Name | Rinkovsky, Charles (NMI) ‡ |
Rank | Second Lieutenant |
Serial Number | O-769179 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #159 dated 9 August 1944, effective 9 August 1944. |
Duty | Bombardier / Navigator |
MOS | 1034 - Navigator |
Last Duty Date | 30 November 1944 |
Results |
Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Although the National Archives has no information on his POW Camp, a personal memoir of Reginald Gwin (crewmate on the 1944-11-30 mission) states he was confined at 'Stalag Luft 1 Barth' with other surviving members of his crew. |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 11129⇓ (13.277 MB) |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
---|---|---|
2nd Lt. Gilbert, Stanley Milton⇗ | Pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Dobson, Roy E⇗ | Co-pilot | TBD |
Flt. Ofcr. McCarthy, Robert George⇗ | Navigator | CT |
2nd Lt. Rinkovsky, Charles (NMI) | Bombardier | POW |
SGT. Hickman, Noah Clarence⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | CT |
SGT. Chase, Marion Butler, Jr⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | CT |
CPL. McMann, George Francis, Jr⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | KIA |
CPL. Carella, Jack Vito⇗ | Tail Gunner | CT |
CPL. Hintergardt, Leroy (NMI)⇗ | Flexible Gunner | TR |
CPL. Hurley, Ralph Ashby⇗ | Flexible Gunner | TR |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
186⇗ | 30 August 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Crepieul, France |
Bombardier | 43‑38062⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
187⇗ | 3 September 1944 |
Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑97282⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
188⇗ | 5 September 1944 |
Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Bombardier | 43‑37703⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
189⇗ | 8 September 1944 |
Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑37822⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off High group flying spare; joined formation, but turned back because he could not keep up with formation due to two supercharger failures; bombs returned to base. Sortie Report⇗ |
191⇗ | 10 September 1944 |
Target: BMW Motor Component Parts Plant Type: Industry Location: Sindelfingen, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
192⇗ | 11 September 1944 |
Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf & Merseburg, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41A Group, Hot Camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
196⇗ | 19 September 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑97282⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship, lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
197⇗ | 21 September 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mainz, Germany |
Bombardier | 44‑6080⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
198⇗ | 25 September 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑97320⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off C Wing, lead group. Aborted over base during assembly due to personnel illness. Sortie Report⇗ |
199⇗ | 26 September 1944 |
Target: Steelworks Type: Industry Location: Osnabrück, Germany |
Bombardier | 43‑38016⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗ |
200⇗ | 27 September 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (PFF Aiming Points) Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Bombardier | 43‑38615⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37822. Sortie Report⇗ |
202⇗ | 30 September 1944 |
Target: Handorf Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Münster, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑98000⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
203⇗ | 2 October 1944 |
Target: Ford Motor Works Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑98000⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Dropped bombs early, reason unknown. Sortie Report⇗ |
206⇗ | 6 October 1944 |
Target: M/T Factory Type: Industry Location: Stettin / Szczecin, Poland |
Bombardier | 43‑38615⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit D group. Sortie Report⇗ |
217⇗ | 1 November 1944 |
Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Navigator | 44‑6141⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
218⇗ | 2 November 1944 |
Target: Ruhr-Chemie A.G. Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Sterkrade (Holten), Germany |
Navigator | 43‑38062⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
219⇗ | 4 November 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany |
Navigator | 42‑97282⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
220⇗ | 5 November 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Navigator | 44‑6512⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
221⇗ | 6 November 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany |
Navigator | 43‑38750⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
222⇗ | 8 November 1944 |
Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant (visual aim point) Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany |
Navigator | 43‑38062⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
226⇗ | 16 November 1944 |
Target: Tactical - Artillery Positions Type: Military Location: Eschweiler, Germany |
Navigator | 44‑6141⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗ |
227⇗ | 20 November 1944 |
Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑102459⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
228⇗ | 23 November 1944 |
Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑102459⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
229⇗ | 25 November 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑102661⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗ |
233⇗ | 30 November 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany |
Navigator | 43‑37713⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Damaged by flak, force-landed near Rebgeshain, Hesse, Germany. Crew survived combat, but four members were murdered by the local Nazi Ortsgruppenleiter in Beltershain, the others became POW. MACR 11129 Sortie Report⇗ |