Lependorf, Joseph

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Lependorf, Joseph ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-2074478
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #59 dated 17 March 1945, effective 11 March 1945.
Duty	Navigator
MOS	1034 - Navigator
Last Duty Date	TBD
Results	TBD
Additional Information	Promoted from 2LT to 1LT per HQ 8th Air Force Special Orders #152 dated 1 June 1945. Granted a seven (7) day leave of absence plus two days travel time on or about 31 December 1945 to visit Switzerland on AAF Station 195 Special Orders #114 dated 29 December 1945.

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 10 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
302⇗	3 April 1945	Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Kiel, Germany	Navigator	44‑8408⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
303⇗	4 April 1945	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Fassberg, Germany	Navigator	43‑38062⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑39019. Sortie Report⇗
305⇗	6 April 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (Visual Primary) Type: Transportation Location: Leipzig, Germany	Navigator	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
306⇗	7 April 1945	Target: Underground Oil Storage Plant Type: Military Location: Hitzacker, Germany	Navigator	42‑37788⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
307⇗	9 April 1945	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany	Navigator	44‑8679⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
310⇗	14 April 1945	Target: Gun Battery Type: Military Location: Royan (Bordeaux), France	Navigator	42‑97309⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
311⇗	15 April 1945	Target: Flak guns at Pointe de Suzac Type: Military Location: Royan, France	Navigator	43‑38839⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
313⇗	17 April 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany	Navigator	43‑38588⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
314⇗	19 April 1945	Target: Railroad Station & Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Elsterwerda, Germany	Navigator	42‑98027⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
315⇗	20 April 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Seddin, Germany	Navigator	42‑98027⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron Lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗

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