Name | Ward, Clarence Howard ‡ |
Rank | Staff Sergeant |
Serial Number | 20434153 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #79, effective 23 August 1943. |
Duty | Tail Gunner / Flexible Gunner |
MOS | 748 - Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer |
Last Duty Date | TBD |
Results | TBD |
Additional Information |
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Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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25⇗ | 23 September 1943 |
Target: Submarine Repair Ship Type: Submarine Facility Location: Nantes, France |
Tail Gunner | 42‑29717⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Wing, Buckinghamshire. Sortie Report⇗ |
26⇗ | 27 September 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑29809⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Molesworth, AAF Station 107, for reasons unknown, and returned immediately to home base. Sortie Report⇗ |
29⇗ | 8 October 1943 |
Target: Workshops Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑29809⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
--⇗ | 30 October 1943 |
Target: Marshaling Yard Type: Transportation Location: Geilenkirchen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑37758⇗ | Sortie Report⇗ |
34⇗ | 3 November 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Wilhelmshafen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑3259⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
35⇗ | 5 November 1943 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑3259⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back, #3 engine failure. Sortie Report⇗ |
36⇗ | 16 November 1943 |
Target: Knaben II Molybdenum Mine Type: Industry Location: Knaben, Norway |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑3259⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
39⇗ | 1 December 1943 |
Target: Non-Ferrous Metals Plant Type: Industry Location: Solingen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑3259⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
40⇗ | 5 December 1943 |
Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑3259⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
41⇗ | 11 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑3259⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
42⇗ | 13 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑3259⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group, low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
43⇗ | 16 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑5404⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
54⇗ | 21 January 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑29809⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41A Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
56⇗ | 30 January 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97477⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group high Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
60⇗ | 6 February 1944 |
Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97477⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead, lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
62⇗ | 11 February 1944 |
Target: Propeller Factory (Foundry) Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑31484⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
63⇗ | 20 February 1944 |
Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97477⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41A Group, High Squadron Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
64⇗ | 21 February 1944 |
Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Werl, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑29632⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
65⇗ | 22 February 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97477⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off 41A Group, Low Squadron Lead. 'Turned back because he could not catch our group and too close to Enemy Territory to keep trying.' Sortie Report⇗ |
66⇗ | 24 February 1944 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97477⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead, lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
67⇗ | 25 February 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly & Ball Bearings Plants Type: Industry Location: Augsburg & Stuttgart, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97477⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41C Group, High Squadron Lead, Low Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
68⇗ | 28 February 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97477⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. A British Army observer and war correspondent, Maj. Anthony Cotterell, flew with this crew. Sortie Report⇗ |
73⇗ | 8 March 1944 |
Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑31166⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
74⇗ | 9 March 1944 |
Target: Heinkel Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑38208⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
79⇗ | 22 March 1944 |
Target: Heinkel Aircraft Assembly Plant at Annahof Airfield Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑37789⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit NOTE: The Loading List incorrectly identified the co-pilot as Sidney Bush. Sortie Report⇗ |
80⇗ | 23 March 1944 |
Target: Airdrome and Airpark Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Gütersloh, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑31166⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
83⇗ | 27 March 1944 |
Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Tours & Chartres, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑29651⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 94 Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
85⇗ | 29 March 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑31484⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Nuthampstead due to weather. Sortie Report⇗ |