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Dolson, Henry James

Individual Personnel Data
Name Dolson, Henry James, "HANK"
Rank Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant
Serial Number O-741489
Unit Assignments Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 546th Bomb Squadron morning report dated 21 March 1944, effective 18 March 1944.
Duty Navigator
Last Duty Date 19 April 1945
Results Flying Combat Missions At End Of War
Additional Information
  • Date of Birth: 27 May 1917
  • Flew more than the required number of missions for a combat tour.
  • Granted a seven day sick leave of absence effective on or about 1 June 1944 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #100 dated 30 May 1944.
  • Granted a seven day opertional leave of absence effective 19 December 1944 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #249 dated 18 December 1944.
Photo Album:Crew Photo Album




Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER POSITION RESULTS
2nd Lt. Gekakis, AnthonyPilotCT
2nd Lt. Thoma, Edward PaulCo-pilotKIA
2nd Lt. Simmons, Wilbur (NMI)NavigatorCT
2nd Lt. Dolson, Henry James, "HANK"NavigatorFCMEW
S/SGT. Zinninger, William MaynardRadio Operator / GunnerCT
S/SGT. Wilson, John FranklinEngineer / Top Turret GunnerCT
SGT. Ticknor, Edward CharlesEngineer / Top Turret GunnerCT
SGT. Connolly, William Edward, Jr, "Bill"Ball Turret GunnerCT
SGT. Tucker, Clifton RolandTail GunnerCT
SGT. McDonald, Edward WilliamFlexible GunnerCT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 41 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
83 27 March 1944 Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Tours & Chartres, France
Navigator 42‑37776 Combat Mission Credit
41 Squadron.
Sortie Report
84 28 March 1944 Target: Dijon-Longvic Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Dijon, France
Navigator 42‑37776 Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report
85 29 March 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany
Navigator 42‑97251 Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Turned back at 1215 hrs because he could not locate the Group due to bad weather.
Sortie Report
86 9 April 1944 Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Marienburg, Germany
Navigator 42‑97251 Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off
This aircraft did not take off. Crew did not transfer to a Spare Aircraft.
Sortie Report
88 11 April 1944 Target: FW Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Sorau, Germany
Navigator 42‑37776 Combat Mission Credit
Flying Spare Aircraft; joined formation.
Sortie Report
89 13 April 1944 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany
Navigator 42‑31222 Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Turned back at 1157 hrs because #1 engine was running rough and smoking.
Sortie Report
90 18 April 1944 Target: Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oranienburg, Germany
Navigator 42‑97142 Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron deputy.
Sortie Report
91 19 April 1944 Target: Fieseler Aircraft Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Kassel (Waldau), Germany
Navigator 42‑97142 Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed
Sortie Report
92 20 April 1944 Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Sottevast, France
Navigator 42‑97142 Combat Mission Credit
A Wing, High group.
Sortie Report
93 22 April 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Hamm, Germany
Navigator 42‑97142 Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report
94 24 April 1944 Target: Dornier-Werke GMBH Aircraft Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Navigator 42‑97142 Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report
95 25 April 1944 Target: Metz-Frescaty Airdrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Metz, France
Navigator 42‑107057 Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report
96 27 April 1944 Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Sottevast, France
Navigator 42‑107057 Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed
Sortie Report
97 27 April 1944 Target: Toul/Croix de Metz Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nancy, France
Navigator 42‑97510 Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report
98 29 April 1944 Target: Industrial District
Type: Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany
Navigator 42‑97251 Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Turned back at 0915 hrs near Cromer because gas fumes were noted throughout the ship and gas was leaking from rght wing.
Sortie Report
100 4 May 1944 Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany
Navigator 42‑97142 Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report
101 7 May 1944 Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany
Navigator 42‑97142 Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report
102 8 May 1944 Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany
Navigator 42‑97237 Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report
106 12 May 1944 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany
Navigator 42‑97139 Combat Mission Credit
Low group deputy.
Sortie Report
107 13 May 1944 Target: Aircraft Assembly Components Factory.
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Poznań, Poland
Navigator 42‑97251 Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead, high composite group, 41st CBW.
Sortie Report
109 19 May 1944 Target: Unidentified Industrial Area
Type: Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany
Navigator 42‑97139 Combat Mission Credit
Low Group Deputy.
Sortie Report
113 23 May 1944 Target: Nancy/Essey Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nancy, France
Navigator 42‑97273 Combat Mission Credit
41B Group Low Squadron Lead.
Sortie Report
114 24 May 1944 Target: Unidentified Military Installations
Type: Military
Location: Berlin, Germany
Navigator 42‑97139 Combat Mission Credit
Low Group Deputy.
Sortie Report
115 25 May 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Sarreguemines and Blainville-sur-l'Eau, France
Navigator 42‑97139 Combat Mission Credit
41B Group, Low Squadron Lead.
Sortie Report
119 29 May 1944 Target: Focke-Wulf Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Krzesiny District, Poznań, Poland
Navigator 42‑97139 Combat Mission Credit
Low Group Deputy.
Sortie Report
136 15 June 1944 Target: Railroad Viaduct
Type: Transportation
Location: La Possonnièrre, France
Navigator 42‑38014 Combat Mission Credit
Low Group Lead.
Sortie Report
138 18 June 1944 Target: Ölwerke Julius Humbles
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Navigator 42‑107121 Combat Mission Credit
41B Group Deputy.
Sortie Report
140 19 June 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Fleury & Crépy, France
Navigator 42‑107125 Combat Mission Credit
41B Group Lead.
Sortie Report
142 21 June 1944 Target: Friedrichstrasse Industrial Area
Type: Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany
Navigator 42‑102933 Combat Mission Credit
Composite High Group Deputy.
Sortie Report
146 25 June 1944 Target: Railroad Bridge & Embankment
Type: Transportation
Location: Sens, France
Navigator 42‑107121 Combat Mission Credit
High group deputy, 41st A wing.
Sortie Report
147 27 June 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Storage Depot)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Saint-Martin-L'Hortier, France
Navigator 42‑97824 Combat Mission Credit
Group lead, 41st B section. Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report
208 9 October 1944 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany
Navigator 44‑8008 Combat Mission Credit
Group and wing lead. PFF ship.
Sortie Report
211 15 October 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany
Navigator 44‑8008 Combat Mission Credit
Group lead. PFF ship.
Sortie Report
225 11 November 1944 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Navigator 44‑8216 Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead.
Sortie Report
229 25 November 1944 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Lützkendorf, Germany
Navigator 43‑38616 Combat Mission Credit
Landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather.
Sortie Report
231 27 November 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Offenburg, Germany
Navigator 42‑98027 Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead; PFF & Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report
239 12 December 1944 Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany
Navigator 43‑38616 Combat Mission Credit
Wing deputy. Hot camera ship.
Sortie Report
246 30 December 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Limburg, Germany
Navigator 42‑97986 Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead. PFF& Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report
251 5 January 1945 Target: Landing Ground
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Neiderbreisig, Germany
Navigator 43‑38630 Combat Mission Credit
Group deputy.
Sortie Report
263 1 February 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Navigator 43‑38016 Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead; Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report
266 14 February 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Dresden, Germany
Navigator 42‑98027 Combat Mission Credit
Wing lead; PFF and Gee-H ship. Landed on Continent for fuel before returning to base.
Sortie Report
268 19 February 1945 Target: Coking Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Navigator 44‑8665 Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead; PFF ship.
Sortie Report
275 26 February 1945 Target: Schlesicher Railroad Station (Bahnhof)
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany
Navigator 44‑8541 Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead; PFF ship.
Sortie Report
285 10 March 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Schwerte, Germany
Navigator 44‑8211 Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead; PFF and Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report
289 15 March 1945 Target: Army HQ
Type: Military
Location: Zossen, Germany
Navigator 44‑8649 Combat Mission Credit
Group lead. PFF and Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report
312 16 April 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Regensburg, Germany
Navigator 42‑102430 Combat Mission Credit
Col. Milton flew mission as 'Cowboy Scouter'.
Sortie Report
314 19 April 1945 Target: Railroad Station & Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Elsterwerda, Germany
Navigator 44‑8665 Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead. PFF ship.
Sortie Report

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