Name | Wearne, Walter Eugene ‡ |
Rank | Staff Sergeant |
Serial Number | 17165106 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #38 dated 26 February 1944, effective 26 February 1944. |
Duty | Ball Turret Gunner |
MOS | 612 - Airplane Armorer / Gunner |
Last Duty Date | 7 May 1944 |
Results |
Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 4811⇓ (16.352 MB) Lt Col Joe Cittadini, Ted Goller 20th Mission⇓ (7.737 MB) |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
---|---|---|
2nd Lt. Yokie, John Olivi⇗ | Pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Plunkett, Meredith Watson, Jr⇗ | Co-pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Donehoo, William Montgomery⇗ | Navigator | CT |
2nd Lt. Miller, John Franklin⇗ | Bombardier | CT |
T/SGT. Patterson, James Redmond⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | CT |
T/SGT. Graham, John Mebane⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | CT |
S/SGT. Wearne, Walter Eugene | Ball Turret Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Potempa, Walter (NMI)⇗ | Tail Gunner | CT |
S/SGT. Matican, Sigmund Sidney⇗ | Flexible Gunner | KIA |
SGT. Philpott, Thomas Edward⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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74⇗ | 9 March 1944 |
Target: Heinkel Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑37982⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
75⇗ | 16 March 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑31346⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
76⇗ | 18 March 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Returned Early Lead Squadron, high composite group. Turned back at 1246 hrs, deep in enemy territory, because #3 supercharger went out and aircraft could not maintain position in the formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
77⇗ | 19 March 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-2 Storage and Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Wizernes, France |
Ball Turret | 42‑97150⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
78⇗ | 20 March 1944 |
Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑3440⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
83⇗ | 27 March 1944 |
Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Tours & Chartres, France |
Ball Turret | 42‑3429⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 94 Group, Flying Spare. Joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
85⇗ | 29 March 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑37785⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Polebrook, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗ |
88⇗ | 11 April 1944 |
Target: FW Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Sorau, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑97136⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
90⇗ | 18 April 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑31346⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
91⇗ | 19 April 1944 |
Target: Fieseler Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel (Waldau), Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑97136⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
92⇗ | 20 April 1944 |
Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France |
Ball Turret | 42‑37785⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit B Wing, High Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
93⇗ | 22 April 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
94⇗ | 24 April 1944 |
Target: Dornier-Werke GMBH Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑31495⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed with wounded crewmen aboard. Sortie Report⇗ |
95⇗ | 25 April 1944 |
Target: Metz-Frescaty Airdrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Metz, France |
Ball Turret | 42‑37982⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
101⇗ | 7 May 1944 |
Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑31235⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return At 1020 hrs had #2 engine feathered and started straggling five minutes later, then feathered #4 and peeled off in sharp glide to left rather fast, but still under control; at 1022 jettisoned bombs and turned back at 1027; flak, crashed near Jade, Germany. MACR 4811 Sortie Report⇗ |