Name | Maupin, Vernon Eugene ‡ |
Rank | Corporal / Staff Sergeant |
Serial Number | 39557062 ‡ |
Unit Assignments |
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Duty | Flexible Gunner |
MOS | 748 - Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer |
Last Duty Date | 18 March 1945 |
Results | Completed Combat Tour |
Additional Information |
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Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Ellis, Harold Richard⇗ | Pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Worthen, Kirk Winthrop⇗ | Co-pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Jelneck, William Edward⇗ | Navigator | CT |
2nd Lt. Stickling, John Henry⇗ | Bombardier | CT |
CPL. Hayes, David Newcombe⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | CT |
CPL. Rosenfield, Arthur (NMI)⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | CT |
CPL. Marlatt, Guy Clair⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | CT |
CPL. Timmons, David Wesley⇗ | Tail Gunner | CT |
CPL. Maupin, Vernon Eugene | Flexible Gunner | CT |
CPL. Liem, Jack Henry⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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198⇗ | 25 September 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑102500⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
199⇗ | 26 September 1944 |
Target: Steelworks Type: Industry Location: Osnabrück, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑102500⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗ |
203⇗ | 2 October 1944 |
Target: Ford Motor Works Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 43‑38501⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
204⇗ | 3 October 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Wesseling, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 44‑6476⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
206⇗ | 6 October 1944 |
Target: M/T Factory Type: Industry Location: Stettin / Szczecin, Poland |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑102620⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit A group hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
209⇗ | 11 October 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Wesseling, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑102620⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Fourth Squadron. Subjected to intense and very accurate flak in target area; initially reported MIA, found to have landed in allied territory. The crew was uninjured, returning to base on 13 October, and resumed flying combat missions on the 15th. The Aircraft was returned to Grafton Underwood also. It was repaired, re-assigned to the 544th, and resumed flying combat missions on 11 December 1944. Sortie Report⇗ |
211⇗ | 15 October 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑107148⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
212⇗ | 17 October 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑97510⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
213⇗ | 18 October 1944 |
Target: Ford Motor Works Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 43‑38766⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
218⇗ | 2 November 1944 |
Target: Ruhr-Chemie A.G. Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Sterkrade (Holten), Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑107125⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. Gee-H ship. Led Squadron on bomb run. Sortie Report⇗ |
224⇗ | 10 November 1944 |
Target: Ostheim Airfield & Butzweilerhof Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 44‑8216⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41C Group, Low Squadron Lead. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
228⇗ | 23 November 1944 |
Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 44‑8008⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead, A group; PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
234⇗ | 2 December 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Oberlahnstein, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 44‑8007⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Division lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
238⇗ | 11 December 1944 |
Target: Road & Rail Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 44‑8216⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead, B Group. PFF and Gee-H ship. Bombed independently using Gee-H. Sortie Report⇗ |
241⇗ | 19 December 1944 |
Target: Railway Junction Type: Transportation Location: Glaadt, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 44‑8221⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Landed away at RAF Fairwood Common near Swansea, Wales. Sortie Report⇗ |
243⇗ | 24 December 1944 |
Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Kirch Göns, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑98027⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41C Group, Low Squadron Lead. Landed away at RAF Wratting Common, Cambridgeshire. Sortie Report⇗ |
247⇗ | 31 December 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Neuss, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑38016⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead. Gee-H ship. Led high Squadron on a normal Gee-H bombing run. Sortie Report⇗ |
255⇗ | 15 January 1945 |
Target: Neuburg Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Neuburg an der Donau, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97960⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
257⇗ | 20 January 1945 |
Target: Rail and Road Bridges Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 44‑8211⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group lead; PFF & Gee-H ship. Landed away at RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire). Sortie Report⇗ |
259⇗ | 22 January 1945 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Sterkrade, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑102501⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
261⇗ | 28 January 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑39060⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
263⇗ | 1 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑38501⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
264⇗ | 3 February 1945 |
Target: Tempelhof Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 43‑39060⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
266⇗ | 14 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑39053⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
267⇗ | 15 February 1945 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 44‑8008⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. Landed away at Bassingbourn Airfield, AAF Station 121. Sortie Report⇗ |
268⇗ | 19 February 1945 |
Target: Coking Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 44‑6882⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
269⇗ | 20 February 1945 |
Target: Main Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑39053⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
271⇗ | 22 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ülzen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 44‑8211⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead; PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
272⇗ | 23 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Plauen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 44‑8008⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead; PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
273⇗ | 24 February 1945 |
Target: Submarine Construction Shipyard Type: Shipyards Location: Hamburg, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 44‑8608⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Returned Early Turned back because #2 engine failed. Attacked target of opportunity (TOO) at 53°40'N,07°55'E, near Quakenbrück, Germany. Sortie Report⇗ |
275⇗ | 26 February 1945 |
Target: Schlesicher Railroad Station (Bahnhof) Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑39131⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
276⇗ | 27 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Wahren (Leipzig area), Germany |
Flexible (Waist) Gunner | 44‑8211⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead; PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
279⇗ | 2 March 1945 |
Target: Low Temperature Carbonization Plant and Refinery of Deutsche Petroleum A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Rositz, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑38994⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
280⇗ | 3 March 1945 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 44‑8211⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead; PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
284⇗ | 9 March 1945 |
Target: Henschel Tank and Locomotive Works Type: Industry Location: Kassel, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑38994⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |