Gronemeyer, Lyle Jacob

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Gronemeyer, Lyle Jacob ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-721916
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #146 dated 24 July 1944, effective 24 July 1944.
Duty	Navigator
MOS	1034 - Navigator
Last Duty Date	10 December 1944
Results	Completed Combat Tour
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 29 May 1921 Graduated from Army Air Force Navigator School at Hondo Army Airfield, Texas and appointed Second Lieutenant (AUS) effective 8 April 1944. Placed on seven days Temporary Duty (TD) to Stanbridge Earls, AAF Station #503 (a Flak house) on 2 November 1944 to carry out the instructions of the Commanding General per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #216 dated 2 November 1944.
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Bills, Edgar L⇗	Pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Weideman, Dennis Archie, "Red"⇗	Co-pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Gronemeyer, Lyle Jacob	Navigator	CT
2nd Lt. Arnold, Vern L⇗	Bombardier	CT
CPL. Potts, Raymond Louis⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Miller, LuVerne Frank⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
CPL. Iorio, William Louis⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
CPL. Mauck, Keith Wilbur⇗	Tail Gunner	WIA
CPL. Conlon, Jack Dempsey⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT
CPL. Murray, John Joseph⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 35 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
173⇗	5 August 1944	Target: Luftwaffe Controlling Station Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Langenhagen, Germany	Navigator	42‑97263⇗	Combat Mission Credit Four bombs hung up. Sortie Report⇗
174⇗	7 August 1944	Target: Aircraft Fuel Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dugny (Paris), France	Navigator	44‑6149⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
175⇗	8 August 1944	Target: Tactical - Enemy Strong Points Type: Military Location: Bretteville-sur-Laize, France	Navigator	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit High group. Sortie Report⇗
179⇗	13 August 1944	Target: Tactical: Road Network Type: Transportation Location: Beaumont-le-Roger (area), France	Navigator	42‑38013⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97150. Sortie Report⇗
180⇗	14 August 1944	Target: Echterdingen Airdrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Stuttgart, Germany	Navigator	44‑6105⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed High group. Sortie Report⇗
181⇗	16 August 1944	Target: Delitzsch Air Field and Air Equipment Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Delitzsch, Germany	Navigator	43‑37990⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
182⇗	18 August 1944	Target: Tactical: Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Vise, Belgium	Navigator	42‑97150⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy, low group. Sortie Report⇗
183⇗	24 August 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Navigator	42‑97150⇗	Combat Mission Credit High section lead, high group. Sortie Report⇗
185⇗	26 August 1944	Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Navigator	42‑97960⇗	Combat Mission Credit High section lead, lead group. Sortie Report⇗
187⇗	3 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Navigator	42‑97150⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
188⇗	5 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Navigator	44‑6080⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
189⇗	8 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Navigator	44‑8011⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed with wounded aboard. Sortie Report⇗
190⇗	9 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Navigator	42‑97150⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
191⇗	10 September 1944	Target: BMW Motor Component Parts Plant Type: Industry Location: Sindelfingen, Germany	Navigator	42‑97150⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Returned with #2 and #4 feathered. Sortie Report⇗
198⇗	25 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Navigator	42‑102501⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
200⇗	27 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (PFF Aiming Points) Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Navigator	42‑97960⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
202⇗	30 September 1944	Target: Handorf Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Münster, Germany	Navigator	42‑102449⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group deputy. Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
204⇗	3 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Wesseling, Germany	Navigator	44‑6149⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
205⇗	5 October 1944	Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Navigator	42‑38208⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
206⇗	6 October 1944	Target: M/T Factory Type: Industry Location: Stettin / Szczecin, Poland	Navigator	42‑37788⇗	Combat Mission Credit D group. Sortie Report⇗
207⇗	7 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Leipzig, Germany	Navigator	44‑6135⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
209⇗	11 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Wesseling, Germany	Navigator	42‑97150⇗	Combat Mission Credit First Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
212⇗	17 October 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Navigator	42‑102449⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
215⇗	25 October 1944	Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Navigator	42‑97150⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
216⇗	30 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Navigator	42‑97150⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
226⇗	16 November 1944	Target: Tactical - Artillery Positions Type: Military Location: Eschweiler, Germany	Navigator	43‑38757⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group. Landed away at Tilstock, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗
227⇗	20 November 1944	Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Navigator	43‑38800⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
228⇗	23 November 1944	Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Navigator	43‑38542⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron, B group. Sortie Report⇗
229⇗	25 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Navigator	43‑38800⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗
231⇗	27 November 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Offenburg, Germany	Navigator	44‑6592⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
232⇗	29 November 1944	Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany	Navigator	44‑6514⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
233⇗	30 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany	Navigator	44‑6514⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
234⇗	2 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Oberlahnstein, Germany	Navigator	43‑38630⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
235⇗	4 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Soest, Germany	Navigator	44‑6105⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
236⇗	6 December 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Navigator	42‑37788⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
237⇗	9 December 1944	Target: Airfield and Daimler Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Böblingen (Stuttgart area), Germany	Navigator	42‑38208⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗

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