Orr, James Wallace

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Orr, James Wallace ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant / Captain
Serial Number	O-7668226
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #179 dated 8 September 1944, effective 8 September 1944.
Duty	Pilot
MOS	1091 - Pilot, B-17
Last Duty Date	TBD
Results	TBD
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 20 May 1918 Appointed First Lieutenant (AUS) effective 13 November 1944 per 544th Squadron Morning report 19 November 1944. Ordered on seven days Temporary Duty to Furzedown House, AAF Station 563 (a Flak house) on 26 December 1944 to carry out instructions of Commanding General per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #255 dated 24 December 1944. Appointed Captain (AUS) effective 15 May 1945 per 544th Bomb Squadron Morning report dated 20 May 1945.
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Orr, James Wallace	Pilot	TBD
2nd Lt. Jackson, Taylor Hall⇗	Co-pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Moon, William Everett⇗	Bombardier	CT
CPL. Kennebeck, Edwin Eugene⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
SGT. Goode, Joseph Edward⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
CPL. Rauch, John (NMI), Jr⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
CPL. Ozyjowski, Eugene (NMI)⇗	Tail Gunner	KIA
CPL. Reed, Gordon Wilbur⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW
CPL. Spafford, Kenneth Culver⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 25 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
198⇗	25 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38062⇗	Combat Mission Credit C Wing, lead group. Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
199⇗	26 September 1944	Target: Steelworks Type: Industry Location: Osnabrück, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38615⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
200⇗	27 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (PFF Aiming Points) Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Pilot	43‑37703⇗	Combat Mission Credit Went over target but did not release bombs due to bomb bay malfunction; bomb bay doors could not be fully opened, either electrically or manually. Returned bombs to base. Sortie Report⇗
202⇗	30 September 1944	Target: Handorf Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Münster, Germany	Pilot	44‑6141⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
203⇗	2 October 1944	Target: Ford Motor Works Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Pilot	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron flying spare; returned as briefed. Sortie Report⇗
204⇗	3 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Wesseling, Germany	Pilot	42‑97320⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
205⇗	5 October 1944	Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Pilot	44‑6141⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
207⇗	7 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Leipzig, Germany	Pilot	43‑38615⇗	Combat Mission Credit At 1100 hrs in the vicinity of [Bad] Iburg, aircraft was hit by flak and peeled off from formation with #2 wing tank smoking and leaking; last seen over Osnabrück with wheels down and under control; no chutes; landed in allied territory, near Brussels, with all crew safe. Sortie Report⇗
210⇗	14 October 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Saarbrücken, Germany	Pilot	42‑97282⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
212⇗	17 October 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Pilot	42‑37822⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
213⇗	18 October 1944	Target: Ford Motor Works Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Pilot	42‑102459⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
214⇗	19 October 1944	Target: Heinrich Lanz Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Mannheim, Germany	Pilot	42‑37822⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
216⇗	30 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Pilot	44‑6141⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
219⇗	4 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany	Pilot	43‑37703⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
226⇗	16 November 1944	Target: Tactical - Artillery Positions Type: Military Location: Eschweiler, Germany	Pilot	42‑39888⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗
227⇗	20 November 1944	Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Pilot	42‑39888⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
228⇗	23 November 1944	Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Pilot	42‑39888⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back due to #3 engine supercharger failing. Sortie Report⇗
231⇗	27 November 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Offenburg, Germany	Pilot	43‑38062⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
232⇗	29 November 1944	Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany	Pilot	43‑38062⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Hot camera ship. Aborted due to mechanical failure; landed away at Halesworth; jettisoned bombs in Channel. Sortie Report⇗
233⇗	30 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany	Pilot	43‑38801⇗	Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
234⇗	2 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Oberlahnstein, Germany	Pilot	42‑102459⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
235⇗	4 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Soest, Germany	Pilot	42‑102459⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
236⇗	6 December 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Pilot	42‑39888⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
237⇗	9 December 1944	Target: Airfield and Daimler Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Böblingen (Stuttgart area), Germany	Pilot	43‑38016⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗
239⇗	12 December 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Pilot	42‑97824⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗
256⇗	17 January 1945	Target: Railroad Viaduct Type: Transportation Location: Bielefeld, Germany	Pilot	44‑8401⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. PFF ship. Ordered to fly as division deputy while en route, due to failure of PFF equipment on lead aircraft. Led formation from IP (because lead Gee-H equipment also failed) in attack on secondary target using his PFF. Sortie Report⇗
258⇗	21 January 1945	Target: Marshalling Yard Type: Transportation Location: Aschaffenburg, Germany	Pilot	44‑6590⇗	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off Sortie Report⇗
270⇗	21 February 1945	Target: Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany	Pilot	42‑98027⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead; PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗

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