Name | Collins, Donald Ivan ‡ |
Rank | Staff Sergeant / Technical Sergeant |
Serial Number | 39606925 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #126 dated 23 October 1943, effective 23 October 1943. |
Duty | Ball Turret Gunner |
MOS | 612 - Airplane Armorer / Gunner |
Last Duty Date | 3 February 1944 |
Results |
Missing In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England: Tablets of the Missing |
Additional Information |
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Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
---|---|---|
2nd Lt. Herbert, Joseph Robert, Jr⇗ | Pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Farthing, Frank (NMI)⇗ | Co-pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Meyer, Robert Herman⇗ | Navigator | CT |
2nd Lt. Zebrowski, Joseph Anthony⇗ | Bombardier | CT |
SGT. Carroll, Ralph Gordon⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | CT |
SGT. Boone, James Douglas, Jr⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | KIA |
S/SGT. Collins, Donald Ivan | Ball Turret Gunner | MIA |
SGT. Clark, Alfred Albert⇗ | Tail Gunner | CT |
PVT. Buckley, Arthur Joseph⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
SGT. Narog, John (NMI)⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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36⇗ | 16 November 1943 |
Target: Knaben II Molybdenum Mine Type: Industry Location: Knaben, Norway |
Ball Turret | 42‑31058⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Ouston (now RA Albemarle Barracks), near Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Sortie Report⇗ |
37⇗ | 26 November 1943 |
Target: City Center Type: Non-Military Location: Bremen, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑29651⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
38⇗ | 29 November 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑29651⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
40⇗ | 5 December 1943 |
Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France |
Ball Turret | 42‑29651⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
41⇗ | 11 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑29651⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
42⇗ | 13 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑3218⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗ |
43⇗ | 16 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑39784⇗ |
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report⇗ |
46⇗ | 24 December 1943 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Croisette, France |
Ball Turret | 42‑31274⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
48⇗ | 31 December 1943 |
Target: Blockade Runner 'Orsone' (name of ship) Type: Transportation Location: [Mouth of River Garonne], France |
Ball Turret | 42‑29651⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Thorney Island, West Sussex. Sortie Report⇗ |
50⇗ | 5 January 1944 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Kiel, Germany |
Ball Turret | 41‑24560⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
54⇗ | 21 January 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑39784⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41A Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
56⇗ | 30 January 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑29651⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗ |
57⇗ | 3 February 1944 |
Target: Submarines (under construction) Type: Submarine Facility Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑31495⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Group. Sortie Report⇗ |