Name | Bishop, Nelson M J ‡ |
Rank | Private / Sergeant |
Serial Number | 15329158 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 546th Bomb Squadron Morning Report, effective 27 January 1943. |
Duty | Non-flying duty / Tail Gunner |
Last Duty Date | 11 April 1944 |
Results |
Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf [actually Gneixendorf] Near Krems Austria 48-15 |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 3820⇓ (21.642 MB) |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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41⇗ | 11 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑29723⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
46⇗ | 24 December 1943 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Croisette, France |
Tail Gunner | 42‑31045⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Composite group. Sortie Report⇗ |
48⇗ | 31 December 1943 |
Target: Blockade Runner 'Orsone' (name of ship) Type: Transportation Location: [Mouth of River Garonne], France |
Tail Gunner | 42‑31045⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Chelveston; bombs jettisoned. Sortie Report⇗ |
50⇗ | 5 January 1944 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Kiel, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑3087⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
54⇗ | 21 January 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France |
Tail Gunner | 42‑37776⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41B Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
56⇗ | 30 January 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑29636⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
57⇗ | 3 February 1944 |
Target: Submarines (under construction) Type: Submarine Facility Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑29636⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low 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 | 42‑29636⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High group, 41st A Combat Wing. Landed away on return at RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗ |
62⇗ | 11 February 1944 |
Target: Propeller Factory (Foundry) Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑31375⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back at 1000 hrs because flight engineer became unconscious from anoxia and 'bends', requiring immediate medical attention. Sortie Report⇗ |
65⇗ | 22 February 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑31375⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41B Group. Landed away at RAF Gosfield, Essex, on return. Sortie Report⇗ |
66⇗ | 24 February 1944 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑30026⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron, low group. Sortie Report⇗ |
67⇗ | 25 February 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly & Ball Bearings Plants Type: Industry Location: Augsburg & Stuttgart, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑31222⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Aborted Mission After Taking Off 41C Group, High Squadron, Lead Group. Turned back at 1142 hrs because fuel had to be siphoned out of #4 wing tank when fuel pressure went up to 19.5 lbs, and #3 engine began throwing oil. Sortie Report⇗ |
68⇗ | 28 February 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France |
Tail Gunner | 42‑37776⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. 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 | 42‑97477⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
70⇗ | 3 March 1944 |
Target: Roller-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑31740⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
72⇗ | 6 March 1944 |
Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑31740⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Returned to base after group leader abandoned attempt to join assigned combat wing. Sortie Report⇗ |
76⇗ | 18 March 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑97139⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy, lead group, 41st Combat Bombardment Wing. Sortie Report⇗ |
77⇗ | 19 March 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-2 Storage and Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Wizernes, France |
Tail Gunner | 42‑31375⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation, but did not drop bombs because there was an aircraft below him. Sortie Report⇗ |
78⇗ | 20 March 1944 |
Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑31740⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
79⇗ | 22 March 1944 |
Target: Heinkel Aircraft Assembly Plant at Annahof Airfield Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑31740⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron, high composite group. Sortie Report⇗ |
80⇗ | 23 March 1944 |
Target: Airdrome and Airpark Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Gütersloh, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑31740⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
82⇗ | 26 March 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Grismont, Rebecques, France |
Tail Gunner | 42‑31740⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
83⇗ | 27 March 1944 |
Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Tours & Chartres, France |
Tail Gunner | 42‑31740⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 94 Group, Flying Spare. Joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
84⇗ | 28 March 1944 |
Target: Dijon-Longvic Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dijon, France |
Tail Gunner | 42‑31740⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
88⇗ | 11 April 1944 |
Target: FW Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Sorau, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑31375⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Suffered a direct hit by flak that blew off plexiglass nose of aircraft at 1111 hrs; aircraft started descending under control; 7 chutes observed; aircraft seen to land in a river, but actually crashed in a forested area just north of Bokensdorf, Germany. MACR 3820 Sortie Report⇗ |