Name | Heald, John (NMI) ‡ |
Rank | Second Lieutenant |
Serial Number | O-735866 ‡ |
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 | Bombardier |
MOS | 1035 - Bombardier |
Last Duty Date | 16 August 1943 |
Results | Evaded Capture |
Additional Information |
|
Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 295⇓ (3.015 MB) Escape & Evasion Report # 357⇓ (Filesize N/A) |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
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 |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
7⇗ | 10 July 1943 |
Target: Drucat Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Abbeville, France |
Bombardier | 42‑30196⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
8⇗ | 14 July 1943 |
Target: Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France |
Bombardier | 42‑30196⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
9⇗ | 24 July 1943 |
Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants Type: Industry Location: Herøya, Norway |
Bombardier | 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 |
Bombardier | 42‑3259⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
11⇗ | 28 July 1943 |
Target: Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑30196⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
14⇗ | 12 August 1943 |
Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Bombardier | 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 |
Bombardier | 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 |
Bombardier | 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⇗ |