Monaco, Armand Michael

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Monaco, Armand Michael ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-716512
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #132 dated 8 July 1944, effective 6 July 1944.
Duty	Navigator
Last Duty Date	30 December 1944
Results	Completed Tour, Returned to USA
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 6 May 1920 Granted a seven day sick leave of absence effective on 10 August 1944 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #159 dated 9 August 1944.

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 30 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
159⇗	17 July 1944	Target: Beautor Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Beautor, France	Navigator	43‑37703⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑38013. Sortie Report⇗
160⇗	18 July 1944	Target: Rocket Research & Development Complex Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Peenemünde & Zinnowitz, Germany	Navigator	42‑38013⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41B Group, High Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗
161⇗	19 July 1944	Target: Hydrogen Peroxide Plant Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Höllriegelskreuth District, Pullach, Germany	Navigator	42‑38013⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy, lead group. Sortie Report⇗
162⇗	20 July 1944	Target: Aircraft Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Dessau, Germany	Navigator	43‑37870⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
163⇗	21 July 1944	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Schwäbisch Hall, Germany	Navigator	42‑97150⇗	Combat Mission Credit High group hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
164⇗	24 July 1944	Target: Tactical - Enemy Strong Points Type: Military Location: La Chapelle en Juger & Hébécrevon, France	Navigator	42‑38208⇗	Combat Mission Credit High group hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
165⇗	25 July 1944	Target: Tactical - Enemy Strong Points Type: Military Location: Montreuil-sur-Lozon, Le Châtel, & La Chapelle en Juger, France	Navigator	43‑37870⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Group, High Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗
167⇗	29 July 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Navigator	44‑6105⇗	Combat Mission Credit High section lead, high group, 41st B wing. Sortie Report⇗
168⇗	31 July 1944	Target: Aero Engine Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Munich / München, Germany	Navigator	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Group, Low Squadron Lead. Sortie Report⇗
175⇗	8 August 1944	Target: Tactical - Enemy Strong Points Type: Military Location: Bretteville-sur-Laize, France	Navigator	44‑6149⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low section lead, high group. Sortie Report⇗
186⇗	30 August 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Crepieul, France	Navigator	42‑107121⇗	Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship. High Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗
187⇗	3 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Navigator	44‑6080⇗	Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship. Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
191⇗	10 September 1944	Target: BMW Motor Component Parts Plant Type: Industry Location: Sindelfingen, Germany	Navigator	42‑97960⇗	Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship; low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
193⇗	12 September 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Brüx, Czechoslovakia	Navigator	42‑97960⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. Sortie Report⇗
197⇗	21 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mainz, Germany	Navigator	42‑107125⇗	Combat Mission Credit High (composite) group lead. Sortie Report⇗
202⇗	30 September 1944	Target: Handorf Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Münster, Germany	Navigator	42‑97986⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group lead. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗
204⇗	3 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Wesseling, Germany	Navigator	42‑102449⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead. Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗
209⇗	11 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Wesseling, Germany	Navigator	42‑97941⇗	Combat Mission Credit First Squadron deputy. Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗
213⇗	18 October 1944	Target: Ford Motor Works Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Navigator	42‑97592⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. PFF ship. Took over on bomb run after lead Gee-H equipment failed, but too late to bomb primary. Led Squadron to attack secondary by PFF. Sortie Report⇗
214⇗	19 October 1944	Target: Heinrich Lanz Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Mannheim, Germany	Navigator	44‑8007⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group lead. PFF ship. Turned over lead to deputy at IP to attack using Gee-H. Sortie Report⇗
218⇗	2 November 1944	Target: Ruhr-Chemie A.G. Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Sterkrade (Holten), Germany	Navigator	42‑102449⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Gee-H ship. Led Squadron on bomb run. Sortie Report⇗
220⇗	5 November 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Navigator	44‑8008⇗	Combat Mission Credit PFF ship; group lead. Sortie Report⇗
221⇗	6 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany	Navigator	42‑102449⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron deputy. Led Squadron on bomb run. Sortie Report⇗
227⇗	20 November 1944	Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Navigator	44‑8008⇗	Combat Mission Credit PFF ship; C group lead. Sortie Report⇗
229⇗	25 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Navigator	44‑8008⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group lead; PFF ship; landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗
240⇗	18 December 1944	Target: Road Junction Type: Transportation Location: Gemünd, Germany	Navigator	42‑38208⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
241⇗	19 December 1944	Target: Railway Junction Type: Transportation Location: Glaadt, Germany	Navigator	43‑38630⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. Landed away at RAF Fairwood Common near Swansea, Wales. Sortie Report⇗
244⇗	27 December 1944	Target: Bridge (Tactical) Type: Transportation Location: Altenahr, Germany	Navigator	43‑38262⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Assumed lead at IP for Gee-H bomb run, but equipment failed 2/3 of the way to the target; relinquished lead to Squadron leader. Sortie Report⇗
245⇗	28 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Brühl, Germany	Navigator	43‑38757⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
246⇗	30 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Limburg, Germany	Navigator	43‑38800⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗

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