Name | Nilo, Anthony (NMI) |
Rank | Second Lieutenant / Captain |
Serial Number | O-678651 |
Unit Assignments |
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Duty | Navigator |
MOS | 1034 - Navigator |
Last Duty Date | 5 August 1944 |
Results | Completed Tour, Returned to USA |
Additional Information |
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CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Thompson, Siguard (NMI)⇗ | Pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Ross, Burton Raymond⇗ | Co-pilot | KIA |
2nd Lt. Nilo, Anthony (NMI) | Navigator | CT |
2nd Lt. Parmer, Warren Edward⇗ | Bombardier | CT |
S/SGT. Purdy, Joseph Francis⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | CT |
T/SGT. Swineford, Homer Howard⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | CT |
S/SGT. Olson, Harry Howard⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | CT |
S/SGT. Dziura, Edward (NMI)⇗ | Tail Gunner | CT |
S/SGT. Carter, Glen Albert⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
S/SGT. Stammel, Edward Raymond⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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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 Sortie Report⇗ |
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. Sortie Report⇗ |
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.' Sortie Report⇗ |
29⇗ | 8 October 1943 |
Target: Workshops Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑5404⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
33⇗ | 20 October 1943 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Düren, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑5404⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
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. Sortie Report⇗ |
42⇗ | 13 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑5444⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group, high Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
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. Sortie Report⇗ |
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⇗ |