Hess, Frank (NMI)

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Hess, Frank (NMI) ⇗
Rank	Sergeant / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	36686148
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #153 dated 31 July 1944, effective 31 July 1944.
Duty	Ball Turret Gunner
MOS	612 - Airplane Armorer / Gunner
Last Duty Date	16 February 1945
Results	Completed Tour, Returned to USA
Additional Information	Promoted to Staff Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #200 dated 9 October 1944. Promoted from Private to Corporal effective 9 February 1945 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #32 dated 9 February 1945.
Related Documents	Accident Report # 44-12-16-517⇓ (4.051 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Brookshire, James D⇗	Pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Rummel, Brian Dunn, Jr⇗	Co-pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Mechanick, Harold (NMI)⇗	Navigator	CT
2nd Lt. Kennedy, Jack Edward⇗	Bombardier	TR
SGT. Alexander, Arthur Walton⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
SGT. Zink, Frank John⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Rivers, Arthur Raymond, "Creek"⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
SGT. Hess, Frank (NMI)	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
SGT. Hiner, William Max⇗	Tail Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Buersmeyer, Sylvanus Reginald, "Bush"⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 35 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
179⇗	13 August 1944	Target: Tactical: Road Network Type: Transportation Location: Beaumont-le-Roger (area), France	Ball Turret	42‑31222⇗	Combat Mission Credit High section deputy, high group. returned with #3 prop windmilling because the shaft broke. Sortie Report⇗
182⇗	18 August 1944	Target: Tactical: Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Vise, Belgium	Ball Turret	43‑37713⇗	Combat Mission Credit High group. Sortie Report⇗
183⇗	24 August 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑37713⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
184⇗	25 August 1944	Target: Airfield & Airpark Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Anklam, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑37713⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
185⇗	26 August 1944	Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑37713⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
187⇗	3 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑37713⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
189⇗	8 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑102601⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
191⇗	10 September 1944	Target: BMW Motor Component Parts Plant Type: Industry Location: Sindelfingen, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑107083⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
196⇗	19 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑102501⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
197⇗	21 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mainz, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑102933⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
199⇗	26 September 1944	Target: Steelworks Type: Industry Location: Osnabrück, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗
200⇗	27 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (PFF Aiming Points) Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑102500⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
203⇗	2 October 1944	Target: Ford Motor Works Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑107121⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
204⇗	3 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Wesseling, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑102500⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
205⇗	5 October 1944	Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑107121⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation and bombed target; dropped bombs late. Sortie Report⇗
206⇗	6 October 1944	Target: M/T Factory Type: Industry Location: Stettin / Szczecin, Poland	Ball Turret	42‑107121⇗	Combat Mission Credit A group. Sortie Report⇗
208⇗	9 October 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38548⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
214⇗	19 October 1944	Target: Heinrich Lanz Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Mannheim, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑107125⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Gee-H ship. Equipment failed prior to bomb run, causing Squadron to attack secondary PFF target. Sortie Report⇗
215⇗	25 October 1944	Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑107121⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
217⇗	1 November 1944	Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Ball Turret	44‑8430⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
219⇗	4 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany	Ball Turret	42‑31484⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
221⇗	6 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany	Ball Turret	42‑31484⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
222⇗	8 November 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant (visual aim point) Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑102500⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ahip. Sortie Report⇗
223⇗	9 November 1944	Target: Ground Installations Type: Military Location: Ouvrages de Sorbey (Metz), France	Ball Turret	43‑37713⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
224⇗	10 November 1944	Target: Ostheim Airfield & Butzweilerhof Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑31484⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41C Group, Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
228⇗	23 November 1944	Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Ball Turret	44‑6476⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
229⇗	25 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑102501⇗	Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship; landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗
231⇗	27 November 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Offenburg, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38501⇗	Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
233⇗	30 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑107083⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed High Squadron Sortie Report⇗
234⇗	2 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Oberlahnstein, Germany	Ball Turret	44‑6476⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
235⇗	4 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Soest, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑102933⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
236⇗	6 December 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑31484⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
237⇗	9 December 1944	Target: Airfield and Daimler Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Böblingen (Stuttgart area), Germany	Ball Turret	42‑97251⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
238⇗	11 December 1944	Target: Road & Rail Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany	Ball Turret	44‑8421⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
239⇗	12 December 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Ball Turret	44‑8421⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
--	16 December 1944	None Non-combat sortie	Ball Turret	44‑8421⇗	Due to equipment failure, mission recall, and adverse weather, pilot crashed while landing at RAF North Coates, Lincolnshire. There were no injuries to crew, but aircraft was salvaged as a result. Sortie Report⇗
242⇗	23 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ehrang, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑31484⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed at Grafton Underwood. Sortie Report⇗

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