Name | Knagg, John A ‡ |
Rank | Corporal / Staff Sergeant |
Serial Number | 20606983 ‡ |
Unit Assignments |
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Duty | Flexible Gunner / Radio Countermeasures |
MOS | 611 - Aerial Gunner |
Last Duty Date | 24 May 1945 |
Results | Completed Tour, Returned to USA |
Additional Information |
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CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Reed, Verlin Dean⇗ | Pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Thebart, Ellsworth E⇗ | Co-pilot | FCMEW |
2nd Lt. Weiss, Morris B⇗ | Navigator | FCMEW |
CPL. Vermillion, Eugene Carroll⇗ | Togglier | TR |
CPL. Grimes, Paul John⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | FCMEW |
CPL. Bobbitt, Charles Rufus⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | FCMEW |
CPL. Leighton, Robert Raymond⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | CT |
CPL. Gariepy, Ernest J⇗ | Tail Gunner | FCMEW |
CPL. Knagg, John A | Flexible Gunner | CT |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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252⇗ | 7 January 1945 |
Target: Enemy Strong Point Type: Military Location: Blankenheim, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑102620⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
253⇗ | 8 January 1945 |
Target: Railroad Type: Transportation Location: Kyllburg, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑37703⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
266⇗ | 14 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany |
RADAR Countermeasures | 43‑39164⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed on Continent for fuel before returning to base. Sortie Report⇗ |
269⇗ | 20 February 1945 |
Target: Main Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany |
RADAR Countermeasures | 43‑39138⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
271⇗ | 22 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ülzen, Germany |
RADAR Countermeasures | 43‑39138⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
275⇗ | 26 February 1945 |
Target: Schlesicher Railroad Station (Bahnhof) Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany |
RADAR Countermeasures | 44‑6590⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
278⇗ | 1 March 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bruchsal, Germany |
RADAR Countermeasures | 43‑39138⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
279⇗ | 2 March 1945 |
Target: Low Temperature Carbonization Plant and Refinery of Deutsche Petroleum A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Rositz, Germany |
RADAR Countermeasures | 43‑39164⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
281⇗ | 4 March 1945 |
Target: Ordnance Depot Type: Military Location: Ulm, Germany |
RADAR Countermeasures | 43‑39164⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
283⇗ | 8 March 1945 |
Target: Oil Refinery - 'Benzol Plant' Type: Oil Industry Location: Essen, Germany |
RADAR Countermeasures | 44‑6590⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
291⇗ | 18 March 1945 |
Target: Schlesischer Railway Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany |
RADAR Countermeasures | 43‑39138⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
292⇗ | 19 March 1945 |
Target: Braunkohle-Benzin Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany |
RADAR Countermeasures | 44‑8608⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41D Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
295⇗ | 23 March 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gladbeck, Germany |
RADAR Countermeasures | 43‑39138⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
298⇗ | 26 March 1945 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany |
RADAR Countermeasures | 43‑39138⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
300⇗ | 30 March 1945 |
Target: Deutsche Schiff- u. Maschinenbau A.G. (DESCHIMAG)
Submarine and Warship Yard Machine Shop Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany |
RADAR Countermeasures | 43‑38974⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
301⇗ | 31 March 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Lützkendorf, Germany |
Spot Jammer | 43‑38994⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
304⇗ | 5 April 1945 |
Target: Ordnance Depot Type: Military Location: Ingolstadt, Germany |
RADAR Countermeasures | 43‑39138⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
306⇗ | 7 April 1945 |
Target: Underground Oil Storage Plant Type: Military Location: Hitzacker, Germany |
Spot Jammer | 44‑6898⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
308⇗ | 10 April 1945 |
Target: Ordnance Depot Workshop Area Type: Military Location: Oranienburg, Germany |
RADAR Countermeasures | 43‑39138⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
309⇗ | 11 April 1945 |
Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Freiham, Germany |
RADAR Countermeasures | 43‑39138⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
310⇗ | 14 April 1945 |
Target: Gun Battery Type: Military Location: Royan (Bordeaux), France |
RADAR Countermeasures | 43‑38974⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
313⇗ | 17 April 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany |
RADAR Countermeasures | 43‑39138⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |