Haaf, Arthur Herschel

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Haaf, Arthur Herschel, "Hersch" ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-777659
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #8 dated 9 January 1945, effective 9 January 1945.
Duty	Pilot
MOS	1091 - Pilot, B-17
Last Duty Date	11 April 1945
Results	Flying Combat Missions At End Of War
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 12 May 1916
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Haaf, Arthur Herschel, "Hersch"	Pilot	FCMEW
2nd Lt. Hoffman, Dennis M⇗	Co-pilot	FCMEW
2nd Lt. Wilson, Roger Earl⇗	Navigator	FCMEW
S/SGT. Tompkins, George Cleveland⇗	Togglier	TBD
PVT. Lazzaro, August Michael⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
CPL. Beardshear, Paul Francis⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	FCMEW
CPL. Merritt, William Thomas, Jr⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	FCMEW
CPL. Lind, Eldon Warren⇗	Tail Gunner	FCMEW
CPL. Cayce, Lawrence Wendell⇗	Flexible Gunner	FCMEW

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 23 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
260⇗	23 January 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Neuss, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38678⇗	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off Low Squadron deputy; did not take off. Sortie Report⇗
261⇗	28 January 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
262⇗	29 January 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Siegen, Germany	Co-pilot	44‑8408⇗	Combat Mission Credit Returned Early Although experiencing an oxygen system failure during the mission, this crew managed to bomb the primary target with the Group. Sortie Report⇗
263⇗	1 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Alconbury Airfield, AAF Station 102, due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗
265⇗	9 February 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Pilot	43‑37917⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
266⇗	14 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany	Pilot	43‑37917⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
267⇗	15 February 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany	Pilot	43‑37917⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Landed away at Bassingbourn Airfield, AAF Station 121. Sortie Report⇗
270⇗	21 February 1945	Target: Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany	Pilot	43‑37917⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
271⇗	22 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ülzen, Germany	Pilot	43‑37917⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
272⇗	23 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Plauen, Germany	Pilot	43‑37917⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Bury St. Edmunds (Rougham) Airfield, AAF Station 468. Sortie Report⇗
274⇗	25 February 1945	Target: Tank & Submarine Engine Factory Type: Industry Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany	Pilot	43‑37917⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
275⇗	26 February 1945	Target: Schlesicher Railroad Station (Bahnhof) Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Pilot	43‑37917⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
276⇗	27 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Wahren (Leipzig area), Germany	Pilot	43‑37917⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
278⇗	1 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bruchsal, Germany	Pilot	43‑37917⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
279⇗	2 March 1945	Target: Low Temperature Carbonization Plant and Refinery of Deutsche Petroleum A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Rositz, Germany	Pilot	44‑8679⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at B-53, an RAF airfield near Merville, France, on return, due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗
280⇗	3 March 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany	Pilot	44‑6590⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
282⇗	7 March 1945	Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Bochum, Germany	Pilot	43‑37917⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
283⇗	8 March 1945	Target: Oil Refinery - 'Benzol Plant' Type: Oil Industry Location: Essen, Germany	Pilot	43‑37971⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
284⇗	9 March 1945	Target: Henschel Tank and Locomotive Works Type: Industry Location: Kassel, Germany	Pilot	43‑37917⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
291⇗	18 March 1945	Target: Schlesischer Railway Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Pilot	42‑102518⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
295⇗	23 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gladbeck, Germany	Pilot	44‑8211⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead. PFF and Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗
301⇗	31 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Pilot	44‑8668⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
302⇗	3 April 1945	Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Kiel, Germany	Pilot	44‑8668⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗
309⇗	11 April 1945	Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Freiham, Germany	Commander	44‑8401⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗

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