Posted:
By: Art Seder
On: 10/05/2001
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Your uncle, Wesley Helm, was co-pilot on a crew piloted by G. L. La Fevor. Other members of the crew were J.R. Howell, Navigator; D. L. Anderson, Bombardier; C. K. Fidler, Radio Operator; B. B. Berg, Engineer/Top Turret; S. Stanford, Ball Turret; W. L. Carpenter, Tail Gunner; A. J. Hayden, Left Waist Gunner; and R. E. Bilyeu, Right Waist Gunner.
The crew flew its first mission on 1 May 1944 to Siracourt, France. Their ninth mission was flown 6 June, to Ver-Sur-mer in support of the D Day landing. Their fifteenth mission was to Berlin on 21 June.
The crew flew 30 missions in all, the last to Elbeuf on 13 August 1944. The records do not show their flying in "The Mountain Dew". However, they are shown as flying in Blue Bomb Express (25th mission), Hula Girl (26th), Betty's Revenge (27th), Madame Queen (28th)and Down 'n Go (29th). The names of the airplanes they flew on other missions are not recorded.
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