The 10 man crew of “Stormy Weather”

 The 24th. of May 1944

Pilot CaptainRobert Blaine ClayBrigham CityUtah
Co pilot1st. Lt.Frank HattenRangerTexas
Navigator1st. Lt.Marshall Ray PullenPittsburgTexas
Bombardier1st. Lt.George Walker ArnoldSeattleWashington
Top turretT/Sgt.Charles Bernard JilcottSpokaneWashington
Radio T/Sgt.Frank Heward BelsingerPhiladelphiaPennsylvania
Left waistS/Sgt.Daniel Harvey SurpriseWichitaKansas
Right waistS/Sgt.Franklin Leroy TravisNewtonNorthCarolina
Ball TurretS/Sgt.Michael De’MarieWhite PlainsNew York
Tail gunner1st. Lt.James Hareld WimmerOmaha Nebraska
351st. Bomb Group509th. Bomb Squadron

B-17G 42-38005 ”Stormy Weather” missions

 Mission No. Date 1944Target Pilot
121/1V-bombe site Lt. D. E. McCafferty
229/1FrankfurtLt. M. A. Brooksby  
330/1BrunswickLt. C. E. Wolcott  
44/2FrankfurtLt. R. B. Clay
511/2FrankfurtLt. T. E. Myers
620/2Leipzig Lt. M. A. Brooksby  
72/3FrankfurtLt. M. A. Brooksby  
84/3BonnLt. W. R. Logan  
96/3BerlinLt. A. Bartzocas  
1018/3LandsbergLt. M. A. Brooksby  
1127/3ToursLt. W. R. Logan  
1211/4ArnimswaldeLt. C. E. Wolcott
1319/4KasselLt. M. A. Brooksby  (Mission leader)
1420/4V-Bomb siteCap. D. L. Harris  
1522/4HammLt. J. S. Nesmith  
1626/4BrunswickCap. R. B. Clay  (Mission leader)
1727/4V-Bomb siteCap. M. A. Brooksby  
181/5V-Bomb siteLt. P. G. Anderson  
194/5BerlinCap. M. A. Brooksby  
207/5BerlinCap. R. B. Clay
219/5LuxemburgCap. M. A. Brooksby (Mission leader)
22245BerlinCap. R. B. Clay (Mission leader)

                                                                            

Mission 18

Two missions flown that day. Cap. R. B. Clay was mission leader on B-17 with serial no. 42-97193

“Star Duster”

Mission 19

Weather recall, mission credited