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Posted by Alan Morton Pilot - Robert M. Krumm Then Hap proceeded to check the loading lists and found the ONLY mission that Hrubos flew with Krumm was Mission #6 on March 3rd, 1944. He never flew another mission with Krumm although Krumm flew 25 missions after that till June 21st. Hrubos flew with the Breit crew for the rest of his 14 missions. The last on JUNE 29th, 1944. So Hrubos could NOT have been with Krumm in Sweden on June 21st. The last mission that Hrubos flew was on June 29th, 1944 and that was with the Breit crew. An excerpt from the narrative description of the Breit mission of June 29th is as follows. Hrubos was aboard this flight: "Eight craft of the low box bombed a target of opportunity, the railroad marshalling yards at Wittenberge, with good results. The craft piloted by Lt. Norman Breit encountered considerable flak. Thinking the craft was going down, three of the crew bailed out. Intense and accurate flak was encountered and fifteen craft sustained damage." Apparently the rest of the crew returned to Glatton since Breit completed 27 missions, the last on July 28th. Summary: My guess is that he was a POW in Germany and was one of those who bailed out on the Breit mission of June 29th. It is strange that he flew his first mission with Krumm on March 3rd (mission No 6) but then did not fly another mission until Mission No 59 on June 4th and from that time on he flew with the Breit Crew. He did not fly for nearly 3 months after his first mission. (Maybe this is the time he was in the hospital for an injury). This record shows that a Charles J. Hrubos, s/n 36279812 (Residence Wisconsin), 457th Bomb Group, was a POW at Stalag Luft, was liberated and repatriated at wars end.
on 5/7/2007, 1:46 pm, in reply to "Charles Hrubos"
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Here's a surprise Marie ... Hap Reese, this Web Site creator and its Web Master looked up another source (MACR records) of WWII, 8th Air Force, 457th Bomb Group and advises that the following Flight Crew flying Aircraft s/n 42-107015 was the actual crew that landed in Sweden on June 21, 1944:
Copilot - Leo R. Green
Navigator - Frank E. Vandevelde
Togoleer - Anthonh J. Tozzi
Eng/TT Gunner - Joseph L. Hibbs
Radio Operator - Harold A. Dussau
Ball Turret - Robert Bridges
Tail Gunner - James M. Cole
Waist Gunner - Marion L. Belt, jr.
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