Perkins, Asbury Lee

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Perkins, Asbury Lee ‡ ⇗
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
MOS	757 - 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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