Ratkiewicz, Louis Lawrence

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Ratkiewicz, Louis Lawrence ‡ ⇗
Rank	Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	10601012 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #28, effective 10 June 1943. Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #, effective 18 July 1943.
Duty	Tail Gunner
Last Duty Date	14 October 1943
Results	Evaded Capture
Decorations	Awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 14 October 1943 per General Orders #76, Headquarters, U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe dated 9 October 1944.
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 22 October 1916 Placed on seven days Temporary Duty (R&R) The American Red Cross Club, Southport on or about 15 October 1943 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #95 dated 13 September 1943 rescinded on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #96 dated 14 September 1943.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 842⇓ (3.690 MB) Escape & Evasion Report # 2413⇓ (Filesize N/A) 1LT Donald P. Ogilvie Crew, 547th BS (Legacy)⇗

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 14 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
1⇗	22 June 1943	Target: General Motors Truck Factory Type: Industry Location: Antwerp, Belgium	Tail Gunner	42‑3216⇗	Combat Mission Credit Tail gunner's feet were frostbitten. Sortie Report⇗
9⇗	24 July 1943	Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants Type: Industry Location: Herøya, Norway	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑5848⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
11⇗	28 July 1943	Target: Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑5848⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead, deputy flight leader. Led wing after flight leader aborted. Sortie Report⇗
12⇗	29 July 1943	Target: Naval Base Type: Military Location: Kiel, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑5848⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
15⇗	15 August 1943	Target: Poix-en-Picardie and Amiens-Glisy Airfields Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Poix-de-Picardie & Amiens, France	Tail Gunner	42‑3441⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
16⇗	16 August 1943	Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Tail Gunner	42‑3441⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
17⇗	17 August 1943	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Tail Gunner	41‑24416⇗	Combat Mission Credit Aircraft loaned by 303rd BG for today's mission. Sortie Report⇗
19⇗	31 August 1943	Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France	Tail Gunner	42‑30005⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
23⇗	9 September 1943	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Lille-Vendeville, France	Tail Gunner	42‑3441⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron Lead. Sortie Report⇗
26⇗	27 September 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑3441⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group Deputy. Sortie Report⇗
27⇗	2 October 1943	Target: Port Facilities Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑3441⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron Lead.. Sortie Report⇗
28⇗	4 October 1943	Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑3441⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. Sortie Report⇗
29⇗	8 October 1943	Target: Workshops Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑30196⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
32⇗	14 October 1943	Target: Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑31059⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Knocked down by enemy aircraft; crashed near Soissons, France; MACR 842. Sortie Report⇗

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