Lynch, John Daniel, Jr

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Lynch, John Daniel, Jr ‡ ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-676967 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #160 dated 5 December 1943, effective 5 December 1943.
Duty	Bombardier
MOS	1035 - Bombardier
Last Duty Date	24 April 1944
Results	Killed In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Lorraine American Cemetery, Saint-Avold, France: Plot G Row 9 Grave 16
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 21 November 1916 Graduated from Bombardier School at Big Spring AAF, Big Spring, Texas, Class #43-06, 22 April 1943. Granted a seven day sick leave effective on or about 2 April 1944 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #62 dated 1 April 1944.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 4352⇓ (41.543 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Daskey, Kendall (NMI)⇗	Pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Smith, Paul Matthew, Jr⇗	Co-pilot	KIA
2nd Lt. Mohr, Lawrence Charles⇗	Navigator	CT
2nd Lt. Lynch, John Daniel, Jr	Bombardier	KIA
T/SGT. Van Beveren, John Edward⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Eyre, Charles Harris⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	KIA
S/SGT. Lenich, Francis Augustus⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
SGT. Schleuse, Robert Edward⇗	Tail Gunner	CT
SGT. Teetman, Leo Frank, Jr⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT
SGT. Weaver, Jack Beverly⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 28 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
47⇗	30 December 1943	Target: I. G. Farben Industrie, Chemical/Synthetic Rubber Plants Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Bombardier	41‑24578⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back near Molesworth; #3 supercharger defective Sortie Report⇗
48⇗	31 December 1943	Target: Blockade Runner 'Orsone' (name of ship) Type: Transportation Location: [Mouth of River Garonne], France	Bombardier	42‑29688⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Kimbolton, with bomb load. Sortie Report⇗
49⇗	4 January 1944	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Kiel, Germany	Bombardier	42‑3087⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
52⇗	11 January 1944	Target: Ju-88 Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt, Germany	Bombardier	42‑29688⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
53⇗	14 January 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Meillard, France	Bombardier	42‑31045⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
54⇗	21 January 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France	Bombardier	42‑37801⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41B Group. Sortie Report⇗
56⇗	30 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany	Bombardier	42‑97449⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗
57⇗	3 February 1944	Target: Submarines (under construction) Type: Submarine Facility Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany	Bombardier	42‑3087⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Group. After losing the formation in clouds, continued mission with the 303rd BG. Sortie Report⇗
58⇗	4 February 1944	Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Bombardier	42‑97449⇗	Combat Mission Credit High group, 41st A Combat Wing. Sortie Report⇗
60⇗	6 February 1944	Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France	Bombardier	42‑97449⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Deenethorpe on return. Sortie Report⇗
62⇗	11 February 1944	Target: Propeller Factory (Foundry) Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Bombardier	42‑97449⇗	Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
63⇗	20 February 1944	Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany	Bombardier	42‑97449⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41B Group. Sortie Report⇗
64⇗	21 February 1944	Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Werl, Germany	Bombardier	42‑97449⇗	Combat Mission Credit Assumed position of high Squadron deputy, lead group. Sortie Report⇗
65⇗	22 February 1944	Target: Aircraft Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany	Bombardier	42‑97449⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off 41B Group. Turned back over Kettering as #3 engine had to be feathered when hit by the horizontal stabilizer of the aircraft in the formation which had collided with a 303rd BG aircraft in mid-air. Sortie Report⇗
67⇗	25 February 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly & Ball Bearings Plants Type: Industry Location: Augsburg & Stuttgart, Germany	Bombardier	42‑38112⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41C Group, Lead Squadron, Lead Group. During assembly, forced out of the 41st Combat Wing while avoiding collision wih another aircraft; joined the 41st Composite Wing and completed the mission. 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	Bombardier	42‑97449⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
70⇗	3 March 1944	Target: Roller-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany	Bombardier	42‑97449⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
71⇗	4 March 1944	Type: Military Location: Berlin, Germany	Bombardier	42‑97449⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back because of oxygen system damage; filler line on ball turret was torn off. Sortie Report⇗
72⇗	6 March 1944	Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany	Bombardier	42‑38158⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Returned to base after group leader abandoned attempt to join assigned combat wing. Sortie Report⇗
73⇗	8 March 1944	Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany	Bombardier	42‑97449⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
76⇗	18 March 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany	Bombardier	42‑97150⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead, lead group, 41st Combat Bombardment Wing. Sortie Report⇗
78⇗	20 March 1944	Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Bombardier	42‑97150⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
79⇗	22 March 1944	Target: Heinkel Aircraft Assembly Plant at Annahof Airfield Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany	Bombardier	42‑97150⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
80⇗	23 March 1944	Target: Airdrome and Airpark Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Gütersloh, Germany	Bombardier	42‑97150⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy, lead group. Sortie Report⇗
82⇗	26 March 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Grismont, Rebecques, France	Bombardier	42‑97150⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
83⇗	27 March 1944	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Tours & Chartres, France	Bombardier	42‑38208⇗	Combat Mission Credit 94 Group Deputy. Sortie Report⇗
86⇗	9 April 1944	Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Marienburg, Germany	Bombardier	42‑97150⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
89⇗	13 April 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Bombardier	42‑97201⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
91⇗	19 April 1944	Target: Fieseler Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel (Waldau), Germany	Bombardier	42‑3441⇗	Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
92⇗	20 April 1944	Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France	Bombardier	42‑97150⇗	Combat Mission Credit A Wing, High group. Sortie Report⇗
93⇗	22 April 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany	Bombardier	42‑97150⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Manston, Kent, on return due to battle damage. Sortie Report⇗
94⇗	24 April 1944	Target: Dornier-Werke GMBH Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany	Bombardier	42‑38158⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return High Squadron lead, lead group. Hit by direct flak burst on bomb run; a/c blew up in mid-air after bomb release. MACR 4352 Sortie Report⇗

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