Sparks, Kenneth (NMI)

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Sparks, Kenneth (NMI) ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-783461
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 special Orders #18 dated 21 January 1945, effective 21 January 1945. Transferred to a non-384th unit, per 547th Bomb Squadron Morning Report - Casual Pool, 70th Reinforcement Depot, AAF Station Stone, effective 20 May 1945.
Duty	Bombardier / Navigator
MOS	1035 - Bombardier
Last Duty Date	20 May 1945
Results	Completed Tour, Returned to USA
Additional Information	Graduated from Bombardier School at Deming AAF, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Class #44-10, 22 July 1944. Departed Grafton Underwood to AAF Station Stone on 20 May 1945. Returned to the ZOI via B-17.
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
1st Lt. Cathey, George Warlick⇗	Pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Hinds, John W⇗	Co-pilot	TBD
Flt. Ofcr. Hertz, Morton (NMI)⇗	Navigator	CT
2nd Lt. Sparks, Kenneth (NMI)	Bombardier	CT
CPL. Roy, John G J⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Smith, Alfred Clem, Jr⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
CPL. Duncan, David (NMI)⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	TBD
CPL. LaRue, Ray Edward⇗	Tail Gunner	TBD
CPL. Kalan, Frank M⇗	Flexible Gunner	TBD

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 28 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
265⇗	9 February 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Bombardier	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
268⇗	19 February 1945	Target: Coking Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Bombardier	43‑38630⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
269⇗	20 February 1945	Target: Main Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany	Bombardier	43‑38016⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
270⇗	21 February 1945	Target: Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany	Bombardier	43‑37971⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑107125. Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
271⇗	22 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ülzen, Germany	Bombardier	43‑39035⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
282⇗	7 March 1945	Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Bochum, Germany	Navigator	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
283⇗	8 March 1945	Target: Oil Refinery - 'Benzol Plant' Type: Oil Industry Location: Essen, Germany	Navigator	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
285⇗	10 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Schwerte, Germany	Navigator	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
288⇗	14 March 1945	Target: Railroad Bridge, Weser River Type: Transportation Location: Bad Oeynhausen, Germany	Navigator	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
289⇗	15 March 1945	Target: Army HQ Type: Military Location: Zossen, Germany	Navigator	43‑38752⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Low Squadron. Turned back due to #3 engine turbo failure. Sortie Report⇗
290⇗	17 March 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen (Leipzig), Germany	Navigator	42‑37788⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
292⇗	19 March 1945	Target: Braunkohle-Benzin Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany	Navigator	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41C Group. Sortie Report⇗
293⇗	20 March 1945	Target: Deutsche Werft Submarine Shipyard Type: Submarine Facility Location: Hamburg, Germany	Navigator	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
294⇗	22 March 1945	Target: German Hutted Camps (Barracks) at 51°36'N,7°06'E Type: Military Location: Westerholt, Germany	Navigator	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Released bombs late. Sortie Report⇗
295⇗	23 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gladbeck, Germany	Navigator	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
297⇗	24 March 1945	Target: Twente Enschede Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands	Navigator	42‑102459⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
299⇗	28 March 1945	Target: Berlin/Spandau Motor Transport Works Type: Industry Location: Spandau (Berlin), Germany	Navigator	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit 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	Navigator	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
301⇗	31 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Navigator	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
303⇗	4 April 1945	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Fassberg, Germany	Navigator	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
304⇗	5 April 1945	Target: Ordnance Depot Type: Military Location: Ingolstadt, Germany	Navigator	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
305⇗	6 April 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (Visual Primary) Type: Transportation Location: Leipzig, Germany	Navigator	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
307⇗	9 April 1945	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany	Navigator	44‑6592⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
308⇗	10 April 1945	Target: Ordnance Depot Workshop Area Type: Military Location: Oranienburg, Germany	Navigator	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
309⇗	11 April 1945	Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Freiham, Germany	Navigator	44‑6514⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
311⇗	15 April 1945	Target: Flak guns at Pointe de Suzac Type: Military Location: Royan, France	Navigator	44‑6514⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
312⇗	16 April 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Regensburg, Germany	Navigator	42‑37788⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
313⇗	17 April 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany	Navigator	42‑37788⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
316⇗	25 April 1945	Target: Skoda Armament Works Type: Industry Location: Pilsen / Plzeň, Czechoslovakia	Navigator	44‑8679⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron Flying Spare. Joined formation. On return, landed at B-51 (Lille/Vendeville, France) due to battle damage. Sortie Report⇗

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