Dudek, Sylvester Frederick

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Dudek, Sylvester Frederick ‡ ⇗
Rank	Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	10601126 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #31 dated 18 June 1943, effective 18 June 1943. Transferred to a non-384th unit, per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report - 482nd Bomb Group, effective 10 October 1943.
Duty	Undetermined
Last Duty Date	10 October 1943
Results	Transferred
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 28 November 1909

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 13 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
1⇗	22 June 1943	Target: General Motors Truck Factory Type: Industry Location: Antwerp, Belgium	Tail Gunner	42‑3218⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
2⇗	25 June 1943	Target: Industrial Area & Submarine Pens Type: Military Location: Hamburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑30065⇗	Combat Mission Credit Bombed an unknown city. Sortie Report⇗
3⇗	26 June 1943	Target: Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Tail Gunner	42‑3218⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
4⇗	28 June 1943	Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Beaumont-le-Roger, France	Tail Gunner	42‑3218⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
5⇗	29 June 1943	Target: duNord Aircraft Works, Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Tail Gunner	42‑3218⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
14⇗	12 August 1943	Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑29985⇗	Combat Mission Credit Aborted Mission After Taking Off Low Squadron deputy. Returned early after #1 engine oil cooler sprung leak and lost power. Bombed a target of opportunity (TOO), an airfield in The Netherlands. Sortie Report⇗
15⇗	15 August 1943	Target: Poix-en-Picardie and Amiens-Glisy Airfields Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Poix-de-Picardie & Amiens, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑5444⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
16⇗	16 August 1943	Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑3074⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
17⇗	17 August 1943	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑5444⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Earls Colne, AAF Station 358, on return. Sortie Report⇗
18⇗	27 August 1943	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Watten, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑5444⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
22⇗	7 September 1943	Target: Bruxelles-Evere Airfield/Repair Depot Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑5444⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
23⇗	9 September 1943	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Lille-Vendeville, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑3216⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron Lead. Sortie Report⇗
25⇗	23 September 1943	Target: Submarine Repair Ship Type: Submarine Facility Location: Nantes, France	Tail Gunner	42‑30196⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft. Replaced 42‑30005. Landed away at RAF Wing, Buckinghamshire. Sortie Report⇗

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