Sylvia, Francis Robert

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Sylvia, Francis Robert ‡ ⇗
Rank	Private First Class / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	31289498 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #45 dated 8 July 1943, effective 8 July 1943.
Duty	Flexible 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 #77, Headquarters, U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe dated 10 October 1944.
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 7 October 1923 Promoted to Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #45 dated 8 July 1943. Promoted to Staff Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #75 dated 20 August 1943. 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.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 842⇓ (3.690 MB) Escape & Evasion Report # 2425⇓ (Filesize N/A) Account of 14 October 1943 Mission and its Aftermath⇓ (9.866 MB) 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
11⇗	28 July 1943	Target: Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany	Waist (Flexible) 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	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑5848⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
14⇗	12 August 1943	Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑3216⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group lead. Bomb bay doors wouldn't open on bomb run; bombs dropped on target of opportunity 30 west of Gelsenkirchen. 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	Waist (Flexible) 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	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑3441⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
17⇗	17 August 1943	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	41‑24416⇗	Combat Mission Credit Aircraft loaned by 303rd BG for today's mission. Sortie Report⇗
18⇗	27 August 1943	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Watten, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑30033⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group lead. Sortie Report⇗
19⇗	31 August 1943	Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑30005⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
21⇗	6 September 1943	Type: Industry Location: Stuttgart, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑5849⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Returned to station early after failure to draw more than 20 inches manifold pressure at 17,000 feet altitude. Sortie Report⇗
22⇗	7 September 1943	Target: Bruxelles-Evere Airfield/Repair Depot Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium	Tail Gunner	42‑3441⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
23⇗	9 September 1943	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Lille-Vendeville, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑3441⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron Lead. Sortie Report⇗
27⇗	2 October 1943	Target: Port Facilities Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑3441⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron Lead.. Sortie Report⇗
28⇗	4 October 1943	Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑3441⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. Sortie Report⇗
29⇗	8 October 1943	Target: Workshops Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany	Waist (Flexible) 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	Waist (Flexible) 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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