Individual Personnel Data
| Name |
Atkins, James Asa ‡
|
| Rank |
Sergeant |
| Serial Number |
35666456 ‡ |
| Unit Assignments |
Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders & 65 dated 24 March 1944, effective 24 March 1944. |
| Duty |
Flexible Gunner |
| MOS | 748 - Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer |
| Last Duty Date |
24 April 1944 |
| Results |
Prisoner Of War
POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf [actually Gneixendorf] Near Krems Austria 48-15 |
| Additional Information | |
| Related Documents |
Missing Air Crew Report # 4355⇓ (7.660 MB) |
| Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
| CREWMEMBER |
POSITION |
RESULTS |
| 2nd Lt. Brown, Robert Harold⇗ | Pilot | POW |
| 2nd Lt. Kell, Joseph Wilfred⇗ | Co-pilot | CT |
| 2nd Lt. Rule, Johnson William⇗ | Navigator | EV |
| 1st Lt. Rader, Richard Eugene⇗ | Bombardier | EV |
| S/SGT. Sturak, Stanley John⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | POW |
| S/SGT. Smith, Dewey Carlyle⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | POW |
| SGT. Roberson, Charles William⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | POW |
| SGT. Vann, George Daniel, Jr⇗ | Tail Gunner | POW |
| SGT. Atkins, James Asa | Flexible Gunner | POW |
| SGT. McManus, Cornelius Patrick⇗ | Flexible Gunner | EV |
Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 3
Combat Missions.
| Number |
Date |
Target |
Position |
Aircraft |
Mission/Sortie Information |
|
90⇗ |
18 April 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oranienburg, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner |
42‑97188⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit
Flying spare; joined formation.
Sortie Report⇗ |
|
93⇗ |
22 April 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Hamm, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner |
42‑97320⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit
Landed away at RAF Manston, Kent, on return due to battle damage.
Sortie Report⇗ |
|
94⇗ |
24 April 1944 |
Target: Dornier-Werke GMBH Aircraft Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner |
42‑31346⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit
Failed To Return
Low Squadron lead, lead group. Received direct flak burst at 1201 hrs 40 miles east of Paris; fire observed in nose with smoke coming out of cockpit; four chutes, only three opened; crashed SE of Cézanne, France. MACR 4355
Sortie Report⇗ |
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