Hitchcock, Carl Edwin

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Hitchcock, Carl Edwin ‡ ⇗
Rank	Staff Sergeant / Technical Sergeant
Serial Number	19186235 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #146 dated 17 November 1943, effective 17 November 1943. Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #50 dated 16 March 1944., effective 16 March 1944.
Duty	Radio Operator / Gunner
MOS	757 - Radio Operator / Mechanic / Gunner, AAF
Last Duty Date	13 April 1944
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 1924 Promoted to Technical Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #3 dated 4 January 1944.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 3874⇓ (16.900 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Outen, Charles Levi⇗	Pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Inman, Loren Alexander⇗	Co-pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Wood, Charles Stoddart⇗	Navigator	CT
2nd Lt. Welch, Gordon Michael⇗	Bombardier	CT
S/SGT. Hitchcock, Carl Edwin	Radio Operator / Gunner	POW
SGT. Bazhaw, Elbert Lee⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
SGT. Threet, Elmer Ellwood, Jr⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	POW
SGT. Wyman, Donald George⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT
T/SGT. LaBelle, Joseph Adrian⇗	Flexible Gunner	TR
SGT. Emmons, James Vincent⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 23 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
42⇗	13 December 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany	Radio Operator	41‑24578⇗	Combat Mission Credit Returned Early Lead group, high Squadron deputy. Turned back ten minutes from target with bad supercharger on #2 engine. Sortie Report⇗
43⇗	16 December 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑37801⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Polebrook. Sortie Report⇗
45⇗	22 December 1943	Target: Steel Shops/Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Osnabrück, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑29723⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
46⇗	24 December 1943	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Croisette, France	Radio Operator	42‑29688⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report⇗
48⇗	31 December 1943	Target: Blockade Runner 'Orsone' (name of ship) Type: Transportation Location: [Mouth of River Garonne], France	Radio Operator	41‑24578⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report⇗
49⇗	4 January 1944	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Kiel, Germany	Radio Operator	41‑24578⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back because of an oxygen system failure. Sortie Report⇗
56⇗	30 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑97449⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗
57⇗	3 February 1944	Target: Submarines (under construction) Type: Submarine Facility Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑3087⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Group. After losing the formation in clouds, continued mission with the 303rd BG. Sortie Report⇗
58⇗	4 February 1944	Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑97449⇗	Combat Mission Credit High group, 41st A Combat Wing. Sortie Report⇗
60⇗	6 February 1944	Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France	Radio Operator	42‑97449⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Deenethorpe on return. Sortie Report⇗
62⇗	11 February 1944	Target: Propeller Factory (Foundry) Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑97449⇗	Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
63⇗	20 February 1944	Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑97449⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41B Group. Sortie Report⇗
64⇗	21 February 1944	Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Werl, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑97449⇗	Combat Mission Credit Assumed position of high Squadron deputy, lead group. Sortie Report⇗
65⇗	22 February 1944	Target: Aircraft Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑97449⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off 41B Group. Turned back over Kettering as #3 engine had to be feathered when hit by the horizontal stabilizer of the aircraft in the formation which had collided with a 303rd BG aircraft in mid-air. Sortie Report⇗
67⇗	25 February 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly & Ball Bearings Plants Type: Industry Location: Augsburg & Stuttgart, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑38112⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41C Group, Lead Squadron, Lead Group. During assembly, forced out of the 41st Combat Wing while avoiding collision wih another aircraft; joined the 41st Composite Wing and completed the mission. Sortie Report⇗
70⇗	3 March 1944	Target: Roller-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑97449⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
71⇗	4 March 1944	Type: Military Location: Berlin, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑97449⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back because of oxygen system damage; filler line on ball turret was torn off. Sortie Report⇗
75⇗	16 March 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑3441⇗	Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
76⇗	18 March 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑97081⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report⇗
77⇗	19 March 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-2 Storage and Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Wizernes, France	Radio Operator	42‑31166⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
79⇗	22 March 1944	Target: Heinkel Aircraft Assembly Plant at Annahof Airfield Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑97477⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
80⇗	23 March 1944	Target: Airdrome and Airpark Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Gütersloh, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑37758⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
81⇗	24 March 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑31484⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
83⇗	27 March 1944	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Tours & Chartres, France	Radio Operator	42‑31484⇗	Combat Mission Credit 94 Group. Sortie Report⇗
84⇗	28 March 1944	Target: Dijon-Longvic Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dijon, France	Radio Operator	42‑31484⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
85⇗	29 March 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑97477⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. Sortie Report⇗
86⇗	9 April 1944	Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Marienburg, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑32106⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
87⇗	10 April 1944	Target: Evere Airfield (50°54'3"N 4°20'9"E) Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium	Radio Operator	42‑31484⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
89⇗	13 April 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑97233⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Shot down during fighter attacks which lasted from 1354 to 1357 hrs; crashed near Vielbrunn, Germany (27 km south of Aschaffenburg). MACR 3874 Sortie Report⇗

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