Name | Jarvis, Francis Harrison ‡ |
Rank | Sergeant / Technical Sergeant |
Serial Number | 12209374 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #146 dated 17 November 1943, effective 17 November 1943. |
Duty | Flexible Gunner / Engineer / Top Turret Gunner |
MOS | 748 - Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer |
Last Duty Date | 15 July 1944 |
Results | Completed Tour, Returned to USA |
Additional Information |
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Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Hines, James Wesley⇗ | Pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Burch, Hugh Ralph⇗ | Co-pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Copeland, Carter Glenn⇗ | Navigator | CT |
2nd Lt. Morris, Richard William⇗ | Bombardier | TBD |
S/SGT. Dahms, Rex John⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | CT |
S/SGT. Wilson, Jerome Frank⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | WIA |
SGT. Douglas, James Clifton⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | CT |
SGT. Cahill, William Lawrence, Jr⇗ | Tail Gunner | CT |
SGT. Jarvis, Francis Harrison | Flexible Gunner | CT |
SGT. Woodard, Everett Durwood⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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42⇗ | 13 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑29554⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗ |
43⇗ | 16 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑29554. Also see comments for aircraft 42‑29688 for this mission. Sortie Report⇗ |
45⇗ | 22 December 1943 |
Target: Steel Shops/Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Osnabrück, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑29809⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
46⇗ | 24 December 1943 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Croisette, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑3259⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
47⇗ | 30 December 1943 |
Target: I. G. Farben Industrie, Chemical/Synthetic Rubber Plants Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑5404⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
49⇗ | 4 January 1944 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Kiel, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑37727⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Flying Spare. Joined formation, then turned back becuse aircraft needed 'excessive power settings ... to stay in formation.' Sortie Report⇗ |
50⇗ | 5 January 1944 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Kiel, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑29632⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
52⇗ | 11 January 1944 |
Target: Ju-88 Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑3051⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation. Landed away at Coltishall, Norfolk, on return due to weather. Sortie Report⇗ |
54⇗ | 21 January 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France |
Engineer/Top Turret | 41‑24560⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41A Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
56⇗ | 30 January 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑37816⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group. Jettisoned bombs when an engine was shot away by an enemy aircraft and had to leave formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
58⇗ | 4 February 1944 |
Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑97477⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy, high group, 41st B Combat Wing. Sortie Report⇗ |
60⇗ | 6 February 1944 |
Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑3441⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
61⇗ | 8 February 1944 |
Target: Piston Ring Factory Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑29809⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
63⇗ | 20 February 1944 |
Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑37801⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off 41A Group. Turned back; tail gunner fell ill. Sortie Report⇗ |
64⇗ | 21 February 1944 |
Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Werl, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑29632⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
68⇗ | 28 February 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑31484⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
69⇗ | 2 March 1944 |
Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant and Machine Shop Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑29688⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑31484. Sortie Report⇗ |
70⇗ | 3 March 1944 |
Target: Roller-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑31048⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back because of low fuel. Sortie Report⇗ |
73⇗ | 8 March 1944 |
Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑38112⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Returned Early Turned back when oxygen system had been shot out by flak; dropped bombs and 25 parcels of 'nickles' (propaganda leaflets) on TOO near Lingen, Germany, with 'poor' results. Sortie Report⇗ |
74⇗ | 9 March 1944 |
Target: Heinkel Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑38112⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
76⇗ | 18 March 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑97124⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
77⇗ | 19 March 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-2 Storage and Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Wizernes, France |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑38112⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
81⇗ | 24 March 1944 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑97124⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
83⇗ | 27 March 1944 |
Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Tours & Chartres, France |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑97124⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 94 Group, High Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
84⇗ | 28 March 1944 |
Target: Dijon-Longvic Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dijon, France |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑97124⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
85⇗ | 29 March 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑97124⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
86⇗ | 9 April 1944 |
Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Marienburg, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑97124⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back at 1003 hrs; could not locate formation due to bad weather. Bombs jettisoned in Channel due to malfunction of bomb bay doors. Sortie Report⇗ |
87⇗ | 10 April 1944 |
Target: Evere Airfield (50°54'3"N 4°20'9"E) Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑97124⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
88⇗ | 11 April 1944 |
Target: FW Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Sorau, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑97124⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
97⇗ | 27 April 1944 |
Target: Toul/Croix de Metz Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑38208⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Wing lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
102⇗ | 8 May 1944 |
Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑97282⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
116⇗ | 27 May 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑97178⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
118⇗ | 28 May 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑31484⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |