Name | Ford, Charles William, Jr ‡ |
Rank | Staff Sergeant / Technical Sergeant |
Serial Number | 34605462 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #148 dated 26 July 1944, effective 26 July 1944. |
Duty | Flexible Gunner / Engineer / Top Turret Gunner |
MOS | 748 - Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer |
Last Duty Date | 8 March 1944 |
Results | Completed Tour, Returned to USA |
Additional Information |
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Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
---|---|---|
2nd Lt. Carnes, Joe Ross, Jr⇗ | Pilot | TR |
2nd Lt. Wyatt, William Glenn⇗ | Co-pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Benjamin, Alfred David⇗ | Navigator | CT |
2nd Lt. Bomar, William M, Jr⇗ | Bombardier | TR |
S/SGT. Schick, Frank Joseph, Jr⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Panici, Raymond Arnold⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | CT |
SGT. King, James Bernard, Jr⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | WIA |
SGT. Andersen, Gerald Lee⇗ | Tail Gunner | KIA |
S/SGT. Ford, Charles William, Jr | Flexible Gunner | CT |
SGT. Little, Joseph Richard Kyle⇗ | Flexible Gunner | TR |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
174⇗ | 7 August 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Fuel Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dugny (Paris), France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑98000⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
175⇗ | 8 August 1944 |
Target: Tactical - Enemy Strong Points Type: Military Location: Bretteville-sur-Laize, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑102430⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High section lead, low group. Sortie Report⇗ |
176⇗ | 9 August 1944 |
Target: Erding Airdrome & Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Erding, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑102430⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗ |
177⇗ | 11 August 1944 |
Target: Tactical: Coastal Artillery Emplacements Type: Military Location: Brest, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High section deputy, low group. Sortie Report⇗ |
181⇗ | 16 August 1944 |
Target: Delitzsch Air Field and Air Equipment Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Delitzsch, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑107083⇗ |
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed High group. Sortie Report⇗ |
182⇗ | 18 August 1944 |
Target: Tactical: Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Vise, Belgium |
Engineer/Top Turret | 43‑37703⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High section deputy, lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
183⇗ | 24 August 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 43‑38213⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
184⇗ | 25 August 1944 |
Target: Airfield & Airpark Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Anklam, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑97204⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
187⇗ | 3 September 1944 |
Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑97320⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
188⇗ | 5 September 1944 |
Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 43‑38062⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Returned with #1 feathered. Sortie Report⇗ |
189⇗ | 8 September 1944 |
Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑37982⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
190⇗ | 9 September 1944 |
Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 43‑38213⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
191⇗ | 10 September 1944 |
Target: BMW Motor Component Parts Plant Type: Industry Location: Sindelfingen, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑97320⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
194⇗ | 13 September 1944 |
Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑98000⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
195⇗ | 17 September 1944 |
Target: Tank and Gun Concentrations, Tactical Type: Military Location: Eindhoven & 's‑Hertogenbosch (den Bosch), The Netherlands |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit F Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
196⇗ | 19 September 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑37982⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation; aircraft struck by flak just before the IP; after dropping bombs on target, left formation, apparently under control; crew bailed out over Binche, Bel.; all crew returned to duty except ball turret gunner and tail gunner who were seriously injured. Sortie Report⇗ |
208⇗ | 9 October 1944 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑98000⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
209⇗ | 11 October 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Wesseling, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑98000⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Third Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
210⇗ | 14 October 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Saarbrücken, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 44‑8008⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group lead. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
223⇗ | 9 November 1944 |
Target: Ground Installations Type: Military Location: Ouvrages de Sorbey (Metz), France |
Engineer/Top Turret | 44‑8008⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Division lead. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
224⇗ | 10 November 1944 |
Target: Ostheim Airfield & Butzweilerhof Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 44‑8007⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41C Group, Group Lead. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
232⇗ | 29 November 1944 |
Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 44‑8007⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
240⇗ | 18 December 1944 |
Target: Road Junction Type: Transportation Location: Gemünd, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 44‑8007⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
256⇗ | 17 January 1945 |
Target: Railroad Viaduct Type: Transportation Location: Bielefeld, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 44‑8401⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. PFF ship. Ordered to fly as division deputy while en route, due to failure of PFF equipment on lead aircraft. Led formation from IP (because lead Gee-H equipment also failed) in attack on secondary target using his PFF. Sortie Report⇗ |
258⇗ | 21 January 1945 |
Target: Marshalling Yard Type: Transportation Location: Aschaffenburg, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 44‑6590⇗ |
Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off Sortie Report⇗ |
263⇗ | 1 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑37822⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
270⇗ | 21 February 1945 |
Target: Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑98027⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead; PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
277⇗ | 28 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hagen, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑97824⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
278⇗ | 1 March 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bruchsal, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 43‑38062⇗ |
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 |
Engineer/Top Turret | 43‑38974⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
281⇗ | 4 March 1945 |
Target: Ordnance Depot Type: Military Location: Ulm, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑107125⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Gatwick, Kent, on return with #1 engine out; did not return to base. Sortie Report⇗ |
283⇗ | 8 March 1945 |
Target: Oil Refinery - 'Benzol Plant' Type: Oil Industry Location: Essen, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑102620⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |