Name | Radakovitz, Herman Andrew |
Rank | Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant |
Serial Number | O-757916 |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #72 dated 16 April 1944, effective 16 April 1944. |
Duty | Bombardier |
MOS | 1035 - Bombardier |
Last Duty Date | 11 September 1944 |
Results | Completed Tour, Returned to USA |
Additional Information |
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Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
---|---|---|
2nd Lt. Pompe, Bernard Joseph⇗ | Pilot | CT |
Flt. Ofcr. Morton, Howard Raymond⇗ | Co-pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Kane, William Francis⇗ | Navigator | CT |
2nd Lt. Radakovitz, Herman Andrew | Bombardier | CT |
S/SGT. Williamson, Albert (NMI)⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | TBD |
S/SGT. Bliss, John Franklin⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | CT |
SGT. Glotfelty, Emroy Martin⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | CT |
SGT. Thompson, Luther Edwin⇗ | Tail Gunner | CT |
SGT. Balvin, William August⇗ | Flexible Gunner | TBD |
SGT. Lemoine, Fritz Paul⇗ | Flexible Gunner | TR |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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96⇗ | 27 April 1944 |
Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France |
Bombardier | 42‑97271⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
97⇗ | 27 April 1944 |
Target: Toul/Croix de Metz Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France |
Bombardier | 42‑97309⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
98⇗ | 29 April 1944 |
Target: Industrial District Type: Industry Location: Berlin, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑97309⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
99⇗ | 1 May 1944 |
Target: Launch Site in Foret Nationale de Tournehem Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Foret Nationale de Tournehem, France |
Bombardier | 42‑97573⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
101⇗ | 7 May 1944 |
Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑97573⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
102⇗ | 8 May 1944 |
Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑97309⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
104⇗ | 9 May 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Thionville, France |
Bombardier | 42‑97309⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
105⇗ | 11 May 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Saarbrücken and Ehrang, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑97309⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41A Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
106⇗ | 12 May 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑97309⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
109⇗ | 19 May 1944 |
Target: Unidentified Industrial Area Type: Industry Location: Berlin, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑97309⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Lead Group, High Squadron Lead. Turned back at 1125 hrs because he could not locate group. Sortie Report⇗ |
136⇗ | 15 June 1944 |
Target: Railroad Viaduct Type: Transportation Location: La Possonnièrre, France |
Navigator | 42‑97178⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Group, Low Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
138⇗ | 18 June 1944 |
Target: Ölwerke Julius Humbles Type: Oil Industry Location: Hamburg, Germany |
Navigator | 44‑6147⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41A Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
139⇗ | 19 June 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Fleury & Crépy, France |
Navigator | 42‑102430⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41B Group, Flying Spare. Joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
140⇗ | 19 June 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Fleury & Crépy, France |
Navigator | 42‑102430⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41A Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
142⇗ | 21 June 1944 |
Target: Friedrichstrasse Industrial Area Type: Industry Location: Berlin, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑102442⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
144⇗ | 22 June 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Lille (Fives district), France |
Navigator | 42‑102430⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
149⇗ | 30 June 1944 |
Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Montdidier, France |
Navigator | 44‑6109⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead, low group. Sortie Report⇗ |
153⇗ | 7 July 1944 |
Target: Me-109 Aircraft Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig, Germany |
Navigator | 44‑6109⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High group, 41st B wing. Lost group in heavy clouds; tacked on to the low group of the 41st B wing and bombed with them. Sortie Report⇗ |
154⇗ | 8 July 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Renescure, France |
Navigator | 42‑102518⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High section lead, lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
155⇗ | 11 July 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Munich / München, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑31484⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead, low group. Sortie Report⇗ |
156⇗ | 12 July 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Munich / München, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑107148⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead group hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
157⇗ | 13 July 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Munich / München, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑97178⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41A Group, Low Squadron Deputy. Landed away at RAF Wratting Common, Cambridgeshire, on return due to weather. Sortie Report⇗ |
159⇗ | 17 July 1944 |
Target: Beautor Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Beautor, France |
Navigator | 42‑31484⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead, high group. Sortie Report⇗ |
169⇗ | 1 August 1944 |
Target: Railroad Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Chartres, France |
Navigator | 43‑37917⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Group, Low Squadron Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
173⇗ | 5 August 1944 |
Target: Luftwaffe Controlling Station Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Langenhagen, Germany |
Navigator | 44‑6109⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead, low group. Sortie Report⇗ |
174⇗ | 7 August 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Fuel Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dugny (Paris), France |
Navigator | 42‑107125⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High section lead, lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
175⇗ | 8 August 1944 |
Target: Tactical - Enemy Strong Points Type: Military Location: Bretteville-sur-Laize, France |
Navigator | 44‑6135⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low section lead, lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
177⇗ | 11 August 1944 |
Target: Tactical: Coastal Artillery Emplacements Type: Military Location: Brest, France |
Navigator | 42‑31484⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead, low group. Sortie Report⇗ |
179⇗ | 13 August 1944 |
Target: Tactical: Road Network Type: Transportation Location: Beaumont-le-Roger (area), France |
Navigator | 44‑6109⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead, lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
185⇗ | 26 August 1944 |
Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Navigator | 43‑38016⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High group deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
186⇗ | 30 August 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Crepieul, France |
Navigator | 43‑37971⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship. Low Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
188⇗ | 5 September 1944 |
Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Navigator | 43‑37971⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 44‑6294. Hot camera ship. High group deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
191⇗ | 10 September 1944 |
Target: BMW Motor Component Parts Plant Type: Industry Location: Sindelfingen, Germany |
Navigator | 44‑8047⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit PFF ship; wing deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
192⇗ | 11 September 1944 |
Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf & Merseburg, Germany |
Navigator | 43‑37917⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41B Group, Group Deputy. Hot Camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |