Name | Myers, Lewis Porter ‡ |
Rank | Sergeant / Technical Sergeant |
Serial Number | 34623483 ‡ |
Unit Assignments |
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Duty | Flexible Gunner / Togglier |
MOS | 748 - Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer |
Last Duty Date | 12 August 1944 |
Results | Completed Combat Tour |
Decorations | Awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 13 June 1944 per General Orders #112, Headquarters 1st Bomb Division dated 21 June 1944. |
Additional Information |
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Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Gottfried, Raymond Nathan⇗ | Pilot | CT |
Flt. Ofcr. Gonyon, Thomas Richard, Jr⇗ | Co-pilot | CT |
Flt. Ofcr. Sell, Herman Rewellien⇗ | Navigator | CT |
2nd Lt. Simons, Harry (NMI)⇗ | Bombardier | CT |
S/SGT. Podos, Bernard (NMI)⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | CT |
S/SGT. Hagan, Eugene Thomas⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | CT |
SGT. Hendricks, William Chalmers⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | CT |
SGT. McCullough, Jerry Lynnell⇗ | Tail Gunner | CT |
SGT. Handley, Warren Joseph⇗ | Flexible Gunner | KIA |
SGT. Myers, Lewis Porter | Flexible Gunner | CT |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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97⇗ | 27 April 1944 |
Target: Toul/Croix de Metz Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑107057⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
99⇗ | 1 May 1944 |
Target: Launch Site in Foret Nationale de Tournehem Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Foret Nationale de Tournehem, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑31235⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Numbers 2 & 3 superchargers were out; aircraft was unable to stay in formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
100⇗ | 4 May 1944 |
Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97188⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
101⇗ | 7 May 1944 |
Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑37974⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
103⇗ | 8 May 1944 |
Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97510⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Bombed target; landed away at RAF Ford, West Sussex, with #4 engine out and pilot wounded by flak. Sortie Report⇗ |
105⇗ | 11 May 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Saarbrücken and Ehrang, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41A Group, Low Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
108⇗ | 15 May 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Mimoyecques, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑39888⇗ |
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report⇗ |
111⇗ | 21 May 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (Supergun Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Mimoyecques, France |
Togglier | 42‑37785⇗ |
Group B. Sortie Report⇗ |
113⇗ | 23 May 1944 |
Target: Nancy/Essey Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France |
Togglier | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41A Group Sortie Report⇗ |
114⇗ | 24 May 1944 |
Target: Unidentified Military Installations Type: Military Location: Berlin, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑102459⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
118⇗ | 28 May 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
119⇗ | 29 May 1944 |
Target: Focke-Wulf Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Krzesiny District, Poznań, Poland |
Togglier | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
120⇗ | 30 May 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Hangars and Repair Sheds Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑38013⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Group, Low Squadron Deputy. Assumed this role after original Deputy aborted. Sortie Report⇗ |
123⇗ | 2 June 1944 |
Target: Four Medium Howitzer Batteries, Tactical Support Type: Military Location: Neufchatel (5 miles SE of Hardelot), France |
Togglier | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
125⇗ | 4 June 1944 |
Target: Artillery Battery Type: Military Location: Hardelot (Boulogne area), France |
Togglier | 42‑102617⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
126⇗ | 5 June 1944 |
Target: Field Artillery Battery Type: Military Location: La Fosse, France |
Togglier | 42‑37974⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
128⇗ | 6 June 1944 |
Target: Two Bridges Type: Transportation Location: Caen, France |
Togglier | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit I Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
130⇗ | 7 June 1944 |
Target: Transportation Hub Type: Military Location: Condé-sur-Noireau, France |
Togglier | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
131⇗ | 8 June 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (41C) & Loire River Railroad Bridge (41D) Type: Transportation Location: Orleans, France |
Togglier | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41C Wing. Sortie Report⇗ |
132⇗ | 10 June 1944 |
Target: Chateau Bougon Airfield (41A) & Vannes Airfield (41B) Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nantes & Vannes, France |
Togglier | 42‑97320⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41B Group, Low Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
134⇗ | 13 June 1944 |
Target: Dreux Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dreux, France |
Togglier | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
149⇗ | 30 June 1944 |
Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Montdidier, France |
Togglier | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
150⇗ | 4 July 1944 |
Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dreux (Conches-en-Ouche), France |
Togglier | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
151⇗ | 6 July 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Coubronne, France |
Togglier | 42‑37822⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
156⇗ | 12 July 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Munich / München, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑37982⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
160⇗ | 18 July 1944 |
Target: Rocket Research & Development Complex Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Peenemünde & Zinnowitz, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑102459⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41A Group. Ground Spare aircraft, replaced 42‑97072. Sortie Report⇗ |
161⇗ | 19 July 1944 |
Target: Hydrogen Peroxide Plant Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Höllriegelskreuth District, Pullach, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑37982⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High section deputy, high group. Sortie Report⇗ |
164⇗ | 24 July 1944 |
Target: Tactical - Enemy Strong Points Type: Military Location: La Chapelle en Juger & Hébécrevon, France |
Togglier | 42‑37982⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy, lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
166⇗ | 28 July 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑37982⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
167⇗ | 29 July 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑37982⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
168⇗ | 31 July 1944 |
Target: Aero Engine Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Munich / München, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑37982⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
169⇗ | 1 August 1944 |
Target: Railroad Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Chartres, France |
Togglier | 42‑37982⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
170⇗ | 3 August 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Fleury, Flers, Fiefs, France |
Togglier | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit J Jroup. Sortie Report⇗ |
174⇗ | 7 August 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Fuel Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dugny (Paris), France |
Togglier | 42‑102459⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
175⇗ | 8 August 1944 |
Target: Tactical - Enemy Strong Points Type: Military Location: Bretteville-sur-Laize, France |
Togglier | 42‑102601⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High section deputy, low group. Sortie Report⇗ |