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Theodore W. Helweg

HometownChicago, IL

Joined 330th Sqdn., 93rd Bomb Group in October 1944. Flew 24 missions as wingman or deputy lead with one abort (caused by a ruptured Napalm bomb in the bomb bay at altitude). On an emergency diversion to a fighter base with short steel-mat runways, made a remarkable short-field landing, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross for the landing — though the base commander greeted him with "You SOB, look what you did to my runway." Crew safely completed their tour despite flak holes, lost engines, and close calls.

Completed Tour

Sortie Log

10 CATALOGUED SORTIES
03 FEB 1945 — 15 APR 1945

The sorties below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.

8AF Mission
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 817
03 FEB 1945
Magdeburg/RothenseeO/I
Eephus42-95254
№ 821
06 FEB 1945
MagdeburgM/Y
42-95284
№ 839
21 FEB 1945
Target unrecorded
Eephus42-95254
№ 841
22 FEB 1945
Target unrecorded
Eephus42-95254
№ 877
10 MAR 1945
Target unrecorded
44-50502
№ 894
18 MAR 1945
Berlin/HenningsdorfAFV/V
44-50702
№ 913
25 MAR 1945
BuckenO/D
44-50702
№ 920
31 MAR 1945
Target unrecorded
44-50702
№ 935
09 APR 1945
Target unrecorded
Misschief42-94880
№ 951
15 APR 1945
Target unrecorded
Position ① (lead or element position marker)
44-50702
§ Personal Record
Before the War

Born Oct. 3, 1924 in Chicago, IL. Pilot training at Wichita Falls, San Antonio (SACC), Ballinger, and Sherman, TX; received pilot wings at Houston, TX on April 15, 1944. B-24 transition at Fort Worth; crew training at Mountain Home, ID.