Ogilvie, Donald Potter

Individual Personnel Data
Name Ogilvie, Donald Potter   ‡
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Rank Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant
Serial Number O-665330   ‡
Unit Assignments Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Special Orders #32 dated 1 February 1943, effective 1 February 1943.
Duty Pilot
MOS1091 - Pilot, B-17
Last Duty Date 14 October 1943
Results Prisoner Of War
POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
Additional Information
  • Date of Birth: 28 November 1916
  • Granted a seven day sick leave on or about 15 September 1943 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #95 dated 13 September 1943 rescinded on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #96 dated 14 September 1943.
  • Placed on seven days Temporary Duty (R&R) The American Red Cross Club, Southport on or about 15 October 1943 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #96 dated 14 September 1943.
Related Documents Missing Air Crew Report # 842⇓ (3.690 MB)
1LT Donald P. Ogilvie Crew, 547th BS (Legacy)⇗
Photo Album:Crew Photo Album⇗
Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Original 384th Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER POSITION RESULTS
2nd Lt. Ogilvie, Donald PotterPilotPOW
2nd Lt. Goulder, Edmund Samuel⇗Co-pilotPOW
2nd Lt. Barkley, John William, Jr⇗NavigatorKNC
2nd Lt. Wilson, William Hollis, "Hollis"⇗BombardierKIA
SGT. Murray, James Raymond⇗Radio Operator / GunnerEV
S/SGT. Hood, Emmett Alexander⇗Engineer / Top Turret GunnerEV
S/SGT. McKeon, James William⇗Ball Turret GunnerEV
SGT. Dudla, John Richard⇗Tail GunnerINT
SGT. Campbell, Fred Simpson⇗Flexible GunnerTR
SGT. Sherman, Robert Ellsworth, Jr⇗Flexible GunnerTR
Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 21 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
1⇗ 22 June 1943 Target: General Motors Truck Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Antwerp, Belgium 		Pilot 42‑5848⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
2⇗ 25 June 1943 Target: Industrial Area & Submarine Pens
Type: Military
Location: Hamburg, Germany 		Pilot 42‑3218⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Returned to base due to weather conditions; pilot was unable to maintain contact with the formation.
Sortie Report⇗
4⇗ 28 June 1943 Target: Fighter Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Beaumont-le-Roger, France 		Pilot 42‑30043⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
5⇗ 29 June 1943 Target: duNord Aircraft Works, Villacoublay Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France 		Pilot 42‑5848⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
6⇗ 4 July 1943 Target: Gnome et Rhone Aircraft Engine Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Le Mans, France 		Pilot 42‑5848⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
-- 9 July 1943 None
Non-combat sortie 		Pilot 42‑30043⇗ Sortie Report⇗
7⇗ 10 July 1943 Target: Drucat Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Abbeville, France 		Pilot 42‑30043⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
9⇗ 24 July 1943 Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants
Type: Industry
Location: Herøya, Norway 		Pilot 42‑5848⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead.
Sortie Report⇗
11⇗ 28 July 1943 Target: Aircraft Engine Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Kassel, Germany 		Pilot 42‑5848⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead, deputy flight leader. Led wing after flight leader aborted.
Sortie Report⇗
12⇗ 29 July 1943 Target: Naval Base
Type: Military
Location: Kiel, Germany 		Pilot 42‑5848⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
14⇗ 12 August 1943 Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany 		Pilot 42‑3216⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead. Bomb bay doors wouldn't open on bomb run; bombs dropped on target of opportunity 30 west of Gelsenkirchen.
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 		Pilot 42‑3441⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
16⇗ 16 August 1943 Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France 		Pilot 42‑3441⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
17⇗ 17 August 1943 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany 		Pilot 41‑24416⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Aircraft loaned by 303rd BG for today's mission.
Sortie Report⇗
18⇗ 27 August 1943 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Watten, France 		Co-pilot 42‑30033⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead.
Sortie Report⇗
19⇗ 31 August 1943 Target: Fighter Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France 		Pilot 42‑30005⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
21⇗ 6 September 1943 Type: Industry
Location: Stuttgart, Germany 		Pilot 42‑5849⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Returned to station early after failure to draw more than 20 inches manifold pressure at 17,000 feet altitude.
Sortie Report⇗
22⇗ 7 September 1943 Target: Bruxelles-Evere Airfield/Repair Depot
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium 		Pilot 42‑3441⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
23⇗ 9 September 1943 Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Lille-Vendeville, France 		Pilot 42‑3441⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron Lead.
Sortie Report⇗
26⇗ 27 September 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Emden, Germany 		Pilot 42‑3441⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group Deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
27⇗ 2 October 1943 Target: Port Facilities
Type: Transportation
Location: Emden, Germany 		Pilot 42‑3441⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron Lead..
Sortie Report⇗
28⇗ 4 October 1943 Type: Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Pilot 42‑3441⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
29⇗ 8 October 1943 Target: Workshops
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Pilot 42‑30196⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead.
Sortie Report⇗
32⇗ 14 October 1943 Target: Ball-Bearing Factory
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany 		Pilot 42‑31059⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Failed To Return
Knocked down by enemy aircraft; crashed near Soissons, France; MACR 842.
Sortie Report⇗

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