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Ott, Robert Edward

Individual Personnel Data
Name Ott, Robert Edward   ‡
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Rank Staff Sergeant
Serial Number 15330931   ‡
Unit Assignments Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #38 dated 28 June 1943, effective 28 June 1943.
Duty Ball Turret Gunner / Flexible Gunner
Last Duty Date 11 March 1945
Results Completed Combat Tour
Additional Information
  • Date of Birth: 22 January 1922
  • Flew more than the required number of missions for a combat tour.
  • See article 'Fortress Ball Turret Gunner' in October 1991 'Air Classics' magazine.
  • Placed on Temporary Duty (R&R) for seven days to American Red Cross, Southport on or about 5 September 1943 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #89 dated 4 September 1943.
Related Documents Wartime Press Releases⇓ (0.763 MB)
Photo Album:Crew Photo Album⇗
Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER POSITION RESULTS
2nd Lt. Willing, Mark Skinner, Jr⇗PilotCT
2nd Lt. Martin, Rudolph Alfred, "Rudy"⇗Co-pilotCT
2nd Lt. Haley, Bruce Thomas⇗NavigatorCT
2nd Lt. Brown, Robert E⇗BombardierCT
T/SGT. Pisarski, Joseph Frank⇗Radio Operator / GunnerCT
T/SGT. Holloway, Durwood Harmon⇗Engineer / Top Turret GunnerCT
S/SGT. Ott, Robert EdwardBall Turret GunnerCT
S/SGT. Pharr, Keating Sams⇗Tail GunnerCT
PVT. Smith, Walter Blaine⇗Flexible GunnerCT
S/SGT. Soto, Roman Serrano, "Ray"⇗Flexible GunnerCT
Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 50 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
7⇗ 10 July 1943 Target: Drucat Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Abbeville, France 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑29768⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron Deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
8⇗ 14 July 1943 Target: Villacoublay Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France 		Ball Turret 42‑29768⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
9⇗ 24 July 1943 Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants
Type: Industry
Location: Herøya, Norway 		Ball Turret 42‑29768⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
11⇗ 28 July 1943 Target: Aircraft Engine Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Kassel, Germany 		Ball Turret 42‑29768⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
12⇗ 29 July 1943 Target: Naval Base
Type: Military
Location: Kiel, Germany 		Ball Turret 42‑29686⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
13⇗ 30 July 1943 Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Kassel, Germany 		Ball Turret 42‑29768⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
14⇗ 12 August 1943 Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany 		Ball Turret 42‑29768⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
15⇗ 15 August 1943 Target: Poix-en-Picardie and Amiens-Glisy Airfields
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Poix-de-Picardie & Amiens, France 		Ball Turret 42‑29768⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
16⇗ 16 August 1943 Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France 		Ball Turret 42‑29768⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
17⇗ 17 August 1943 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany 		Ball Turret 42‑5855⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Landed away at RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk - an RAF 'emergency landing field.'
Sortie Report⇗
18⇗ 27 August 1943 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Watten, France 		Ball Turret 42‑5852⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
19⇗ 31 August 1943 Target: Fighter Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France 		Ball Turret 42‑29768⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
20⇗ 3 September 1943 Target: Air Park and Aerodrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France 		Ball Turret 42‑29768⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Sortie Report⇗
24⇗ 16 September 1943 Target: Blockade Runner Ship (in Loire River)
Type: Transportation
Location: Nantes, France 		Ball Turret 42‑29768⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Landed away at RAF St. Athan, Wales.
Sortie Report⇗
25⇗ 23 September 1943 Target: Submarine Repair Ship
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Nantes, France 		Ball Turret 42‑29927⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron Deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
27⇗ 2 October 1943 Target: Port Facilities
Type: Transportation
Location: Emden, Germany 		Ball Turret 42‑29768⇗ Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed
Sortie Report⇗
28⇗ 4 October 1943 Type: Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Ball Turret 42‑29768⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Landed away at Ipswich due to low fuel.
Sortie Report⇗
29⇗ 8 October 1943 Target: Workshops
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Ball Turret 42‑29768⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
30⇗ 9 October 1943 Target: Aircraft Factories
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Anklam, Germany 		Ball Turret 41‑24529⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑3216. Subsequently aborted, unable to locate formation after late takeoff.
Sortie Report⇗
31⇗ 10 October 1943 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Münster, Germany 		Ball Turret 42‑3429⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead.
Sortie Report⇗
32⇗ 14 October 1943 Target: Ball-Bearing Factory
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany 		Ball Turret 42‑29768⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Turned back. Landed away at Ridgewell.
Sortie Report⇗
33⇗ 20 October 1943 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Düren, Germany 		Ball Turret 42‑29987⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead.
Sortie Report⇗
--⇗ 30 October 1943 Target: Marshaling Yard
Type: Transportation
Location: Geilenkirchen, Germany 		Ball Turret 42‑30026⇗ Sortie Report⇗
34⇗ 3 November 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Wilhelmshafen, Germany 		Ball Turret 42‑5838⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Squadron of composite group lead.
Sortie Report⇗
36⇗ 16 November 1943 Target: Knaben II Molybdenum Mine
Type: Industry
Location: Knaben, Norway 		Ball Turret 42‑3441⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
44⇗ 20 December 1943 Target: Port Area/Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Ball Turret 42‑5838⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Capt. Frink lead Squadron leader.
Sortie Report⇗
53⇗ 14 January 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Le Meillard, France 		Ball Turret 42‑31211⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead.
Sortie Report⇗
55⇗ 29 January 1944 Target: Aircraft Parts Plants
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Ball Turret 42‑31433⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low group lead.
Sortie Report⇗
56⇗ 30 January 1944 Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany 		Ball Turret 42‑3441⇗ Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off
Lead group high Squadron lead. Did not take off.
Sortie Report⇗
57⇗ 3 February 1944 Target: Submarines (under construction)
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany 		Ball Turret 42‑31433⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Group Lead.
Sortie Report⇗
62⇗ 11 February 1944 Target: Propeller Factory (Foundry)
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Ball Turret 42‑31606⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
205⇗ 5 October 1944 Type: Industry
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany 		Ball Turret 44‑6149⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron.
Sortie Report⇗
207⇗ 7 October 1944 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Leipzig, Germany 		Ball Turret 44‑6135⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron.
Sortie Report⇗
208⇗ 9 October 1944 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany 		Ball Turret 43‑38630⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
209⇗ 11 October 1944 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Wesseling, Germany 		Ball Turret 42‑97150⇗ Combat Mission Credit
First Squadron.
Sortie Report⇗
212⇗ 17 October 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany 		Ball Turret 42‑102449⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
215⇗ 25 October 1944 Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany 		Ball Turret 42‑97150⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron hot camera ship.
Sortie Report⇗
216⇗ 30 October 1944 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany 		Ball Turret 42‑97150⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
222⇗ 8 November 1944 Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant (visual aim point)
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany 		Ball Turret 44‑6105⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
226⇗ 16 November 1944 Target: Tactical - Artillery Positions
Type: Military
Location: Eschweiler, Germany 		Ball Turret 42‑97263⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Lead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group; did not bomb target because bomb release mechanism froze up. Landed away at Tilstock, due to weather.
Sortie Report⇗
228⇗ 23 November 1944 Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G.
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany 		Ball Turret 42‑97263⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron, B group.
Sortie Report⇗
229⇗ 25 November 1944 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Lützkendorf, Germany 		Ball Turret 43‑38800⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather.
Sortie Report⇗
236⇗ 6 December 1944 Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany 		Tail Gunner 43‑38630⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
237⇗ 9 December 1944 Target: Airfield and Daimler Factory
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Böblingen (Stuttgart area), Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 43‑38757⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation, but did not drop bombs, reason unknown.
Sortie Report⇗
241⇗ 19 December 1944 Target: Railway Junction
Type: Transportation
Location: Glaadt, Germany 		Ball Turret 43‑38630⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group deputy. Landed away at RAF Fairwood Common near Swansea, Wales.
Sortie Report⇗
244⇗ 27 December 1944 Target: Bridge (Tactical)
Type: Transportation
Location: Altenahr, Germany 		Ball Turret 43‑38262⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron deputy. Assumed lead at IP for Gee-H bomb run, but equipment failed 2/3 of the way to the target; relinquished lead to Squadron leader.
Sortie Report⇗
245⇗ 28 December 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Brühl, Germany 		Ball Turret 42‑37788⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
247⇗ 31 December 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Neuss, Germany 		Ball Turret 43‑38757⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
249⇗ 2 January 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Gerolstein, Germany 		Ball Turret 43‑38800⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
250⇗ 3 January 1945 Target: Enemy Strong Point & Transportation Hub
Type: Military
Location: St Vith, Belgium 		Ball Turret 44‑6514⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
256⇗ 17 January 1945 Target: Railroad Viaduct
Type: Transportation
Location: Bielefeld, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑97592⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead. PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
259⇗ 22 January 1945 Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Sterkrade, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 43‑38647⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead.
Sortie Report⇗
264⇗ 3 February 1945 Target: Tempelhof Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 43‑38016⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron Lead.
Sortie Report⇗
274⇗ 25 February 1945 Target: Tank & Submarine Engine Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 44‑8541⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead; Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report⇗
278⇗ 1 March 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Bruchsal, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 43‑38647⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead.
Sortie Report⇗
286⇗ 11 March 1945 Target: Vacuum Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 44‑8211⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead; PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗

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