Schwob, Carl Warren

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Schwob, Carl Warren ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant / Captain
Serial Number	O-731537
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 31 July 1944, effective 30 July 1944. Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #10, effective 12 January 1945. Transferred to a non-384th unit, per 547th Bomb Squadron Morning Report - Casual Pool, 70th Reinforcement Depot, AAF Station Stone, effective 20 May 1945.
Duty	Undetermined
MOS	1038 - Navigator-Bombardier, Radar
Last Duty Date	20 May 1945
Results	Completed Tour, Returned to USA
Additional Information	Ordered on seven days Temporary Duty to Roke Manor, AAF Station 503 (a Flak house) on 14 December 1944 to carry out the instructions of the Commanding General per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #244 dated 12 December 1944. Designated Assistant Group Radar Navigator (primary) effective 26 December 1944 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #257 dated 26 December 1944. Designated Group Bom-Nav-Radar Officer (primary) effective 27 January 1945 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #22 dated 27 January 1945. Departed Grafton Underwood to AAF Station Stone on 20 May 1945. Returned to the ZOI via B-17.

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 24 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
177⇗	11 August 1944	Target: Tactical: Coastal Artillery Emplacements Type: Military Location: Brest, France	Navigator	42‑40018⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group lead. PFF ship provided by the 379th BG, Kimbolton, AAF Station 117. Sortie Report⇗
183⇗	24 August 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Observer	42‑97592⇗	Combat Mission Credit Wing deputy. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗
189⇗	8 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Navigator	42‑97592⇗	Combat Mission Credit PFF ship. Wing deputy. Returned with #3 feathered. Sortie Report⇗
197⇗	21 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mainz, Germany	Navigator	42‑97986⇗	Combat Mission Credit Wing deputy. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗
199⇗	26 September 1944	Target: Steelworks Type: Industry Location: Osnabrück, Germany	Navigator	42‑97592⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group deputy. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗
204⇗	3 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Wesseling, Germany	Observer	44‑8008⇗	Combat Mission Credit Deputy lead. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗
208⇗	9 October 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Navigator	42‑97592⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗
210⇗	14 October 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Saarbrücken, Germany	Navigator	44‑8047⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Low Squadron lead. PFF ship. Aborted due to failure of #2 engine. Sortie Report⇗
211⇗	15 October 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Navigator	44‑8007⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗
216⇗	30 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Navigator	44‑8008⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗
219⇗	4 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany	Navigator	44‑8008⇗	Combat Mission Credit PFF ship; group lead. Sortie Report⇗
224⇗	10 November 1944	Target: Ostheim Airfield & Butzweilerhof Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Navigator	44‑8401⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41D Squadron, Squadron Lead. PFF ship. Marion Chase, Engineer: 'Feathered #3 after flak hit oil cooler and we lost our oil.' Sortie Report⇗
225⇗	11 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Navigator	44‑8401⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead PFF Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 44‑8007. Lead Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
227⇗	20 November 1944	Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Navigator	42‑98027⇗	Combat Mission Credit PFF ship; group lead, 41st Bomb Wing D group. Sortie Report⇗
231⇗	27 November 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Offenburg, Germany	Navigator	44‑8221⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead: PFF & Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗
235⇗	4 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Soest, Germany	Navigator	44‑8007⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗
237⇗	9 December 1944	Target: Airfield and Daimler Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Böblingen (Stuttgart area), Germany	Navigator	44‑8007⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group lead. Feathered #3 engine bout 3 minutes after bombs away; relinquished lead to deputy and returned to base alone. Sortie Report⇗
238⇗	11 December 1944	Target: Road & Rail Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany	Navigator	44‑8007⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group lead, B Group. PFF & Gee-H ship. Dropped bombs using PFF. Sortie Report⇗
243⇗	24 December 1944	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Kirch Göns, Germany	Navigator	44‑8221⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41C Group Lead. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗
244⇗	27 December 1944	Target: Bridge (Tactical) Type: Transportation Location: Altenahr, Germany	Navigator	44‑8008⇗	Combat Mission Credit Division lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. The Gee-H failed prior to the IP so a visual bomb run was attempted. The navigator and bombardier located the target too late to make a good run, so a second visual run was made and bombs were released on the primary target. Sortie Report⇗
268⇗	19 February 1945	Target: Coking Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Radar Navigator	44‑8541⇗	Combat Mission Credit Wing lead; PFF and Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗
285⇗	10 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Schwerte, Germany	Navigator	44‑8649⇗	Combat Mission Credit Wing lead; PFF and Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗
293⇗	20 March 1945	Target: Deutsche Werft Submarine Shipyard Type: Submarine Facility Location: Hamburg, Germany	Navigator	42‑98027⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group lead. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗
301⇗	31 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Navigator	44‑8649⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
310⇗	14 April 1945	Target: Gun Battery Type: Military Location: Royan (Bordeaux), France	Navigator	44‑8401⇗	Combat Mission Credit Col. Milton, Wing Lead. Sortie Report⇗

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