Caine, William Charles

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Caine, William Charles ‡ ⇗
Rank	Sergeant
Serial Number	35415325 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #142 dated 13 November 1943, effective 13 November 1943.
Duty	Flexible Gunner
Last Duty Date	8 February 1944
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf [actually Gneixendorf] Near Krems Austria 48-15
Additional Information	According to a (translated) German document in MACR 2496, it appears that Caine evaded capture for a period of almost 7 weeks after bailing out on his final mission.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 2496⇓ (16.693 MB)

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 9 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
38⇗	29 November 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑39784⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back; couldn't find formation after taking off late, due to misunderstanding over low engine oil pressure. Sortie Report⇗
40⇗	5 December 1943	Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑39784⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
41⇗	11 December 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑37785⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
42⇗	13 December 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑39784⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗
44⇗	20 December 1943	Target: Port Area/Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑39784⇗	Combat Mission Credit Brought one bomb back due to bomb release malfunction. Sortie Report⇗
46⇗	24 December 1943	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Croisette, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑37793⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
49⇗	4 January 1944	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Kiel, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑31045⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Flying Spare. Joined formation, then turned back because of an oxygen system failure. Sortie Report⇗
53⇗	14 January 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Meillard, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑29651⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
54⇗	21 January 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑39784⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41A Group. Sortie Report⇗
55⇗	29 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Parts Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	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⇗
57⇗	3 February 1944	Target: Submarines (under construction) Type: Submarine Facility Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	41‑24578⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Group. Sortie Report⇗
61⇗	8 February 1944	Target: Piston Ring Factory Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑39784⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return High Squadron Deputy. Turned back at 1048 hrs after first and only attack by enemy aircraft on our wing; jettisoned his bombs; crashed southeast of Cherbourg, France, possibly near near le Theil, France. MACR 2496 Sortie Report⇗

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