Many valuable accounts and interviews have been generously left behind by these veterans of the Kassel Mission. All are riveting. The diary of S/Sgt. Herbert R. Schwartz, below, stands out among these.
B24J #42-50784 (Hardstand 7) Call Letter D+ (Dog)
HIGH RIGHT ELEMENT
Crash-landed at Metz-Frescaty Airfield, France
This is the original crew of Lt. John French. Back row, L to R: Lt. John French, pilot; Lt. Claude Switzler, bombardier; Lt. Robert Tims, navigator; Lt. Robert Cochran, copilot. Front row, L to R: Sgt. Calvin Hayward, gunner; Sgt. --- Moynnihan, Engineer; Sgt. David Greenley, gunner; Sgt. Mitchell O'Kelly, radio operator; Sgt. --- Ostertag, tail gunner; Sgt. Harold Winand, gunner. Picture was 'probably taken in the U.S. before they were shipped overseas.' Of this crew, the only ones to participate in the Kassel Mission were French, Cochran, Tims, and Greenley. On Sept. 14, 1944, 1st Lt. Claude Switzler is listed as nose turret navigator on the crew of Capt. R. C. Antonsen, 700th Sq., 445th BG.
