Hemingway, Richard C

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Hemingway, Richard C ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-568571
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #178 dated 30 December 1943, effective 30 December 1943. Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #79, effective 28 April 1944. Transferred to the Headquarters, 67th Fighter Wing, AAF Station 372, per 546th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 13 August 1945 (reference to Special Orders #222 HQ, 1st Air Division), effective 11 August 1945.
Duty	Undetermined
Last Duty Date	11 August 1945
Results	Transferred
Additional Information	Armament and Gunnery Officer. Ordered to London on 15 January 1945 for one day of Temporary Duty, purpose Official Business per AAFm Station 106 Special Orders #11 dated 13 January 1945.

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 5 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
75⇗	16 March 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany	Passenger	42‑38112⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
76⇗	18 March 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany	Observer	42‑38112⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
96⇗	27 April 1944	Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France	Observer	42‑102518⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead. Did not attack target due to malfunction of bomb bay doors; dropped 2x1000# GP bombs between IP and target. Sortie Report⇗
143⇗	22 June 1944	Target: V-2 Storage & Launch Site Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Wizernes, France	Observer	42‑97273⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
231⇗	27 November 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Offenburg, Germany	Observer	42‑98027⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead; PFF & Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗

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