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DONALD F. DeCAMP CREW - 358th BS
B-17F #42-30181 Lover Boy (335BS/95BG(H) OE-X
(pilot assigned 358BS: 08 July 1943 - photo: June 1943)
(DeCamp assigned 358BS: 8 July 1943 - Photo: June 1943)
(Upgraded from CoPilot, F/O Elmo E. Clark, Crew, to Pilot: 07 September 1943)

(Back L-R) 2Lt William B. Harper (CP)(2); 2Lt Ralph M. Haddock (N);
2Lt Donald F. DeCamp (P)(1); 2Lt Robert E. Galbraith (B);
S/Sgt Charles R. Doback (WG)(5)

(Front L-R) S/Sgt Richard J. Tracy (WG);
S/Sgt Gustaf J. Simon (TG)(3); T/Sgt Curtis O. Brooke (R)(4);
S/Sgt William C. Jenkins (TG)(5); T/Sgt William T. Hembree (E)

  1. DeCamp (P) - Flew nine missions as CoPilot on the F/O Elmo E. Clark crew (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 63, 66, 67, 69). Upgraded from CoPilot to Pilot. Flew sixteen missions as 1st Pilot with six different CoPilots (68, 70, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86, 87, 88, 97) - Seven missions with 2Lt Aubrey L. Emerson as CoPilot. Completed twenty-five mission combat tour on 7 January 1944. Captain DeCamp was CoPilot on the flight to the USA on 20 January 1944 in B-17F #41-24577 Hell's Angels (358th BS) VK-D, following its 48th Mission and subsquent tour of the USA.
  2. Harper (CP) - Was killed in action on 20 October 1943 mission #79 to Duren, Germany B-17F #41-24629 (no name) (358BS) while flying as CoPilot on the Lt J.W. Hembry Crew.
  3. Simon (TG) - Was killed in action on 24 February 1944 mission #112 to Schweinfurt, Germany in B-17 #42-31239 (no name) (358BS) VK-N while Flying as Ball Turret Gunner with the Lt. Marshall L. Smith Crew.
  4. Brooke (R ) - Became a POW on 19 August 1943 mission #61 to Gilze Netherlands in B-17 #42-3192 (no name) (358BS) VK-G while flying as Radio Operator with the 358BS 1Lt J.S. Nix crew.
  5. Doback (WG) & Jenkins (TG) - Sixth and last combat mission 24 August 1943. Transferred out of 358th BS on 22 February 1945.

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[photo from the 303rdBGA Archives]
[Researched by 303rdBGA Historian Harry D. Gobrecht]