Hastings, David Shove

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Hastings, David Shove ‡ ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-836778 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #201 dated 11 October 1944, effective 11 October 1944.
Duty	Co-pilot / Pilot
MOS	1091 - Pilot, B-17
Last Duty Date	6 April 1945
Results	Killed In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupré, Belgium: Plot A Row 40 Grave 17
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 1923
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 13851⇓ (9.305 MB) Accident Report # 44-12-02-525⇓ (1.347 MB)

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 30 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
232⇗	29 November 1944	Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38801⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
--	2 December 1944	None Non-combat sortie	Co-pilot	43‑38016⇗	At the completion of a ferry flight, ran off end of runway while landing at AAF Station 167, Ridgewell, Essex, after dark. Aircraft damaged, but no personnel were injured. Sortie Report⇗
239⇗	12 December 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38801⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
244⇗	27 December 1944	Target: Bridge (Tactical) Type: Transportation Location: Altenahr, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑98000⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
249⇗	2 January 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gerolstein, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑102620⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
256⇗	17 January 1945	Target: Railroad Viaduct Type: Transportation Location: Bielefeld, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
257⇗	20 January 1945	Target: Rail and Road Bridges Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑37822⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire). Sortie Report⇗
261⇗	28 January 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38747⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
263⇗	1 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑37917⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back with #3 leaking oil. Sortie Report⇗
264⇗	3 February 1945	Target: Tempelhof Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑32106⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
265⇗	9 February 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑39164⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
266⇗	14 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany	Co-pilot	44‑6892⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
267⇗	15 February 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑97824⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Bassingbourn Airfield, AAF Station 121. Sortie Report⇗
268⇗	19 February 1945	Target: Coking Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑97824⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
269⇗	20 February 1945	Target: Main Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38974⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
271⇗	22 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ülzen, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑37822⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38801. Sortie Report⇗
272⇗	23 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Plauen, Germany	Co-pilot	44‑8608⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
273⇗	24 February 1945	Target: Submarine Construction Shipyard Type: Shipyards Location: Hamburg, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38548⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
274⇗	25 February 1945	Target: Tank & Submarine Engine Factory Type: Industry Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑39164⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
275⇗	26 February 1945	Target: Schlesicher Railroad Station (Bahnhof) Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38062⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
278⇗	1 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bruchsal, Germany	Co-pilot	44‑6892⇗	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	Co-pilot	44‑6892⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Friston, East Sussex, on return due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗
281⇗	4 March 1945	Target: Ordnance Depot Type: Military Location: Ulm, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑39164⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
283⇗	8 March 1945	Target: Oil Refinery - 'Benzol Plant' Type: Oil Industry Location: Essen, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑39164⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
284⇗	9 March 1945	Target: Henschel Tank and Locomotive Works Type: Industry Location: Kassel, Germany	Co-pilot	44‑6590⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
289⇗	15 March 1945	Target: Army HQ Type: Military Location: Zossen, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑39138⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
290⇗	17 March 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen (Leipzig), Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38974⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
300⇗	30 March 1945	Target: Deutsche Schiff- u. Maschinenbau A.G. (DESCHIMAG) Submarine and Warship Yard Machine Shop Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38974⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
301⇗	31 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38974⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
302⇗	3 April 1945	Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Kiel, Germany	Co-pilot	44‑6514⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
303⇗	4 April 1945	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Fassberg, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
304⇗	5 April 1945	Target: Ordnance Depot Type: Military Location: Ingolstadt, Germany	Pilot	43‑38016⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back after #4 prop sheared off. Sortie Report⇗
305⇗	6 April 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (Visual Primary) Type: Transportation Location: Leipzig, Germany	Pilot	43‑38801⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Collided with 43‑39164 after target at 1018 hrs. Sortie Report⇗

Every effort has been expended to ensure all information on this page is complete and accurate.
Please inform webmaster of any discrepancies or omissions by using the button below.