Nilo, Anthony (NMI)

Individual Personnel Data
Name Nilo, Anthony (NMI)
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Rank Second Lieutenant / Captain
Serial Number O-678651
Unit Assignments
  • Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #71 dated 15 August 1943, effective 15 August 1943.
  • Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #58, effective 26 March 1944.
  • Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #62, effective 1 April 1944.
  • Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group Headquarters Detachment, per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #104, effective 4 June 1944.
  • Transferred to the Casual Pool, 12th RCD, AAF Station 591, per Headquarters Detachment, 384th Bomb Group Morning Report dated 13 August 1944., effective 5 August 1944.
Duty Navigator
MOS1034 - Navigator
Last Duty Date 5 August 1944
Results Completed Combat Tour
Additional Information
  • Date of Birth: 23 August 1918
  • Placed on seven days Temporary Duty to Coombe House Hotel, Semley Dorsey (a FLAK House) on or about 15 January 1944 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #9 dated 14 January 1944.
  • Granted a four day leave of absence effective 26 July 1944 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #147 dated 25 July 1944.
Photo Album:Crew Photo Album⇗
Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER POSITION RESULTS
2nd Lt. Thompson, Siguard (NMI), Jr⇗PilotCT
2nd Lt. Ross, Burton Raymond⇗Co-pilotKIA
2nd Lt. Nilo, Anthony (NMI)NavigatorCT
2nd Lt. Parmer, Warren Edward⇗BombardierCT
S/SGT. Purdy, Joseph Francis⇗Radio Operator / GunnerCT
T/SGT. Swineford, Homer Howard⇗Engineer / Top Turret GunnerCT
S/SGT. Olson, Harry Howard⇗Ball Turret GunnerCT
S/SGT. Dziura, Edward (NMI)⇗Tail GunnerCT
S/SGT. Carter, Glen Albert⇗Flexible GunnerCT
S/SGT. Stammel, Edward Raymond⇗Flexible GunnerCT
Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 36 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
15⇗ 15 August 1943 Target: Poix-en-Picardie and Amiens-Glisy Airfields
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Poix-de-Picardie & Amiens, France 		Navigator 42‑3074⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑3218. Turned back for unknown reasons.
Sortie Report⇗
18⇗ 27 August 1943 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Watten, France 		Navigator 42‑5404⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
19⇗ 31 August 1943 Target: Fighter Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France 		Navigator 42‑29554⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
20⇗ 3 September 1943 Target: Air Park and Aerodrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France 		Navigator 42‑5444⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
21⇗ 6 September 1943 Type: Industry
Location: Stuttgart, Germany 		Navigator 42‑5444⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Landed away at Deanland, East Sussex, due to low fuel.
Sortie Report⇗
22⇗ 7 September 1943 Target: Bruxelles-Evere Airfield/Repair Depot
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium 		Navigator 42‑5404⇗ Combat Mission Credit
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23⇗ 9 September 1943 Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Lille-Vendeville, France 		Navigator 42‑5404⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron Deputy
Sortie Report⇗
24⇗ 16 September 1943 Target: Blockade Runner Ship (in Loire River)
Type: Transportation
Location: Nantes, France 		Navigator 42‑5404⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Turned back; unable to locate formation after passing through cloud layer.
Sortie Report⇗
25⇗ 23 September 1943 Target: Submarine Repair Ship
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Nantes, France 		Navigator 42‑5404⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Landed away at RAF Wing, Buckinghamshire.
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26⇗ 27 September 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Emden, Germany 		Bombardier 42‑5404⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
27⇗ 2 October 1943 Target: Port Facilities
Type: Transportation
Location: Emden, Germany 		Navigator 42‑5086⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron Lead. Col. E Blair Garland, Hq 8th Air Force, flew on this aircraft to 'Test Blind Bombing Equipment.'
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29⇗ 8 October 1943 Target: Workshops
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Navigator 42‑5404⇗ Combat Mission Credit
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33⇗ 20 October 1943 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Düren, Germany 		Navigator 42‑5404⇗ Combat Mission Credit
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34⇗ 3 November 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Wilhelmshafen, Germany 		Navigator 42‑3218⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
37⇗ 26 November 1943 Target: City Center
Type: Non-Military
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Navigator 42‑5444⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead.
Sortie Report⇗
39⇗ 1 December 1943 Target: Non-Ferrous Metals Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Solingen, Germany 		Navigator 42‑37792⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead; landed away at Woodbridge.
Sortie Report⇗
40⇗ 5 December 1943 Target: Fighter Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France 		Navigator 42‑5404⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead.
Sortie Report⇗
41⇗ 11 December 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Emden, Germany 		Navigator 42‑3429⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Group lead. Aborted when #2 supercharger ran away.
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42⇗ 13 December 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Navigator 42‑5444⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low group, high Squadron lead.
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46⇗ 24 December 1943 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Croisette, France 		Navigator 42‑5444⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Maj. Ketelsen Flight Leader
Sortie Report⇗
50⇗ 5 January 1944 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Kiel, Germany 		Navigator 42‑5444⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Wing lead.
Sortie Report⇗
59⇗ 5 February 1944 Target: Bricy Aerodrome, Luftwaffe Training and Bomber Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Orleans, France 		Navigator 42‑31433⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Wing lead.
Sortie Report⇗
60⇗ 6 February 1944 Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nancy, France 		Navigator 42‑37974⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead, lead group.
Sortie Report⇗
61⇗ 8 February 1944 Target: Piston Ring Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Navigator 42‑38014⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Lead Squadron, Group Lead. Landed away at RAF Hornchurch, Essex, on return due to low fuel.
Sortie Report⇗
63⇗ 20 February 1944 Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany 		Navigator 42‑38112⇗ Combat Mission Credit
41A Group, Low Squadron Lead.
Sortie Report⇗
69⇗ 2 March 1944 Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant and Machine Shop
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Navigator 42‑38112⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low group, low Squadron lead.
Sortie Report⇗
71⇗ 4 March 1944 Type: Military
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Navigator 42‑38112⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Group deputy. Turned back at 1048 hrs over enemy territory because #1, #2, and #3 engines were smoking very badly after pulling excessive manifold pressure for 30 minutes; aircraft was vibrating very badly.
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72⇗ 6 March 1944 Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Navigator 42‑38112⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Low Squadron lead, high group, 40th Composite Combat Bomb Wing. Returned to base after group leader abandoned attempt to join assigned combat wing.
Sortie Report⇗
77⇗ 19 March 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-2 Storage and Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Wizernes, France 		Navigator 42‑97477⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead.
Sortie Report⇗
79⇗ 22 March 1944 Target: Heinkel Aircraft Assembly Plant at Annahof Airfield
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oranienburg, Germany 		Navigator 42‑38112⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead, low group.
Sortie Report⇗
92⇗ 20 April 1944 Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Sottevast, France 		Navigator 42‑38208⇗ Combat Mission Credit
A Wing, High Group Lead.
Sortie Report⇗
108⇗ 15 May 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Mimoyecques, France 		Navigator 42‑102449⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead. Gee-H ship (assumed).
Sortie Report⇗
111⇗ 21 May 1944 Target: NOBALL (Supergun Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Mimoyecques, France 		Navigator 42‑102449⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group A Lead. Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report⇗
125⇗ 4 June 1944 Target: Artillery Battery
Type: Military
Location: Hardelot (Boulogne area), France 		Navigator 42‑97533⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Lead Group, Wing Lead. PFF aircraft and unidentified crew members supplied by the 305th BG, Chelveston, AAF Station 105.
Sortie Report⇗
126⇗ 5 June 1944 Target: Field Artillery Battery
Type: Military
Location: La Fosse, France 		Navigator 42‑97574⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Lead Group, Wing Lead. PFF ship and unidentified crew members provided by the 305th BG, Chelveston, AAF Station 105.
Sortie Report⇗
130⇗ 7 June 1944 Target: Transportation Hub
Type: Military
Location: Condé-sur-Noireau, France 		Navigator 42‑102449⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Lead Group, Wing Lead. Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report⇗
132⇗ 10 June 1944 Target: Chateau Bougon Airfield (41A) & Vannes Airfield (41B)
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nantes & Vannes, France 		Navigator 42‑102449⇗ Combat Mission Credit
41A Group, Group Lead.
Sortie Report⇗
-- 11 June 1944 None
Non-combat sortie 		Navigator 42‑102449⇗ Combat Mission Credit
1st Lt. Kelly and his crew flew as Group Lead of the 306th BG in the 40th Combat Bombardment Wing 'B' on this date.
Sortie Report⇗
133⇗ 12 June 1944 Target: Railroad Bridge 48°29'N,2°0'W
Type: Transportation
Location: La Vicomté-sur-Rance, France 		Navigator 42‑102449⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Lead Group, Wing Lead. Col. William L Travis aboard as Combat Wing Air Commander.
Sortie Report⇗
134⇗ 13 June 1944 Target: Dreux Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Dreux, France 		Navigator 42‑97824⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Lead Group, Wing Lead.
Sortie Report⇗
137⇗ 16 June 1944 Target: Athies Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Laon, France 		Navigator 42‑97824⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Lead Group, Wing Lead.
Sortie Report⇗

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