Kreuscher, Robert Edward

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Kreuscher, Robert Edward ‡ ⇗
Rank	Sergeant / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	32798537 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #150 dated 28 July 1944, effective 28 July 1944. Transferred to the Casual Pool, 70th Replacement Depot, AAF Station Stone, per 546th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 26 December 1944, effective 20 December 1944.
Duty	Flexible Gunner / Tail Gunner
MOS	748 - Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer
Last Duty Date	20 December 1944
Results	Completed Combat Tour
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 20 October 1917 Placed on seven days Temporary Duty (TD) to Southport, AAF Station 524 (a Flak house) on 17 October 1944 to carry out the orders of the commanding General per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #205 dated 16 October 1944. Promoted to Staff Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #218 dated 5 November 1944.
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Causa, Raymond (NMI)⇗	Pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Kimberlin, Grover Jasper⇗	Co-pilot	CT
Flt. Ofcr. Dowling, James John⇗	Navigator	CT
Flt. Ofcr. Lokkins, Arthur Edward⇗	Bombardier	TR
S/SGT. Cortez, Jonathan Hernandez⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Siegenthaler, Robert Joseph⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
SGT. Bertsch, Robert Lawrence⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
SGT. Fister, Paul Dumont, Jr⇗	Tail Gunner	TR
SGT. Kreuscher, Robert Edward	Flexible Gunner	CT
SGT. Molea, Joseph (NMI)⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 35 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
179⇗	13 August 1944	Target: Tactical: Road Network Type: Transportation Location: Beaumont-le-Roger (area), France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
180⇗	14 August 1944	Target: Echterdingen Airdrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Stuttgart, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102501⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
181⇗	16 August 1944	Target: Delitzsch Air Field and Air Equipment Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Delitzsch, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102430⇗	Combat Mission Credit High section deputy, lead group. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97142. Sortie Report⇗
182⇗	18 August 1944	Target: Tactical: Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Vise, Belgium	Tail Gunner	43‑37717⇗	Combat Mission Credit High group. Sortie Report⇗
183⇗	24 August 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
186⇗	30 August 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Crepieul, France	Tail Gunner	42‑102500⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
188⇗	5 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑107083⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
189⇗	8 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑38014⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
195⇗	17 September 1944	Target: Tank and Gun Concentrations, Tactical Type: Military Location: Eindhoven & 's‑Hertogenbosch (den Bosch), The Netherlands	Tail Gunner	42‑107057⇗	Combat Mission Credit D Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
197⇗	21 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mainz, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑107083⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
198⇗	25 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑107083⇗	Combat Mission Credit Collided with B-24, but was able to return to base; left wing damaged. Sortie Report⇗
202⇗	30 September 1944	Target: Handorf Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Münster, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38501⇗	Combat Mission Credit High group flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
203⇗	2 October 1944	Target: Ford Motor Works Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102933⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
205⇗	5 October 1944	Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38588⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
207⇗	7 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Leipzig, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102620⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
208⇗	9 October 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102933⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
209⇗	11 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Wesseling, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6476⇗	Combat Mission Credit Fourth Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
216⇗	30 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38766⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
217⇗	1 November 1944	Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38588⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
218⇗	2 November 1944	Target: Ruhr-Chemie A.G. Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Sterkrade (Holten), Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑107083⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
220⇗	5 November 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102501⇗	Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
221⇗	6 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38501⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
222⇗	8 November 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant (visual aim point) Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑107083⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
224⇗	10 November 1944	Target: Ostheim Airfield & Butzweilerhof Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38766⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41C Group, Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
227⇗	20 November 1944	Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑107083⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
228⇗	23 November 1944	Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑107083⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
229⇗	25 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑107083⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Lead Squadron Sortie Report⇗
231⇗	27 November 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Offenburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑107083⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
232⇗	29 November 1944	Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑107083⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
234⇗	2 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Oberlahnstein, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑37788⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
235⇗	4 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Soest, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑107083⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
236⇗	6 December 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102500⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
237⇗	9 December 1944	Target: Airfield and Daimler Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Böblingen (Stuttgart area), Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102500⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
238⇗	11 December 1944	Target: Road & Rail Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102500⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron, B Group. Sortie Report⇗
239⇗	12 December 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6476⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
240⇗	18 December 1944	Target: Road Junction Type: Transportation Location: Gemünd, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97251⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed at A-84 (Chievres, Belgium) due to low fuel; returned the next day. Sortie Report⇗

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