Name | Pardee, Raymond Floyd |
Rank | Private / Staff Sergeant |
Serial Number | 35030839 |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #96 dated 14 September 1944, effective 14 September 1943. |
Duty | Tail Gunner |
MOS | 612 - Airplane Armorer / Gunner |
Last Duty Date | 20 March 1944 |
Results | Transferred |
Additional Information |
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Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Hurley, Joseph Anthony⇗ | Pilot | TR |
2nd Lt. Mills, William J (IO), Jr⇗ | Co-pilot | TR |
2nd Lt. Drogue, Arthur Joseph, Jr⇗ | Navigator | CT |
2nd Lt. Henningsen, Peter Victor⇗ | Bombardier | TR |
T/SGT. Schwandt, Lawrence Clarence⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | TR |
PVT. Fair, Jack Russell⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | TBD |
S/SGT. Bothwell, William (NMI)⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | TR |
PVT. Pardee, Raymond Floyd | Tail Gunner | TR |
S/SGT. Fitzpatrick, Frank Joseph⇗ | Flexible Gunner | TR |
S/SGT. Chmielecki, Stanley Anthony⇗ | Flexible Gunner | TR |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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29⇗ | 8 October 1943 |
Target: Workshops Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑5444⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑24560. Sortie Report⇗ |
30⇗ | 9 October 1943 |
Target: Aircraft Factories Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Anklam, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 41‑24560⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
32⇗ | 14 October 1943 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 41‑24560⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back. Landed away at Ridgewell. Sortie Report⇗ |
40⇗ | 5 December 1943 |
Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France |
Tail Gunner | 42‑29651⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
42⇗ | 13 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑3429⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗ |
46⇗ | 24 December 1943 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Croisette, France |
Tail Gunner | 42‑29717⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
47⇗ | 30 December 1943 |
Target: I. G. Farben Industrie, Chemical/Synthetic Rubber Plants Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 41‑24560⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Composite Squadron; turned back at 1016 hrs because of oxygen failure in top turret; system dropped to zero and after it was recharged to 250 lbs it again dropped to 120 lbs in 15 mins; 18 M47A1s rtd Sortie Report⇗ |
48⇗ | 31 December 1943 |
Target: Blockade Runner 'Orsone' (name of ship) Type: Transportation Location: [Mouth of River Garonne], France |
Tail Gunner | 42‑37727⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Alconbury; bombs returned. Sortie Report⇗ |
50⇗ | 5 January 1944 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Kiel, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑39784⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Bomb load included 'Nickles' (propaganda leaflets) in addition to six 500-pound bombs. Sortie Report⇗ |
53⇗ | 14 January 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Meillard, France |
Tail Gunner | 42‑3051⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
54⇗ | 21 January 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France |
Tail Gunner | 42‑3429⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41A Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
56⇗ | 30 January 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 41‑24560⇗ |
Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off Low group high Squadron. Did not take off. Sortie Report⇗ |
57⇗ | 3 February 1944 |
Target: Submarines (under construction) Type: Submarine Facility Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑37885⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
58⇗ | 4 February 1944 |
Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑37885⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High group, 41st B Combat Wing. Sortie Report⇗ |
59⇗ | 5 February 1944 |
Target: Bricy Aerodrome, Luftwaffe Training and Bomber Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Orleans, France |
Tail Gunner | 42‑3440⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
61⇗ | 8 February 1944 |
Target: Piston Ring Factory Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑31346⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
63⇗ | 20 February 1944 |
Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑31235⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41A Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
66⇗ | 24 February 1944 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑31364⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron, lead group. 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 |
Tail Gunner | 42‑29828⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
70⇗ | 3 March 1944 |
Target: Roller-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑31235⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
72⇗ | 6 March 1944 |
Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑31364⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
76⇗ | 18 March 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑31495⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron, high composite group. Sortie Report⇗ |