William A. Webber Crew

The crew of the Miss Fitt trained together in Florida, summer of 1944:

Back row L-to-R:

Sgt. Harold F. Francis (top turret), Lt. Felix D. Wellman, 1st Lt. William A. Webber (pilot), 1st Lt. Raymond O. Wood, Jr. (co-pilot), Lt. Thomas A. Pickett (navigator).

Front row L-to-R: Sgt. Robert Krozer, Sgt. W. Norman Scarffe (waist gunner), Sgt. James F. Berkeley, Sgt. Raymond Wetherbee (with his dog Deacon), Sgt. R. Brock.

The new B-17 was delivered to Savannah on 31 August 1944 and was named the Miss Fitt. In my father's small flight diary, it was referred to as Ship 459, apparently the last 3 numerals in the ID number of the plane. The crew departed from Savannah on 12 Sept., stopping at Grineer, Goose Bay, Iceland, Valley, Stone, and finally Kimbolton. This was one of the rare opportunities where a crew delivered and was assigned to the ship they flew overseas. - Judy Webber Hathaway - daughter of Pilot Lt William Webber

Below is the Crew Loading list for their mission on Swamp Fire

Mission Number: 246 for the 379th flown on 12/2/1944

Target City: Oberlahnstein , Germany

Target: Marshalling Yards

Harold F Francis Tech Sergeant Engineer/Top Turret Gunner

Albert J Lowman Staff Sergeant Tail Gunner

Thomas A Pickett 2nd Lieutenant Navigator

William N Scarffe Staff Sergeant Waist Gunner

Bennie Ward Staff Sergeant Ball Turret Gunner

William A Webber 1st Lieutenant Pilot

Raymond O Wood Jr. 2nd Lieutenant Co-Pilot

William V Sweatt Tech Sergeant Nose Gunner/TogglierJames

F Berkley Tech Sergeant Radio Operator/Gunner