Name | Saslow, Seymour Gerald ‡ |
Rank | Second Lieutenant |
Serial Number | O-708564 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #81 dated 1 May 1944, effective 1 May 1944. |
Duty | Navigator |
MOS | 1034 - Navigator |
Last Duty Date | 12 July 1944 |
Results |
Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 |
Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 7568⇓ (15.424 MB) |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
---|---|---|
2nd Lt. Rosborough, James Edward⇗ | Pilot | KIA |
2nd Lt. Matlack, Vincent DePaul, Jr⇗ | Co-pilot | KIA |
2nd Lt. Saslow, Seymour Gerald | Navigator | POW |
Flt. Ofcr. Fletcher, John Joseph⇗ | Bombardier | POW |
S/SGT. Ford, Howard Emerson⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | KIA |
SGT. Bedsted, Lee Roy⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | POW |
SGT. Gerhold, Melvin Henry⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | POW |
SGT. Raines, Louis Edward⇗ | Tail Gunner | POW |
SGT. Brecht, Victor Douglas⇗ | Flexible Gunner | KIA |
SGT. Steorts, Hubert (NMI), Jr⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
105⇗ | 11 May 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Saarbrücken and Ehrang, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑37776⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41B Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
106⇗ | 12 May 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑102500⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
107⇗ | 13 May 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly Components Factory. Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Poznań, Poland |
Navigator | 42‑102620⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron, high composite group, 41st CBW. Sortie Report⇗ |
109⇗ | 19 May 1944 |
Target: Unidentified Industrial Area Type: Industry Location: Berlin, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑102501⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
111⇗ | 21 May 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (Supergun Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Mimoyecques, France |
Navigator | 42‑102500⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group A. Sortie Report⇗ |
112⇗ | 22 May 1944 |
Target: Warehouse District in the Dock Area Type: Transportation Location: Kiel, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑107083⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
113⇗ | 23 May 1944 |
Target: Nancy/Essey Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France |
Navigator | 42‑97271⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare aircraft; replaced 42‑107083. Sortie Report⇗ |
114⇗ | 24 May 1944 |
Target: Unidentified Military Installations Type: Military Location: Berlin, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑37974⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
116⇗ | 27 May 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑102601⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
119⇗ | 29 May 1944 |
Target: Focke-Wulf Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Krzesiny District, Poznań, Poland |
Navigator | 42‑107057⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
142⇗ | 21 June 1944 |
Target: Friedrichstrasse Industrial Area Type: Industry Location: Berlin, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑107083⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
144⇗ | 22 June 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Lille (Fives district), France |
Navigator | 42‑107083⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
145⇗ | 24 June 1944 |
Target: German Vacuum Oil Company Type: Oil Industry Location: Oslebshausen (Bremen area), Germany |
Navigator | 44‑6149⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back; reason unknown. Sortie Report⇗ |
146⇗ | 25 June 1944 |
Target: Railroad Bridge & Embankment Type: Transportation Location: Sens, France |
Navigator | 42‑107083⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back, reasons unknown. Sortie Report⇗ |
148⇗ | 28 June 1944 |
Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Juvincourt (Juvincourt-et-Damary), France |
Navigator | 42‑97251⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High group, 41st A wing. Landed away at Wattisham, AAF Station 377, on return due to weather. Sortie Report⇗ |
149⇗ | 30 June 1944 |
Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Montdidier, France |
Navigator | 42‑107058⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
151⇗ | 6 July 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Coubronne, France |
Navigator | 42‑97251⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High section deputy, low group. Sortie Report⇗ |
153⇗ | 7 July 1944 |
Target: Me-109 Aircraft Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑97251⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off High group, 41st A wing. Turned back; reasons unknown. Sortie Report⇗ |
154⇗ | 8 July 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Renescure, France |
Navigator | 42‑97251⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High group. Sortie Report⇗ |
155⇗ | 11 July 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Munich / München, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑102501⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97251. Sortie Report⇗ |
156⇗ | 12 July 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Munich / München, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑97273⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Low group. At 1325, immediately after bombs away, 4 parachutes appeared from plane which exploded a few thousand feet below the formation; flak damage, crashed in the area of Munich, Germany. MACR 7568 Sortie Report⇗ |