Individual Personnel Data
| Name |
Grinstein, Sidney C (IO) ‡
|
| Rank |
Technical Sergeant |
| Serial Number |
39240604 ‡ |
| Unit Assignments |
Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #42 dated 4 July 1943, effective 4 July 1943. |
| Duty |
Engineer / Top Turret Gunner |
| MOS | 757 - Radio Operator / Mechanic / Gunner, AAF |
| Last Duty Date |
16 August 1943 |
| Results |
Prisoner Of War
POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
| Additional Information | |
| Related Documents |
Missing Air Crew Report # 295⇓ (3.015 MB) |
| Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
| CREWMEMBER |
POSITION |
RESULTS |
| 2nd Lt. Armstrong, James Edwin⇗ | Pilot | EV |
| 2nd Lt. Stoner, Robert Louis⇗ | Co-pilot | POW |
| 2nd Lt. Carlin, Charles Creighton⇗ | Navigator | POW |
| 2nd Lt. Heald, John (NMI)⇗ | Bombardier | EV |
| T/SGT. House, Walter Lafayette⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | EV |
| T/SGT. Grinstein, Sidney C (IO) | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | POW |
| S/SGT. Redwing, James Hardy⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | KIA |
| S/SGT. Deibert, William Orendorff⇗ | Tail Gunner | TR |
| S/SGT. Herrera, Presciliano Silva⇗ | Flexible Gunner | POW |
| S/SGT. Hammock, Clifford (NMI)⇗ | Flexible Gunner | EV |
Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 8
Combat Missions.
| Number |
Date |
Target |
Position |
Aircraft |
Mission/Sortie Information |
|
7⇗ |
10 July 1943 |
Target: Drucat Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Abbeville, France |
Engineer/Top Turret |
42‑30196⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗ |
|
8⇗ |
14 July 1943 |
Target: Villacoublay Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France |
Engineer/Top Turret |
42‑30196⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron deputy.
Sortie Report⇗ |
|
9⇗ |
24 July 1943 |
Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants
Type: Industry
Location: Herøya, Norway |
Radio Operator |
42‑29686⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit
Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑30196.
Sortie Report⇗ |
|
10⇗ |
25 July 1943 |
Target: Blohm & Voss Aircraft Works and Shipyard
Type: Industry
Location: Hamburg, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret |
42‑3259⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗ |
|
11⇗ |
28 July 1943 |
Target: Aircraft Engine Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Kassel, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret |
42‑30196⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗ |
|
14⇗ |
12 August 1943 |
Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret |
42‑30196⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗ |
|
15⇗ |
15 August 1943 |
Target: Poix-en-Picardie and Amiens-Glisy Airfields
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Poix-de-Picardie & Amiens, France |
Engineer/Top Turret |
42‑30196⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗ |
|
16⇗ |
16 August 1943 |
Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France |
Engineer/Top Turret |
42‑5797⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit
Failed To Return
Shot down by enemy aircraft after target; crew bailed out, then aircraft exploded and crashed near Villiers-en-Désœuvre, west of Paris, France. MACR 295
Sortie Report⇗ |
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