Name | Messer, Joseph Louis, Jr |
Rank | Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant |
Serial Number | O-679564 |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #126 dated 23 October 1943, effective 23 October 1943. |
Duty | Bombardier |
MOS | 1035 - Bombardier |
Last Duty Date | 13 May 1944 |
Results | Completed Tour, Returned to USA |
Additional Information |
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Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
---|---|---|
2nd Lt. Markow, Henry Victor⇗ | Pilot | POW |
2nd Lt. Lundgren, Edward Warren⇗ | Co-pilot | POW |
2nd Lt. Schweikart, John William⇗ | Navigator | POW |
2nd Lt. Messer, Joseph Louis, Jr | Bombardier | CT |
S/SGT. Atkinson, Owen Glenn⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Fooder, Elmer Hoben⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | POW |
SGT. Stropek, George Vincent⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | POW |
SGT. Misiewicz, Joseph Raymond⇗ | Tail Gunner | POW |
SGT. Madden, Arthur Willliam⇗ | Flexible Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Sager, Edwin Millard⇗ | Flexible Gunner | POW |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
38⇗ | 29 November 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑29723⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Foulsham. Sortie Report⇗ |
39⇗ | 1 December 1943 |
Target: Non-Ferrous Metals Plant Type: Industry Location: Solingen, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑29935⇗ |
Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off Did not take off Sortie Report⇗ |
40⇗ | 5 December 1943 |
Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France |
Bombardier | 41‑24525⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37848. Sortie Report⇗ |
41⇗ | 11 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑31045⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
42⇗ | 13 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑29935⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead group. One bomb hung; jettisoned in North Sea. Sortie Report⇗ |
45⇗ | 22 December 1943 |
Target: Steel Shops/Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Osnabrück, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑31211⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Flying Spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
47⇗ | 30 December 1943 |
Target: I. G. Farben Industrie, Chemical/Synthetic Rubber Plants Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑37725⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
54⇗ | 21 January 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France |
Bombardier | 42‑38014⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41B Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
55⇗ | 29 January 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Parts Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑38014⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗ |
56⇗ | 30 January 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑38014⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
59⇗ | 5 February 1944 |
Target: Bricy Aerodrome, Luftwaffe Training and Bomber Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Orleans, France |
Bombardier | 42‑38014⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
60⇗ | 6 February 1944 |
Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France |
Bombardier | 42‑38014⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy, low group. Sortie Report⇗ |
62⇗ | 11 February 1944 |
Target: Propeller Factory (Foundry) Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑39991⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
63⇗ | 20 February 1944 |
Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑37789⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41B Group. Landed away at RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire, on return due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗ |
64⇗ | 21 February 1944 |
Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Werl, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑29723⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back when #4 engine threw oil excessively and oil pressure dropped very rapidly. Sortie Report⇗ |
73⇗ | 8 March 1944 |
Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑37776⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
74⇗ | 9 March 1944 |
Target: Heinkel Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑37848⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97449. Turned back at 1102 hrs because #7 cylinder blew off of #2 engine and had to be feathered. Sortie Report⇗ |
75⇗ | 16 March 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑97142⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
77⇗ | 19 March 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-2 Storage and Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Wizernes, France |
Navigator | 42‑37776⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
78⇗ | 20 March 1944 |
Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑31375⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
79⇗ | 22 March 1944 |
Target: Heinkel Aircraft Assembly Plant at Annahof Airfield Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑31211⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron, composite high group. Sortie Report⇗ |
86⇗ | 9 April 1944 |
Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Marienburg, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑97510⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Metfield, Suffolk, on return because of low fuel. Sortie Report⇗ |
88⇗ | 11 April 1944 |
Target: FW Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Sorau, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑38014⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead, lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
89⇗ | 13 April 1944 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑97510⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
90⇗ | 18 April 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑107083⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Attlebridge Airfield, AAF Station 120, on return due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗ |
92⇗ | 20 April 1944 |
Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France |
Navigator | 42‑107074⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit A Wing, High Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
93⇗ | 22 April 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑107083⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy, high group. Sortie Report⇗ |
96⇗ | 27 April 1944 |
Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France |
Navigator | 42‑97510⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
98⇗ | 29 April 1944 |
Target: Industrial District Type: Industry Location: Berlin, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑97510⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
100⇗ | 4 May 1944 |
Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑97081⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy, lead group, 41st CBW. Sortie Report⇗ |
101⇗ | 7 May 1944 |
Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑97273⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
102⇗ | 8 May 1944 |
Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑97273⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
104⇗ | 9 May 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Thionville, France |
Navigator | 42‑102459⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |