Sorbo, Peter Paul

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Sorbo, Peter Paul ‡ ⇗
Rank	Private First Class / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	31281461 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #28, effective 10 June 1943.
Duty	Flexible Gunner
Last Duty Date	12 August 1943
Results	Killed In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Calvary Cemetery, Waterbury, Connecticut
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 24 September 1924 Promoted from Private First Class to Sergeant effective 15 June 1943per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 18 June 1943. Promoted to Staff Sergeant on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #49 dated 15 July 1943.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 288⇓ (26.475 MB)

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 1 Combat Mission.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
14⇗	12 August 1943	Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑5806⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Hit by flak on the way to the target, then attacked by fighters. Some of crew bailed out before aircraft exploded. Crashed near Volmershofen/Heidgen (5 miles SW of Bonn), Germany. MACR 288 Sortie Report⇗

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