O'Brien, Joseph Walter

Individual Personnel Data
Name	O'Brien, Joseph Walter ‡ ⇗
Rank	Corporal / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	17062827 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #28 dated 4 February 1945, effective 4 February 1945.
Duty	Ball Turret Gunner
MOS	611 - Aerial Gunner
Last Duty Date	25 June 1945
Results	Completed Tour, Returned to USA
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 6 October 1920 Promoted to Sergeant effective 22 February 1945 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #43 dated 22 February 1945. Reclassified from MOS 611 to MOS 612 effective 5 March 1945 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #51 dated 5 March 1945. Appointed Staff Sergeant effective 10 May 1945 per 546th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 12 May 1945.
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Smith, Eliot Henry⇗	Pilot	CT
Flt. Ofcr. Seipold, Charles Frederick, Jr⇗	Co-pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Henly, Harry Richard⇗	Navigator	CT
CPL. Witt, Charles Dean⇗	Togglier	TR
SGT. Hodge, Robert Merrill⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
CPL. Birkholz, John Melvin⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
CPL. O'Brien, Joseph Walter	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
CPL. Stanick, Paul Jacob⇗	Tail Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Thorne, Richard W⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 18 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
270⇗	21 February 1945	Target: Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑39053⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
271⇗	22 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ülzen, Germany	Ball Turret	44‑6882⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
272⇗	23 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Plauen, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑39197⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
274⇗	25 February 1945	Target: Tank & Submarine Engine Factory Type: Industry Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑39060⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
299⇗	28 March 1945	Target: Berlin/Spandau Motor Transport Works Type: Industry Location: Spandau (Berlin), Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38994⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
300⇗	30 March 1945	Target: Deutsche Schiff- u. Maschinenbau A.G. (DESCHIMAG) Submarine and Warship Yard Machine Shop Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38994⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
302⇗	3 April 1945	Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Kiel, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38994⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
303⇗	4 April 1945	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Fassberg, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38994⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
304⇗	5 April 1945	Target: Ordnance Depot Type: Military Location: Ingolstadt, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38994⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
306⇗	7 April 1945	Target: Underground Oil Storage Plant Type: Military Location: Hitzacker, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38994⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
307⇗	9 April 1945	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38548⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
308⇗	10 April 1945	Target: Ordnance Depot Workshop Area Type: Military Location: Oranienburg, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38994⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
310⇗	14 April 1945	Target: Gun Battery Type: Military Location: Royan (Bordeaux), France	Ball Turret	43‑38994⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
311⇗	15 April 1945	Target: Flak guns at Pointe de Suzac Type: Military Location: Royan, France	Ball Turret	43‑38994⇗	Combat Mission Credit Did not bomb target; togglier did not see smoke marker from lead aircraft; jettisoned bombs after target at 1328 hrs. Sortie Report⇗
312⇗	16 April 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Regensburg, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38994⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
314⇗	19 April 1945	Target: Railroad Station & Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Elsterwerda, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38994⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
315⇗	20 April 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Seddin, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38994⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
316⇗	25 April 1945	Target: Skoda Armament Works Type: Industry Location: Pilsen / Plzeň, Czechoslovakia	Ball Turret	43‑38994⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗

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