Perkins, Newell Edward

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Perkins, Newell Edward ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-673730
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #43 dated 6 July 1943, effective 6 July 1943.
Duty	Bombardier
MOS	1035 - Bombardier
Last Duty Date	12 August 1943
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11).
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 5 April 1919 Graduated from Bombardier School at Big Spring AAF, Big Spring, Texas, Class #43-04, 11 March 1943.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 288⇓ (26.475 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Swank, Robert Dale⇗	Pilot	KIA
2nd Lt. Hoffmeyer, William Alfred⇗	Co-pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Bolin, Harold Andrew⇗	Navigator	POW
2nd Lt. Perkins, Newell Edward	Bombardier	POW
T/SGT. Mattoon, William Earl⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	POW
T/SGT. Kosse, Russel Jerome⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Johnson, Carl Benjamin⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	KIA

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 4 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
9⇗	24 July 1943	Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants Type: Industry Location: Herøya, Norway	Bombardier	42‑3218⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
10⇗	25 July 1943	Target: Blohm & Voss Aircraft Works and Shipyard Type: Industry Location: Hamburg, Germany	Bombardier	42‑5806⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Oulton, Norfolk, on return due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗
11⇗	28 July 1943	Target: Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany	Bombardier	42‑30139⇗	Combat Mission Credit Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back with #2 engine trouble. Sortie Report⇗
12⇗	29 July 1943	Target: Naval Base Type: Military Location: Kiel, Germany	Bombardier	42‑3074⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back over North Sea because #3 exhaust manifold blew and pressure went down to 15 inches, making it impossible to keep up with formation. Sortie Report⇗
13⇗	30 July 1943	Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany	Bombardier	42‑29985⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back ten miles from the English coast due to 'high cylinder head temperatures and rough No. 2 engine.' Sortie Report⇗
14⇗	12 August 1943	Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Bombardier	42‑5806⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Hit by flak on the way to the target, then attacked by fighters. Some of crew bailed out before aircraft exploded. Crashed near Volmershofen/Heidgen (5 miles SW of Bonn), Germany. MACR 288 Sortie Report⇗

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