Knecht, Wilbert Charles

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Knecht, Wilbert Charles ‡ ⇗
Rank	Sergeant / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	13155622 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #38 dated 26 February 1944, effective 26 February 1944. Transferred to a non-384th unit, per 547th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 4 April 1944 - 15th Air Force, effective 3 April 1944.
Duty	Flexible Gunner
MOS	748 - Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer
Last Duty Date	4 April 1944
Results	Transferred
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 3 April 1921 Promoted to Staff Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #56 dated 24 March 1944. Transferred to the 15th Air Force.
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Tollison, Verlyn Chance⇗	Pilot	KIA
2nd Lt. Huber, Eldridge Hood⇗	Co-pilot	TR
2nd Lt. Devine, Wray Thomas⇗	Navigator	TR
2nd Lt. Pearson, Clarence Marshall⇗	Bombardier	TR
SGT. Cammarano, Salvatore John⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	TR
SGT. Schmit, William Phillip⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	TR
S/SGT. Velasquez, Simon Cortez⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	POW
SGT. Murawski, Joseph Casmer⇗	Tail Gunner	TR
SGT. Knecht, Wilbert Charles	Flexible Gunner	TR
SGT. Patton, Regene Irvin⇗	Flexible Gunner	TR

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 7 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
75⇗	16 March 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑3441⇗	Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
76⇗	18 March 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑38013⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
78⇗	20 March 1944	Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑38013⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
79⇗	22 March 1944	Target: Heinkel Aircraft Assembly Plant at Annahof Airfield Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑38013⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
80⇗	23 March 1944	Target: Airdrome and Airpark Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Gütersloh, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑97136⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
82⇗	26 March 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Grismont, Rebecques, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑29927⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
83⇗	27 March 1944	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Tours & Chartres, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑97231⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed 94 Group. Sortie Report⇗
84⇗	28 March 1944	Target: Dijon-Longvic Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dijon, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑97231⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗

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