Name | Fitzsimmons, Willis Ray ‡ |
Rank | Second Lieutenant |
Serial Number | O-814281 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #39 dated 27 February 1944, effective 27 February 1944. |
Duty | Navigator |
MOS | 1034 - Navigator |
Last Duty Date | 13 April 1944 |
Results |
Killed In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Lorraine American Cemetery, Saint-Avold, France: Plot G Row 9 Grave 29 |
Additional Information |
|
Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 3872⇓ (36.923 MB) |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
---|---|---|
2nd Lt. McKinney, Jack Norman⇗ | Pilot | INT |
2nd Lt. White, Dana Cales⇗ | Co-pilot | KIA |
2nd Lt. Fitzsimmons, Willis Ray | Navigator | KIA |
S/SGT. Coffman, Beryl (NMI)⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Patterson, Robert A⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | POW |
SGT. Foster, Rayford Leo⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | TBD |
SGT. Davis, Hubert Miles⇗ | Tail Gunner | POW |
SGT. Friess, Earl Henry⇗ | Flexible Gunner | POW |
SGT. Dunn, Lawrence Warren⇗ | Flexible Gunner | TBD |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
80⇗ | 23 March 1944 |
Target: Airdrome and Airpark Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Gütersloh, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑38208⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
81⇗ | 24 March 1944 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑97081⇗ |
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report⇗ |
82⇗ | 26 March 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Grismont, Rebecques, France |
Navigator | 42‑97510⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back at 1335 hrs over Molesworth because of smoke in bomb bay from unknown source. Landed away at Molesworth. Sortie Report⇗ |
84⇗ | 28 March 1944 |
Target: Dijon-Longvic Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dijon, France |
Navigator | 42‑97142⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
85⇗ | 29 March 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑97510⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Cottesmore, Rutland, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗ |
86⇗ | 9 April 1944 |
Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Marienburg, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑97142⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back at 1130 hrs; could not locate formation due to bad weather. Sortie Report⇗ |
88⇗ | 11 April 1944 |
Target: FW Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Sorau, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑97231⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
89⇗ | 13 April 1944 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑97231⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Shot down by Me-109s near Coblenz at 1320 hrs; crashed near Reichenbach, Odenwald, Germany. MACR 3872 Sortie Report⇗ |