Kellin, Walter John

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Kellin, Walter John ‡ ⇗
Rank	Technical Sergeant
Serial Number	16025102 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #42 dated 3 March 1944, effective 3 March 1944. Transferred to the 388th Bomb group for return to Zone of the Interior (ZOI), per 546th Bomb Squadron Morning Report (reference to 1st Air Division Special Orders #176 EXTRACT) dated 25 June 1945, effective 26 June 1945.
Duty	Flexible Gunner
MOS	659 - Instructor (Designated Subject)
Last Duty Date	26 June 1945
Results	Transferred
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 23 May 1920 Reclassified from MOS 686 to MOS 685 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #189 dated 25 September 1944. Attached to the 547th Bomb Squadron per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #122 dated 21 June 1945.

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 9 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
78⇗	20 March 1944	Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑31740⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
79⇗	22 March 1944	Target: Heinkel Aircraft Assembly Plant at Annahof Airfield Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑38014⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead, composite high group. Sortie Report⇗
82⇗	26 March 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Grismont, Rebecques, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑31740⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
83⇗	27 March 1944	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Tours & Chartres, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑97072⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41 Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
84⇗	28 March 1944	Target: Dijon-Longvic Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dijon, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑31740⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
199⇗	26 September 1944	Target: Steelworks Type: Industry Location: Osnabrück, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑107121⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group deputy. Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
215⇗	25 October 1944	Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	44‑8008⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group lead. PFF ship. Resumed lead on bomb run after deputy's Gee-H equipment failed. Led Squadron to attack secondary target using PFF. Sortie Report⇗
228⇗	23 November 1944	Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑97824⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy, A group; Gee-H ship. 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	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	44‑8541⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. PFF & Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗

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