Name | Gorham, Donald Frederick ‡ |
Rank | Staff Sergeant / Technical Sergeant |
Serial Number | 11094250 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #59 dated 31 July 1943, effective 31 July 1943. |
Duty | Ball Turret Gunner / Radio Operator / Gunner |
Last Duty Date | 25 March 1944 |
Results | Completed Tour, Returned to USA |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 1768⇓ (1.636 MB) |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
---|---|---|
Flt. Ofcr. Jacobs, Randolph George Edward, "Jake, Moose, Randy"⇗ | Pilot | KIA |
2nd Lt. Boger, Eugene Arthur⇗ | Co-pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Curtin, John Quinn⇗ | Navigator | POW |
2nd Lt. Seibel, James Edward⇗ | Bombardier | KIA |
T/SGT. Cloud, Doy Jennings⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | TR |
T/SGT. Gregori, Aldo Joseph⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | MIA |
S/SGT. Gorham, Donald Frederick | Ball Turret Gunner | CT |
S/SGT. Compton, Robert Lewis⇗ | Tail Gunner | CT |
S/SGT. Goetz, Jack Keith, "Jackson"⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
S/SGT. Wager, Lawrence Holmes⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
15⇗ | 15 August 1943 |
Target: Poix-en-Picardie and Amiens-Glisy Airfields Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Poix-de-Picardie & Amiens, France |
Ball Turret | 42‑29728⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
16⇗ | 16 August 1943 |
Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France |
Ball Turret | 42‑5051⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
17⇗ | 17 August 1943 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑29703⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back for unknown reasons. Sortie Report⇗ |
18⇗ | 27 August 1943 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Watten, France |
Ball Turret | 41‑24507⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
19⇗ | 31 August 1943 |
Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France |
Ball Turret | 42‑29651⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Low Squadron Deputy. Turned back; couldn't keep up with formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
20⇗ | 3 September 1943 |
Target: Air Park and Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France |
Ball Turret | 42‑29651⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Sortie Report⇗ |
21⇗ | 6 September 1943 |
Type: Industry Location: Stuttgart, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑29651⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Landed away at Deanland, East Sussex, due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗ |
22⇗ | 7 September 1943 |
Target: Bruxelles-Evere Airfield/Repair Depot Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium |
Ball Turret | 42‑29699⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Sortie Report⇗ |
23⇗ | 9 September 1943 |
Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Lille-Vendeville, France |
Ball Turret | 42‑29651⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
24⇗ | 16 September 1943 |
Target: Blockade Runner Ship (in Loire River) Type: Transportation Location: Nantes, France |
Ball Turret | 42‑29651⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back; unable to locate formation after passing through cloud layer. Sortie Report⇗ |
28⇗ | 4 October 1943 |
Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Ball Turret | 41‑24560⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back due to oxygen filler line to ball turret broken off and top turret filler line leaking, after having aborted 42‑5444 immediately after takeoff. Sortie Report⇗ |
28⇗ | 4 October 1943 |
Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑5444⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Landed 5 minutes after takeoff. Replaced AC with 41-24560. Sortie Report⇗ |
29⇗ | 8 October 1943 |
Target: Workshops Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑3440⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
30⇗ | 9 October 1943 |
Target: Aircraft Factories Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Anklam, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑29717⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
31⇗ | 10 October 1943 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Münster, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑29651⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Sortie Report⇗ |
32⇗ | 14 October 1943 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑29651⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Returned Early Turned back early after #2 supercharger ran away off the coast of Belgium. Bombs were jettisoned in the Channel and they landed away at Great Ashfield. Sortie Report⇗ |
33⇗ | 20 October 1943 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Düren, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑29636⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑5747. Sortie Report⇗ |
--⇗ | 30 October 1943 |
Target: Marshaling Yard Type: Transportation Location: Geilenkirchen, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑29651⇗ | Sortie Report⇗ |
34⇗ | 3 November 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Wilhelmshafen, Germany |
Ball Turret | 41‑24575⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
36⇗ | 16 November 1943 |
Target: Knaben II Molybdenum Mine Type: Industry Location: Knaben, Norway |
Ball Turret | 42‑37828⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Lissett, Yorkshire. Sortie Report⇗ |
37⇗ | 26 November 1943 |
Target: City Center Type: Non-Military Location: Bremen, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑37828⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
38⇗ | 29 November 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑37828⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
41⇗ | 11 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
42⇗ | 13 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑39888⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Low group. Aborted with generator trouble. Sortie Report⇗ |
46⇗ | 24 December 1943 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Croisette, France |
Ball Turret | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
47⇗ | 30 December 1943 |
Target: I. G. Farben Industrie, Chemical/Synthetic Rubber Plants Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑31274⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Composite Squadron Ldr; mechanical fault; 15 mins over France #1 prop ran away, threw chunks of cowling, and caught on fire; MACR 1768; ditched in Channel at 1125 hrs; nine crew picked up, one missing; crew at Swanley Manor Hospital in Lewes. Sortie Report⇗ |
53⇗ | 14 January 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Meillard, France |
Radio Operator | 42‑31364⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
55⇗ | 29 January 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Parts Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑31364⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead, lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
56⇗ | 30 January 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑31364⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
57⇗ | 3 February 1944 |
Target: Submarines (under construction) Type: Submarine Facility Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑31364⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Group, Low Squadron Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
58⇗ | 4 February 1944 |
Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑31364⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High group lead, 41st B Combat Wing. Sortie Report⇗ |
59⇗ | 5 February 1944 |
Target: Bricy Aerodrome, Luftwaffe Training and Bomber Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Orleans, France |
Radio Operator | 42‑39962⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
60⇗ | 6 February 1944 |
Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France |
Radio Operator | 42‑31364⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Wing deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
65⇗ | 22 February 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑31364⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off 41A Group Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
68⇗ | 28 February 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France |
Radio Operator | 42‑31364⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead. Colonel William L Travis, 41st Combat Bombardment Wing (Heavy), Molesworth, England, flew aboard this aircraft as an observer. Sortie Report⇗ |
78⇗ | 20 March 1944 |
Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑31235⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group lead. Sortie Report⇗ |