Name | Velasquez, Simon Cortez ‡ |
Rank | Staff Sergeant |
Serial Number | 37548280 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 547th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 29 March 1944, effective 28 March 1944. |
Duty | Ball Turret Gunner |
Last Duty Date | 13 April 1944 |
Results |
Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15 |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 3872⇓ (36.923 MB) |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Tollison, Verlyn Chance⇗ | Pilot | KIA |
2nd Lt. Huber, Eldridge Hood⇗ | Co-pilot | TR |
2nd Lt. Devine, Wray Thomas⇗ | Navigator | TR |
2nd Lt. Pearson, Clarence Marshall⇗ | Bombardier | TR |
SGT. Cammarano, Salvatore John⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | TR |
SGT. Schmit, William Phillip⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | TR |
S/SGT. Velasquez, Simon Cortez | Ball Turret Gunner | POW |
SGT. Murawski, Joseph Casmer⇗ | Tail Gunner | TR |
SGT. Knecht, Wilbert Charles⇗ | Flexible Gunner | TR |
SGT. Patton, Regene Irvin⇗ | Flexible Gunner | TR |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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88⇗ | 11 April 1944 |
Target: FW Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Sorau, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑97231⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
89⇗ | 13 April 1944 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑97231⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Shot down by Me-109s near Coblenz at 1320 hrs; crashed near Reichenbach, Odenwald, Germany. MACR 3872 Sortie Report⇗ |