Name | Fleming, Paul Hane ‡ |
Rank | Private / Staff Sergeant |
Serial Number | 35517705 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #126 dated 23 October 1943, effective 23 October 1943. |
Duty | Tail Gunner |
MOS | 612 - Airplane Armorer / Gunner |
Last Duty Date | 24 April 1944 |
Results |
Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15 |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 4348⇓ (9.171 MB) |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
---|---|---|
2nd Lt. Mabe, Walter Breeden⇗ | Pilot | EV |
2nd Lt. Bailey, Everett Lee⇗ | Co-pilot | KIA |
2nd Lt. McKittrick, Vernon Russell⇗ | Navigator | CT |
SGT. Hopper, Hugh David⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Smith, Roger Carlton⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | POW |
SGT. Johnson, James Hansel, Jr⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | KIA |
PVT. Fleming, Paul Hane | Tail Gunner | POW |
SGT. Zink, Chester Harvey⇗ | Flexible Gunner | POW |
SGT. Folmar, Warren Alexander⇗ | Flexible Gunner | POW |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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36⇗ | 16 November 1943 |
Target: Knaben II Molybdenum Mine Type: Industry Location: Knaben, Norway |
Tail Gunner | 42‑37816⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
39⇗ | 1 December 1943 |
Target: Non-Ferrous Metals Plant Type: Industry Location: Solingen, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑29828⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37816. Sortie Report⇗ |
40⇗ | 5 December 1943 |
Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France |
Tail Gunner | 42‑37816⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
41⇗ | 11 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑37816⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group deputy; assumed lead when group lead aborted. Sortie Report⇗ |
42⇗ | 13 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑37816⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group, low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
45⇗ | 22 December 1943 |
Target: Steel Shops/Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Osnabrück, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑37816⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead Sortie Report⇗ |
51⇗ | 7 January 1944 |
Target: Powerhouse Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑31246⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
52⇗ | 11 January 1944 |
Target: Ju-88 Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑31246⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
55⇗ | 29 January 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Parts Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑31484⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Wing deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
58⇗ | 4 February 1944 |
Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑31484⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead, high group, 41st B Combat Wing. Sortie Report⇗ |
63⇗ | 20 February 1944 |
Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑29828⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41B Group Flying Spare. Joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
80⇗ | 23 March 1944 |
Target: Airdrome and Airpark Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Gütersloh, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑97477⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Wing deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
92⇗ | 20 April 1944 |
Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France |
Tail Gunner | 42‑97477⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit B Wing, High Group lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
94⇗ | 24 April 1944 |
Target: Dornier-Werke GMBH Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑97477⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return High composite group lead. Left formation immediately after target and instructed deputy Laboda to take over lead; set course for Switzerland; 4 chutes; e/a, cr Maulbronn (25 miles NW of Stuttgart), Germany. MACR 4348 Sortie Report⇗ |