Lemon, Delbert Kenneth

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Lemon, Delbert Kenneth ‡ ⇗
Rank	Sergeant / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	16020159 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #204 dated 15 October 1944, effective 15 October 1944.
Duty	Ball Turret Gunner / Flexible Gunner
MOS	612 - Airplane Armorer / Gunner
Last Duty Date	26 March 1945
Results	Completed Tour, Returned to USA
Decorations	Awarded the Purple Heart medal for wounds received on 14 February 1945 per General Orders #219, Headquarters, 1st Bomb Division dated 13 March 1945.
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 16 August 1918 Promoted to Staff Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #227 dated 11 November 1944.

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Hoppen, Jack Stewart⇗	Pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Stundis, Hilari Harry⇗	Co-pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Zeligson, Robert Lee⇗	Navigator	CT
2nd Lt. Adams, John H⇗	Bombardier	TBD
CPL. Durborow, Clarence James⇗	Togglier	CT
CPL. Clingler, Warren Eugene⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
SGT. Dobrescu, Frederick John⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
SGT. Lemon, Delbert Kenneth	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
SGT. Moslein, Augustus Fred⇗	Tail Gunner	CT
CPL. Cavanaugh, Bernard Francis⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 35 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
215⇗	25 October 1944	Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑97320⇗	Combat Mission Credit Fourth Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
216⇗	30 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑97282⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
217⇗	1 November 1944	Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Ball Turret	44‑6512⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
218⇗	2 November 1944	Target: Ruhr-Chemie A.G. Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Sterkrade (Holten), Germany	Ball Turret	42‑97282⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
219⇗	4 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany	Ball Turret	44‑6512⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
223⇗	9 November 1944	Target: Ground Installations Type: Military Location: Ouvrages de Sorbey (Metz), France	Ball Turret	43‑37703⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
224⇗	10 November 1944	Target: Ostheim Airfield & Butzweilerhof Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑102459⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41D Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
225⇗	11 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
226⇗	16 November 1944	Target: Tactical - Artillery Positions Type: Military Location: Eschweiler, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑98000⇗	Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗
227⇗	20 November 1944	Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Ball Turret	44‑6141⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
228⇗	23 November 1944	Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Ball Turret	44‑6141⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
229⇗	25 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Ball Turret	44‑6141⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗
231⇗	27 November 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Offenburg, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑102459⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
232⇗	29 November 1944	Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑102459⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
235⇗	4 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Soest, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑37822⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
236⇗	6 December 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑37822⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
237⇗	9 December 1944	Target: Airfield and Daimler Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Böblingen (Stuttgart area), Germany	Ball Turret	42‑98000⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
238⇗	11 December 1944	Target: Road & Rail Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38850⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
239⇗	12 December 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38850⇗	Combat Mission Credit Last observed over France with many holes in his gas tank; presumably landed in allied territory; returned to base later. Sortie Report⇗
241⇗	19 December 1944	Target: Railway Junction Type: Transportation Location: Glaadt, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38850⇗	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off Did not take off due to weather which deteriorated after lead aircraft took off. Sortie Report⇗
242⇗	23 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ehrang, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38850⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Framlingham due to weather. Sortie Report⇗
244⇗	27 December 1944	Target: Bridge (Tactical) Type: Transportation Location: Altenahr, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38850⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
245⇗	28 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Brühl, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38850⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
246⇗	30 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Limburg, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑102459⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
247⇗	31 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Neuss, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑102430⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
248⇗	1 January 1945	Target: Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Derben, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑102459⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
252⇗	7 January 1945	Target: Enemy Strong Point Type: Military Location: Blankenheim, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑37703⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
253⇗	8 January 1945	Target: Railroad Type: Transportation Location: Kyllburg, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑37822⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
254⇗	10 January 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bonn, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑97320⇗	Combat Mission Credit Left formation after first bomb run; did not attack; damaged by flak; force-landed in Belgium; aircraft salvaged. Sortie Report⇗
263⇗	1 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑97824⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Ridgewell Airfield, AAF Station 167, due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗
264⇗	3 February 1945	Target: Tempelhof Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑97824⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
265⇗	9 February 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Ball Turret	44‑8608⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
266⇗	14 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany	Ball Turret	44‑8608⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗
284⇗	9 March 1945	Target: Henschel Tank and Locomotive Works Type: Industry Location: Kassel, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	43‑38801⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
285⇗	10 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Schwerte, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	43‑38974⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
286⇗	11 March 1945	Target: Vacuum Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bremen, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	43‑39203⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗

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