Graehl, Russell E

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Graehl, Russell E ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-779848
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #14 dated 16 January 1945, effective 16 January 1945. Transferred to a non-384th unit, per 547th Bomb Squadron Morning Reports of 9 May 1945 and 11 May 1945 - 70th Reinforcement Depot, AAF Station Stone, effective 11 May 1945.
Duty	Pilot
MOS	1091 - Pilot, B-17
Last Duty Date	11 May 1945
Results	Completed Tour, Returned to USA

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Graehl, Russell E	Pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Horrigan, Thomas J⇗	Co-pilot	CT
Flt. Ofcr. Skrocki, Casimir Stanley⇗	Navigator	CT
Flt. Ofcr. McGowan, James Alton⇗	Bombardier	CT
CPL. Kajka, Frank Andrew⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
T/SGT. Alderson, William E⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
CPL. Crawford, Donald Lee⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	TBD
CPL. McKee, William R⇗	Flexible Gunner	TBD

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 22 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
263⇗	1 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany	Pilot	43‑38800⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
264⇗	3 February 1945	Target: Tempelhof Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Pilot	43‑38647⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
265⇗	9 February 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Pilot	43‑38757⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
266⇗	14 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany	Pilot	43‑38757⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
267⇗	15 February 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany	Pilot	42‑37788⇗	Did not take off because bad weather halted flight operations. Sortie Report⇗
268⇗	19 February 1945	Target: Coking Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Pilot	44‑6514⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
269⇗	20 February 1945	Target: Main Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany	Pilot	42‑32106⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. This aircraft was a ground spare, which replaced 43‑37917 after having taken off and returned. Sortie Report⇗
271⇗	22 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ülzen, Germany	Pilot	43‑38630⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
272⇗	23 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Plauen, Germany	Pilot	43‑38647⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
273⇗	24 February 1945	Target: Submarine Construction Shipyard Type: Shipyards Location: Hamburg, Germany	Pilot	42‑102661⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
276⇗	27 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Wahren (Leipzig area), Germany	Pilot	43‑38647⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
277⇗	28 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hagen, Germany	Pilot	42‑37788⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
278⇗	1 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bruchsal, Germany	Pilot	43‑39131⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
280⇗	3 March 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany	Pilot	43‑38647⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
281⇗	4 March 1945	Target: Ordnance Depot Type: Military Location: Ulm, Germany	Pilot	42‑102459⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 44‑8430. Sortie Report⇗
282⇗	7 March 1945	Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Bochum, Germany	Pilot	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
286⇗	11 March 1945	Target: Vacuum Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bremen, Germany	Pilot	43‑38647⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
288⇗	14 March 1945	Target: Railroad Bridge, Weser River Type: Transportation Location: Bad Oeynhausen, Germany	Pilot	43‑38647⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
289⇗	15 March 1945	Target: Army HQ Type: Military Location: Zossen, Germany	Pilot	43‑38678⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
290⇗	17 March 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen (Leipzig), Germany	Pilot	43‑38647⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
297⇗	24 March 1945	Target: Twente Enschede Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands	Pilot	44‑8649⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗
307⇗	9 April 1945	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany	Pilot	44‑8668⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗
316⇗	25 April 1945	Target: Skoda Armament Works Type: Industry Location: Pilsen / Plzeň, Czechoslovakia	Pilot	42‑98027⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron Lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗

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