Name | Holzhauser, Richard Rudolph ‡ |
Rank | Corporal / Staff Sergeant |
Serial Number | 39420194 ‡ |
Unit Assignments |
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Duty | Ball Turret Gunner |
MOS | 611 - Aerial Gunner |
Last Duty Date | 26 June 1945 |
Results | Transferred |
Decorations | Awarded the Purple Heart medal for wounds received on 3 February 1945 per General Orders #130, Headquarters, 1st Bomb Division dated 12 February 1945. |
Additional Information |
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CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Seavey, Homer Carl⇗ | Pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. McKay, James M⇗ | Co-pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Stokes, Lee E⇗ | Navigator | CT |
CPL. Plisko, Joseph Steve⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | TBD |
SGT. Barnwell, James Mortimer⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | CT |
CPL. Holzhauser, Richard Rudolph | Ball Turret Gunner | TR |
CPL. Reilly, John F⇗ | Tail Gunner | CT |
CPL. Messenger, Forrest Junior⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
CPL. Tefft, Gordon Robert⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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260⇗ | 23 January 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Neuss, Germany |
Ball Turret | 43‑39053⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Landed away at North Pickenham Airfield, AAF Station 143. Sortie Report⇗ |
261⇗ | 28 January 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Ball Turret | 43‑38501⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
263⇗ | 1 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany |
Ball Turret | 44‑6476⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
264⇗ | 3 February 1945 |
Target: Tempelhof Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany |
Ball Turret | 44‑6476⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron, Hot Camera Ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
266⇗ | 14 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany |
Ball Turret | 43‑38548⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
268⇗ | 19 February 1945 |
Target: Coking Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Ball Turret | 44‑6909⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
269⇗ | 20 February 1945 |
Target: Main Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany |
Ball Turret | 43‑39060⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
270⇗ | 21 February 1945 |
Target: Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑97510⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
272⇗ | 23 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Plauen, Germany |
Ball Turret | 43‑38548⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
273⇗ | 24 February 1945 |
Target: Submarine Construction Shipyard Type: Shipyards Location: Hamburg, Germany |
Ball Turret | 43‑39053⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
299⇗ | 28 March 1945 |
Target: Berlin/Spandau Motor Transport Works Type: Industry Location: Spandau (Berlin), Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑102459⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Replaced 43‑38588. 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 |
Ball Turret | 43‑38588⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
301⇗ | 31 March 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Lützkendorf, Germany |
Ball Turret | 43‑38994⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
303⇗ | 4 April 1945 |
Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Fassberg, Germany |
Ball Turret | 43‑39138⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
304⇗ | 5 April 1945 |
Target: Ordnance Depot Type: Military Location: Ingolstadt, Germany |
Ball Turret | 43‑37717⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
306⇗ | 7 April 1945 |
Target: Underground Oil Storage Plant Type: Military Location: Hitzacker, Germany |
Ball Turret | 43‑38588⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
307⇗ | 9 April 1945 |
Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany |
Ball Turret | 43‑38588⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back due to #1 engine failure; jettisoned bombs in Channel Sortie Report⇗ |
308⇗ | 10 April 1945 |
Target: Ordnance Depot Workshop Area Type: Military Location: Oranienburg, Germany |
Ball Turret | 43‑38548⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
309⇗ | 11 April 1945 |
Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Freiham, Germany |
Ball Turret | 44‑6909⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
310⇗ | 14 April 1945 |
Target: Gun Battery Type: Military Location: Royan (Bordeaux), France |
Ball Turret | 43‑38588⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Five bombs failed to release, and were later jettisoned in the Channel. Sortie Report⇗ |
311⇗ | 15 April 1945 |
Target: Flak guns at Pointe de Suzac Type: Military Location: Royan, France |
Ball Turret | 43‑38588⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
312⇗ | 16 April 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Regensburg, Germany |
Ball Turret | 43‑38588⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
315⇗ | 20 April 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Seddin, Germany |
Ball Turret | 43‑38588⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
316⇗ | 25 April 1945 |
Target: Skoda Armament Works Type: Industry Location: Pilsen / Plzeň, Czechoslovakia |
Ball Turret | 43‑38588⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron Hot Camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |