Name | Haight, Keith Rodney ‡ |
Rank | Corporal / Staff Sergeant |
Serial Number | 37681904 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #213 dated 28 October 1944, effective 28 October 1944. |
Duty | Flexible Gunner / Togglier |
MOS | 611 - Aerial Gunner |
Last Duty Date | 28 January 1945 |
Results | Evaded Capture |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 11990⇓ (30.709 MB) Unknown Escape & Evasion Report |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
---|---|---|
1st Lt. Jackson, Oakley Homer, Jr⇗ | Pilot | EV |
2nd Lt. Calkins, John Bartlett⇗ | Co-pilot | EV |
1st Lt. Lucas, Leonard Edmond⇗ | Navigator | EV |
2nd Lt. Blett, Robert James⇗ | Bombardier | TR |
SGT. Senchuk, Paul Sam⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | EV |
CPL. Ziner, Allen Edward⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | POW |
CPL. Cappiello, Gaetano Thomas⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | POW |
CPL. Phelps, James Norman⇗ | Tail Gunner | EV |
CPL. Haight, Keith Rodney | Flexible Gunner | EV |
CPL. Kelly, Vincent Joseph Leo⇗ | Flexible Gunner | EV |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
224⇗ | 10 November 1944 |
Target: Ostheim Airfield & Butzweilerhof Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97150⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off 41C Group, High Squadron. Turned back due to mechanical failure; bomb load returned to base. Sortie Report⇗ |
225⇗ | 11 November 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑37843⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
226⇗ | 16 November 1944 |
Target: Tactical - Artillery Positions Type: Military Location: Eschweiler, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97150⇗ |
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 |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑38013⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 42‑97150. Aborted, unable to locate formation after taking off late. Sortie Report⇗ |
228⇗ | 23 November 1944 |
Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97150⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship; high Squadron, B group. Sortie Report⇗ |
230⇗ | 26 November 1944 |
Target: Railroad Viaduct Type: Transportation Location: Altenbeken, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97150⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
231⇗ | 27 November 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Offenburg, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑97150⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
232⇗ | 29 November 1944 |
Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97150⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
233⇗ | 30 November 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑97150⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
234⇗ | 2 December 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Oberlahnstein, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑97150⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
235⇗ | 4 December 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Soest, Germany |
Togglier | 43‑38757⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Landed away at RAF Manston, Kent, due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗ |
237⇗ | 9 December 1944 |
Target: Airfield and Daimler Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Böblingen (Stuttgart area), Germany |
Togglier | 42‑97263⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
238⇗ | 11 December 1944 |
Target: Road & Rail Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑97150⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Low Squadron, D Group. Hot camera ship. Turned back at 1104 hrs due to #4 engine failure Sortie Report⇗ |
239⇗ | 12 December 1944 |
Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany |
Togglier | 43‑38757⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
240⇗ | 18 December 1944 |
Target: Road Junction Type: Transportation Location: Gemünd, Germany |
Togglier | 43‑37843⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
241⇗ | 19 December 1944 |
Target: Railway Junction Type: Transportation Location: Glaadt, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑97150⇗ |
Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Did not take off due to weather which deteriorated after lead aircraft took off. Sortie Report⇗ |
242⇗ | 23 December 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ehrang, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97150⇗ |
Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off Sortie Report⇗ |
243⇗ | 24 December 1944 |
Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Kirch Göns, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97150⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41C Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
244⇗ | 27 December 1944 |
Target: Bridge (Tactical) Type: Transportation Location: Altenahr, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97150⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
245⇗ | 28 December 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Brühl, Germany |
Togglier | 44‑6105⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
246⇗ | 30 December 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Limburg, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑97150⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Low Squadron. Aborted; #2 engine failed. Sortie Report⇗ |
247⇗ | 31 December 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Neuss, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑97960⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
248⇗ | 1 January 1945 |
Target: Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Derben, Germany |
Togglier | 43‑38752⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron flying spare; returned as briefed. Sortie Report⇗ |
249⇗ | 2 January 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gerolstein, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑97263⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Manston, Kent, due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗ |
251⇗ | 5 January 1945 |
Target: Landing Ground Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Neiderbreisig, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑97150⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
252⇗ | 7 January 1945 |
Target: Enemy Strong Point Type: Military Location: Blankenheim, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑97150⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
255⇗ | 15 January 1945 |
Target: Neuburg Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Neuburg an der Donau, Germany |
Togglier | 44‑6514⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
261⇗ | 28 January 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Togglier | 44‑6105⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Damaged by flak; sent SOS at 1320 and left formation under control; crashed near Ossenzijl, The Netherlands. MACR 11990 Sortie Report⇗ |