:50 |
8-16-44 | 1:40 | |
8-17-44 | Ploesti Romana Americana Oil Refinery, Roumania | 8:15 |
8-18-44 | Alibunar Airdrome, Yugoslavia | 5:30 |
8-19-44 | 2:30 | |
8-21-44 | 3:00 | |
8-23-44 | Markersdorf Airdrome, St. Polten, Austria | 7:00 |