Pardee, Raymond Floyd

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Pardee, Raymond Floyd ⇗
Rank	Private / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	35030839
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #96 dated 14 September 1944, effective 14 September 1943.
Duty	Tail Gunner
MOS	612 - Airplane Armorer / Gunner
Last Duty Date	20 March 1944
Results	Transferred
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 2 April 1918 Promoted to Sergeant on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #158 dated 1 December 1943. Promoted to Staff Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #29 dated 12 February 1944. Transferred to the 305th BG (squadron history (microfilm A0640-01427).
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Hurley, Joseph Anthony⇗	Pilot	TR
2nd Lt. Mills, William J (IO), Jr⇗	Co-pilot	TR
2nd Lt. Drogue, Arthur Joseph, Jr⇗	Navigator	CT
2nd Lt. Henningsen, Peter Victor⇗	Bombardier	TR
T/SGT. Schwandt, Lawrence Clarence⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	TR
PVT. Fair, Jack Russell⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	TBD
S/SGT. Bothwell, William (NMI)⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	TR
PVT. Pardee, Raymond Floyd	Tail Gunner	TR
S/SGT. Fitzpatrick, Frank Joseph⇗	Flexible Gunner	TR
S/SGT. Chmielecki, Stanley Anthony⇗	Flexible Gunner	TR

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 19 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
29⇗	8 October 1943	Target: Workshops Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑5444⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑24560. Sortie Report⇗
30⇗	9 October 1943	Target: Aircraft Factories Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Anklam, Germany	Tail Gunner	41‑24560⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
32⇗	14 October 1943	Target: Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Tail Gunner	41‑24560⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back. Landed away at Ridgewell. Sortie Report⇗
40⇗	5 December 1943	Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France	Tail Gunner	42‑29651⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
42⇗	13 December 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑3429⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗
46⇗	24 December 1943	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Croisette, France	Tail Gunner	42‑29717⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
47⇗	30 December 1943	Target: I. G. Farben Industrie, Chemical/Synthetic Rubber Plants Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Tail Gunner	41‑24560⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Composite Squadron; turned back at 1016 hrs because of oxygen failure in top turret; system dropped to zero and after it was recharged to 250 lbs it again dropped to 120 lbs in 15 mins; 18 M47A1s rtd Sortie Report⇗
48⇗	31 December 1943	Target: Blockade Runner 'Orsone' (name of ship) Type: Transportation Location: [Mouth of River Garonne], France	Tail Gunner	42‑37727⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Alconbury; bombs returned. Sortie Report⇗
50⇗	5 January 1944	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Kiel, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑39784⇗	Combat Mission Credit Bomb load included 'Nickles' (propaganda leaflets) in addition to six 500-pound bombs. Sortie Report⇗
53⇗	14 January 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Meillard, France	Tail Gunner	42‑3051⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
54⇗	21 January 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France	Tail Gunner	42‑3429⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41A Group. Sortie Report⇗
56⇗	30 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany	Tail Gunner	41‑24560⇗	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off Low group high Squadron. Did not take off. Sortie Report⇗
57⇗	3 February 1944	Target: Submarines (under construction) Type: Submarine Facility Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑37885⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗
58⇗	4 February 1944	Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑37885⇗	Combat Mission Credit High group, 41st B Combat Wing. Sortie Report⇗
59⇗	5 February 1944	Target: Bricy Aerodrome, Luftwaffe Training and Bomber Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Orleans, France	Tail Gunner	42‑3440⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
61⇗	8 February 1944	Target: Piston Ring Factory Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑31346⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
63⇗	20 February 1944	Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑31235⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41A Group. Sortie Report⇗
66⇗	24 February 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑31364⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron, lead group. 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	Tail Gunner	42‑29828⇗	Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
70⇗	3 March 1944	Target: Roller-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑31235⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
72⇗	6 March 1944	Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑31364⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
76⇗	18 March 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑31495⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron, high composite group. Sortie Report⇗

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