Perkins, Asbury Lee

Individual Personnel Data
Name Perkins, Asbury Lee   ‡
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Rank Private / Master Sergeant
Serial Number 06284668   ‡
Unit Assignments
  • Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 547th Bomb Squadron unit history, effective 15 January 1943.
  • Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 547th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 1 December 1943, effective 27 November 1943.
  • Transferred to the USA, per 547th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 24 December 1943, effective 16 December 1943.
Duty Radio Operator / Gunner
MOS757 - Radio Operator / Mechanic / Gunner, AAF
Last Duty Date 6 September 1943
Results Evaded Capture
Additional Information
  • Date of Birth: 7 December 1917
  • Promoted from Pvt to Sergeant on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #22 dated 1 June 1943.
  • Promoted to Staff Sergeant on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #30 dated 15 June 1943
  • Promoted to Technical Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #76 dated 20 August 1943.
  • Asbury L Perkins was shot down on 6 September 1943. He evaded capture and was returned to Allied Control on 10 November 1943 at Gibraltar, UK. He was reassigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 547th Bomb Squadron on 27 November 1943 and placed on Temporary Duty to A-2, 8th Air Force on 27 November 1943.
  • Promoted to Master Sergeant on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #161 dated 7 December 1943.
Related Documents Missing Air Crew Report # 1455⇓ (8.347 MB)
Escape & Evasion Report # 221⇓ (Filesize N/A)



Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 12 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
4⇗ 28 June 1943 Target: Fighter Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Beaumont-le-Roger, France 		Radio Operator 42‑5843⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Wing Lead.
Sortie Report⇗
5⇗ 29 June 1943 Target: duNord Aircraft Works, Villacoublay Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France 		Radio Operator 42‑5843⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Low Squadron Lead. Turned back due to #1 engine failure.
Sortie Report⇗
6⇗ 4 July 1943 Target: Gnome et Rhone Aircraft Engine Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Le Mans, France 		Radio Operator 42‑5843⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
7⇗ 10 July 1943 Target: Drucat Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Abbeville, France 		Radio Operator 42‑5843⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead, Group Deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
8⇗ 14 July 1943 Target: Villacoublay Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France 		Radio Operator 42‑5838⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑5848.
Sortie Report⇗
9⇗ 24 July 1943 Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants
Type: Industry
Location: Herøya, Norway 		Radio Operator 42‑5843⇗ 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 		Radio Operator 42‑5843⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Lead Squadron deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
16⇗ 16 August 1943 Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France 		Radio Operator 42‑5843⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead.
Sortie Report⇗
17⇗ 17 August 1943 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany 		Radio Operator 42‑5843⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
18⇗ 27 August 1943 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Watten, France 		Radio Operator 42‑5843⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead.
Sortie Report⇗
19⇗ 31 August 1943 Target: Fighter Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France 		Radio Operator 42‑5843⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead.
Sortie Report⇗
20⇗ 3 September 1943 Target: Air Park and Aerodrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France 		Radio Operator 42‑5843⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead. A British Army observer and war correspondent, Maj. Anthony Cotterell, flew with this crew.
Sortie Report⇗
21⇗ 6 September 1943 Type: Industry
Location: Stuttgart, Germany 		Radio Operator 42‑5843⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Failed To Return
Shot down by fighters and flak; crashed near Beauvais, France; MACR 1455.
Sortie Report⇗

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