Name | Festersen, John Carl |
Rank | Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant |
Serial Number | O-774599 |
Unit Assignments |
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Duty | Pilot |
MOS | 1091 - Pilot, B-17 |
Last Duty Date | 2 May 1945 |
Results | Completed Combat Tour |
Additional Information |
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Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Festersen, John Carl | Pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Miller, LaVerne Sayre⇗ | Co-pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Sullivan, William R⇗ | Navigator | CT |
CPL. McNabb, Frederick J⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | CT |
CPL. Cobb, Roy D⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | CT |
CPL. Titsworth, Charles Wayne⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | CT |
CPL. Rubley, John Frederick⇗ | Tail Gunner | TR |
CPL. Sobota, John Edward⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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238⇗ | 11 December 1944 |
Target: Road & Rail Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑102500⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron, B Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
239⇗ | 12 December 1944 |
Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany |
Pilot | 44‑8430⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
240⇗ | 18 December 1944 |
Target: Road Junction Type: Transportation Location: Gemünd, Germany |
Pilot | 44‑8430⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
241⇗ | 19 December 1944 |
Target: Railway Junction Type: Transportation Location: Glaadt, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑102500⇗ |
Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off Did not take off due to weather which deteriorated after lead aircraft took off. [N.B.: The 546th loading list for this mission does not list crews who did not take off.] Sortie Report⇗ |
243⇗ | 24 December 1944 |
Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Kirch Göns, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑97251⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41C Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
244⇗ | 27 December 1944 |
Target: Bridge (Tactical) Type: Transportation Location: Altenahr, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38994⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
245⇗ | 28 December 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Brühl, Germany |
Pilot | 44‑6592⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38994. Sortie Report⇗ |
246⇗ | 30 December 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Limburg, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38994⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
247⇗ | 31 December 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Neuss, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38994⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
248⇗ | 1 January 1945 |
Target: Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Derben, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38994⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
249⇗ | 2 January 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gerolstein, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38994⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
250⇗ | 3 January 1945 |
Target: Enemy Strong Point & Transportation Hub Type: Military Location: St Vith, Belgium |
Pilot | 43‑38994⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
251⇗ | 5 January 1945 |
Target: Landing Ground Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Neiderbreisig, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38994⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed on the continent in allied territory. Sortie Report⇗ |
255⇗ | 15 January 1945 |
Target: Neuburg Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Neuburg an der Donau, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑39060⇗ |
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Lead Squadron Sortie Report⇗ |
256⇗ | 17 January 1945 |
Target: Railroad Viaduct Type: Transportation Location: Bielefeld, Germany |
Pilot | 44‑6476⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
257⇗ | 20 January 1945 |
Target: Rail and Road Bridges Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑39053⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38747. Landed away at RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire). Sortie Report⇗ |
260⇗ | 23 January 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Neuss, Germany |
Pilot | 44‑6476⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at North Pickenham Airfield, AAF Station 143. Sortie Report⇗ |
262⇗ | 29 January 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Siegen, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑97510⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 44‑6476. Aborted with a runaway prop. Sortie Report⇗ |
263⇗ | 1 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38747⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
264⇗ | 3 February 1945 |
Target: Tempelhof Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38747⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
265⇗ | 9 February 1945 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany |
Pilot | 44‑6476⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
266⇗ | 14 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38747⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back with #4 supercharger trouble. Sortie Report⇗ |
267⇗ | 15 February 1945 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38747⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Deenethorpe Airfield, AAF Station 128. Sortie Report⇗ |
271⇗ | 22 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ülzen, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38747⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
272⇗ | 23 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Plauen, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38747⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
273⇗ | 24 February 1945 |
Target: Submarine Construction Shipyard Type: Shipyards Location: Hamburg, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38747⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
275⇗ | 26 February 1945 |
Target: Schlesicher Railroad Station (Bahnhof) Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑39236⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
276⇗ | 27 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Wahren (Leipzig area), Germany |
Pilot | 43‑39203⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
280⇗ | 3 March 1945 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38747⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
281⇗ | 4 March 1945 |
Target: Ordnance Depot Type: Military Location: Ulm, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38747⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
282⇗ | 7 March 1945 |
Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Bochum, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38747⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
284⇗ | 9 March 1945 |
Target: Henschel Tank and Locomotive Works Type: Industry Location: Kassel, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38747⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
285⇗ | 10 March 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Schwerte, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38747⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
287⇗ | 12 March 1945 |
Target: Railway Center Type: Transportation Location: Betzdorf, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38548⇗ |
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 |
Pilot | 43‑39019⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
295⇗ | 23 March 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gladbeck, Germany |
Pilot | 44‑6882⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
296⇗ | 24 March 1945 |
Target: Vechta Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Vechta, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38747⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
298⇗ | 26 March 1945 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38747⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
299⇗ | 28 March 1945 |
Target: Berlin/Spandau Motor Transport Works Type: Industry Location: Spandau (Berlin), Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38747⇗ |
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 |
Pilot | 43‑38747⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
302⇗ | 3 April 1945 |
Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Kiel, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38747⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
303⇗ | 4 April 1945 |
Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Fassberg, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38747⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
304⇗ | 5 April 1945 |
Target: Ordnance Depot Type: Military Location: Ingolstadt, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38747⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
306⇗ | 7 April 1945 |
Target: Underground Oil Storage Plant Type: Military Location: Hitzacker, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38747⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
307⇗ | 9 April 1945 |
Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38747⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
308⇗ | 10 April 1945 |
Target: Ordnance Depot Workshop Area Type: Military Location: Oranienburg, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38747⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
314⇗ | 19 April 1945 |
Target: Railroad Station & Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Elsterwerda, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38747⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
315⇗ | 20 April 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Seddin, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38747⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
316⇗ | 25 April 1945 |
Target: Skoda Armament Works Type: Industry Location: Pilsen / Plzeň, Czechoslovakia |
Pilot | 43‑38747⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |