Mittendorf, Ehrhard (NMI), Jr

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Mittendorf, Ehrhard (NMI), Jr ‡ ⇗
Rank	Flight Officer
Serial Number	T-61184 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #146 dated 17 November 1943, effective 17 November 1943.
Duty	Navigator
MOS	1034 - Navigator
Last Duty Date	9 April 1944
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Not identified in National Archives POW database.
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 9 September 1923 Granted a seven day sick leave effective 31 March 1944 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #61 dated 30 March 1944.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 3653⇓ (14.958 MB) Accident Report # 44-03-31-516⇓ (4.933 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Smith, Roger Clement⇗	Pilot	INT
2nd Lt. Reid, Harvey William⇗	Co-pilot	POW
Flt. Ofcr. Mittendorf, Ehrhard (NMI), Jr	Navigator	POW
2nd Lt. Marquardt, George Marvin⇗	Bombardier	CT
S/SGT. Kendall, Earl Frank⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	INT
S/SGT. Kaminski, Bruno (NMI)⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	INT
SGT. Danko, Charles Gabriel⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	INT
S/SGT. Green, Jesse Britten⇗	Tail Gunner	INT
SGT. Boney, Chester Joseph⇗	Flexible Gunner	INT
S/SGT. Hamilton, Gerald Thorwald⇗	Flexible Gunner	INT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 15 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
44⇗	20 December 1943	Target: Port Area/Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany	Navigator	41‑24525⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Attlebridge due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗
47⇗	30 December 1943	Target: I. G. Farben Industrie, Chemical/Synthetic Rubber Plants Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Navigator	42‑37776⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back at 1042 hrs because nose and windshields were completely blocked out by frost and throwing oil; 12x500GP rtd Sortie Report⇗
48⇗	31 December 1943	Target: Blockade Runner 'Orsone' (name of ship) Type: Transportation Location: [Mouth of River Garonne], France	Navigator	41‑24525⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Kimbolton; bombs jettisoned. Sortie Report⇗
51⇗	7 January 1944	Target: Powerhouse Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Navigator	42‑39784⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Flying spare. Became separated from formation in dense clouds after group assembly; failed to make wing rendezvous. Sortie Report⇗
52⇗	11 January 1944	Target: Ju-88 Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt, Germany	Navigator	42‑29651⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
54⇗	21 January 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France	Navigator	42‑29688⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off 41B Group. Turned back over base as prop governor on #4 engine broke and had to be feathered. Sortie Report⇗
55⇗	29 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Parts Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Navigator	42‑39809⇗	Combat Mission Credit Returned Early Low group. Turned back at 1019 hrs due to pilot's illness. Bombs jettisoned in Channel. Sortie Report⇗
63⇗	20 February 1944	Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany	Navigator	41‑24560⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off 41B Group. Turned back at 0905 hrs due to complete loss of power in #1 engine; aircraft took off a second time but could not catch up with group. Sortie Report⇗
65⇗	22 February 1944	Target: Aircraft Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany	Navigator	42‑29927⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off 41B Group. Turned back due to oil leak in #4 at 1155 hrs; landed away at RAF Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire. Sortie Report⇗
66⇗	24 February 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Navigator	42‑31871⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron, low group. Sortie Report⇗
67⇗	25 February 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly & Ball Bearings Plants Type: Industry Location: Augsburg & Stuttgart, Germany	Navigator	42‑39888⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off 41A Group. Turned back at 1125 hrs when #3 supercharger would not function at altitude, being able to get only 23-24 inches of boost at 19,000'. 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	Navigator	42‑31871⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
70⇗	3 March 1944	Target: Roller-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany	Navigator	42‑31433⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
71⇗	4 March 1944	Type: Military Location: Berlin, Germany	Navigator	42‑31433⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
72⇗	6 March 1944	Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany	Navigator	42‑37788⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Returned to base after group leader abandoned attempt to join assigned combat wing. Sortie Report⇗
73⇗	8 March 1944	Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany	Navigator	42‑37788⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
75⇗	16 March 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany	Navigator	42‑37788⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
77⇗	19 March 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-2 Storage and Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Wizernes, France	Navigator	42‑31435⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
82⇗	26 March 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Grismont, Rebecques, France	Navigator	42‑37788⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
83⇗	27 March 1944	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Tours & Chartres, France	Navigator	42‑97150⇗	Combat Mission Credit 94 Group. Sortie Report⇗
84⇗	28 March 1944	Target: Dijon-Longvic Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dijon, France	Navigator	42‑97150⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
--	31 March 1944	None Non-combat sortie	Navigator	42‑38013⇗	Returning to base from a recalled operational mission, the left main landing gear would not extend. Pilot jettisoned bomb load and ball turret, then flew locally to use up fuel supply. He then made a successful landing using only the right main gear and tail wheel, resulting in minimal damage to the aircraft, and no injury to crew. Sortie Report⇗
86⇗	9 April 1944	Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Marienburg, Germany	Navigator	42‑31740⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Hit by flak at 1546 hrs; left wing root on fire; the aircraft was seen circling under control and 10 chutes emerged; crashed east of Schleswig, Germany. Sortie Report⇗

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