Hope, Leroy Hunter

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Hope, Leroy Hunter ‡ ⇗
Rank	Sergeant / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	38296718 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #87, effective 2 September 1943. Transferred to the 15th Air Force, per 544th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 7 February 1944, effective 7 February 1944.
Duty	Tail Gunner
Last Duty Date	7 February 1944
Results	Transferred
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 19 February 1922 Promoted to Staff Sergeant on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #158 dated 1 December 1943.

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 11 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
28⇗	4 October 1943	Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑3440⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
34⇗	3 November 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Wilhelmshafen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑3429⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 41-24560. Sortie Report⇗
36⇗	16 November 1943	Target: Knaben II Molybdenum Mine Type: Industry Location: Knaben, Norway	Tail Gunner	42‑3440⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Catfoss, Yorks. Sortie Report⇗
38⇗	29 November 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑37816⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
40⇗	5 December 1943	Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France	Tail Gunner	42‑31274⇗	Combat Mission Credit Wing deputy. Sortie Report⇗
42⇗	13 December 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑5838⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group lead. Sortie Report⇗
45⇗	22 December 1943	Target: Steel Shops/Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Osnabrück, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑31274⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
48⇗	31 December 1943	Target: Blockade Runner 'Orsone' (name of ship) Type: Transportation Location: [Mouth of River Garonne], France	Tail Gunner	42‑29809⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report⇗
55⇗	29 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Parts Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑31235⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗
56⇗	30 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑31235⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗
57⇗	3 February 1944	Target: Submarines (under construction) Type: Submarine Facility Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑31346⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Group, High Squadron Lead. Sortie Report⇗
58⇗	4 February 1944	Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑31346⇗	Combat Mission Credit High group, 41st B Combat Wing. Sortie Report⇗

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