Dillingham, Maurice Stanley

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Dillingham, Maurice Stanley ‡ ⇗
Rank	Captain / Major
Serial Number	O-1699192 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Special Orders #362 dated 28 December 1942, effective 26 December 1942.
Duty	Commanding Officer
Last Duty Date	1 December 1943
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
Decorations	Awarded the Purple heart for wounds received on 1 December 1943 per General Orders #36, Department of the Air Force dated 9 June 1949.
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 30 March 1908 Promoted to Major on 29 August 1943 per 547th Bomb Squadron History. Appointed as a member of a Flying Evaluation Board, to meet at the call of the President to act on such cases as might be referred to it by these headquarters (384th Bombardment Group) per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #101 dated 21 September 1943.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 1335⇓ (5.166 MB)

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 7 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
1⇗	22 June 1943	Target: General Motors Truck Factory Type: Industry Location: Antwerp, Belgium	Pilot	42‑5850⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron Lead. Sortie Report⇗
8⇗	14 July 1943	Target: Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Commander	42‑5852⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group lead. Sortie Report⇗
14⇗	12 August 1943	Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Commander	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⇗
28⇗	4 October 1943	Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Commander	42‑5838⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group lead. Sortie Report⇗
31⇗	10 October 1943	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Münster, Germany	Commander	42‑3429⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
--⇗	30 October 1943	Target: Marshaling Yard Type: Transportation Location: Geilenkirchen, Germany	Air Commander	42‑30026⇗	Sortie Report⇗
35⇗	5 November 1943	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Commander	42‑5838⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead; deputy flight lead. Sortie Report⇗
39⇗	1 December 1943	Target: Non-Ferrous Metals Plant Type: Industry Location: Solingen, Germany	Commander	42‑30033⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Group lead; mechanical problems; turned back at 11:30am. Sortie Report⇗

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