Name | Anstead, William Warren ‡ |
Rank | Sergeant / Staff Sergeant |
Serial Number | 35562865 ‡ |
Unit Assignments |
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Duty | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner / Flexible Gunner |
MOS | 748 - Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer |
Last Duty Date | 5 September 1944 |
Results | Wounded In Action |
Decorations | Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross after completing 25 combat missions.
Awarded the Air Medal and three Oak Leaf Clusters for completing 20 combat missions. Awarded the Purple Heart Medal for wounds received on 24 April 1944 per General Orders #66, Headquarters, 1st Bomb Division dated 3 May 1944. |
Additional Information |
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Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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26⇗ | 27 September 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑5051⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
--⇗ | 30 October 1943 |
Target: Marshaling Yard Type: Transportation Location: Geilenkirchen, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑3429⇗ |
Maj. Gilmore Sortie Report⇗ |
34⇗ | 3 November 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Wilhelmshafen, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑3429⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 41-24560. Sortie Report⇗ |
43⇗ | 16 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑39784⇗ |
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report⇗ |
44⇗ | 20 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area/Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
45⇗ | 22 December 1943 |
Target: Steel Shops/Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Osnabrück, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑39784⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
48⇗ | 31 December 1943 |
Target: Blockade Runner 'Orsone' (name of ship) Type: Transportation Location: [Mouth of River Garonne], France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑29703⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Kimbolton. Sortie Report⇗ |
55⇗ | 29 January 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Parts Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑39784⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Lead group. Turned back at 1007 hrs because #3 engine was throwing oil and caught fire. Sortie Report⇗ |
56⇗ | 30 January 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗ |
57⇗ | 3 February 1944 |
Target: Submarines (under construction) Type: Submarine Facility Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
58⇗ | 4 February 1944 |
Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 41‑24560⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High group, 41st B Combat Wing. Sortie Report⇗ |
59⇗ | 5 February 1944 |
Target: Bricy Aerodrome, Luftwaffe Training and Bomber Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Orleans, France |
Ball Turret | 41‑24560⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
60⇗ | 6 February 1944 |
Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France |
Ball Turret | 41‑24560⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
63⇗ | 20 February 1944 |
Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41A Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
64⇗ | 21 February 1944 |
Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Werl, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑31235⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Attlebridge on return due to technical failure. Sortie Report⇗ |
65⇗ | 22 February 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑31235⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off 41A Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
68⇗ | 28 February 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France |
Ball Turret | 42‑3440⇗ |
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report⇗ |
69⇗ | 2 March 1944 |
Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant and Machine Shop Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑29723⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
70⇗ | 3 March 1944 |
Target: Roller-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑31364⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
75⇗ | 16 March 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑31435⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy, high group, 40th B Composite Combat Wing. Sortie Report⇗ |
76⇗ | 18 March 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑37785⇗ |
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report⇗ |
77⇗ | 19 March 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-2 Storage and Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Wizernes, France |
Ball Turret | 42‑31495⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
78⇗ | 20 March 1944 |
Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑31235⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
79⇗ | 22 March 1944 |
Target: Heinkel Aircraft Assembly Plant at Annahof Airfield Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑31346⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
80⇗ | 23 March 1944 |
Target: Airdrome and Airpark Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Gütersloh, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑31364⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Composite high group lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
81⇗ | 24 March 1944 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑31346⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
82⇗ | 26 March 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Grismont, Rebecques, France |
Ball Turret | 42‑31364⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
83⇗ | 27 March 1944 |
Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Tours & Chartres, France |
Ball Turret | 42‑31235⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 94 Group, Low Squadron Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
85⇗ | 29 March 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑31235⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead. Landed away at Kimbolton, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗ |
87⇗ | 10 April 1944 |
Target: Evere Airfield (50°54'3"N 4°20'9"E) Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium |
Ball Turret | 42‑31346⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
88⇗ | 11 April 1944 |
Target: FW Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Sorau, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑31346⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead, high composite group. Sortie Report⇗ |
90⇗ | 18 April 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑31346⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
91⇗ | 19 April 1944 |
Target: Fieseler Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel (Waldau), Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑31346⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
93⇗ | 22 April 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
94⇗ | 24 April 1944 |
Target: Dornier-Werke GMBH Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑31495⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed with wounded crewmen aboard. Sortie Report⇗ |