S/Sgt. James Lafayette Holloway's Diary

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S/Sgt. James Lafayette Holloway's Diary
Tail Gunner 601st Squadron

The Womeldurf Crew

After a little over 50 years I had lost contact with all my old crew. One day I went to my computer and started to search. I found that three of them was dead, Lynn W. Barnes, nose gunner; Clarence W. Bridges, Engineer and top turret gunner; Glen S. Gagon, navigator. The rest of the crew I contacted and as of now am in contact with all except the Pilot who I haven’t heard from in almost a year.

Following is a list of my crew members as I have it, with their serial numbers, rank and position flown.

**Wolmendurf Crew**
Name	Position	Serial #	MOS
First Lt. James Womeldurf	Pilot	0799911	1091
Lt. Robert R. Taylor	Co-Pilot	T62943	1051
Captain Glen S. Gagon	Navigator	0666648	1036
T/Sgt. Clarence W. Bridges	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	39044537	748
T/Sgt. Ronald F. Moon Sr.	Radio man / Gunner	32746965	757
T/Sgt. Edward Kilgore	Radio man (replacement) Gunner	13096789	757
S/Sgt. Lynn W. Barnes	Nose Gunner	14202995	612
S/Sgt. Donald J. Burritt	Ball Turret Gunner	16108074	611
S/Sgt Marvin J. Wood	Waist Gunner	39923232	611
S/Sgt. James L. Holloway	Tail Gunner	39923016	611

We had different men fly co-pilot and navigator during our tour and a 2nd Lt. William S. Hartsell Jr., ser: # 0783763, MOS 1051 flew co-pilot on our trip home from England. The airplane we flew home in was a B-17G, ser:# 44-8031 which we left at Bradley Field.

James Lafayette Holloway
January 2003

Notes:

S/Sgt. James Lafayette Holloway was the tail gunner on James Womeldurf's 601st Squadron crew.
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