Pharr, Keating Sams

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Pharr, Keating Sams ‡ ⇗
Rank	Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	14139089 ‡
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	Tail Gunner
Last Duty Date	21 February 1944
Results	Completed Combat Tour
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 8 July 1913 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.
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⇗	Pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Martin, Rudolph Alfred, "Rudy"⇗	Co-pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Haley, Bruce Thomas⇗	Navigator	CT
2nd Lt. Brown, Robert E⇗	Bombardier	CT
T/SGT. Pisarski, Joseph Frank⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
T/SGT. Holloway, Durwood Harmon⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Ott, Robert Edward⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Pharr, Keating Sams	Tail Gunner	CT
PVT. Smith, Walter Blaine⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Soto, Roman Serrano, "Ray"⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 25 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	Tail 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	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑29768⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
9⇗	24 July 1943	Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants Type: Industry Location: Herøya, Norway	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑29768⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
11⇗	28 July 1943	Target: Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑29768⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
12⇗	29 July 1943	Target: Naval Base Type: Military Location: Kiel, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑29686⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
13⇗	30 July 1943	Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑29768⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
14⇗	12 August 1943	Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Tail Gunner	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	Tail Gunner	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	Tail Gunner	42‑29768⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
17⇗	17 August 1943	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Tail Gunner	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	Tail Gunner	42‑5852⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
19⇗	31 August 1943	Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France	Tail Gunner	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	Tail Gunner	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	Tail Gunner	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	Tail Gunner	42‑29927⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗
27⇗	2 October 1943	Target: Port Facilities Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑29768⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report⇗
28⇗	4 October 1943	Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Tail Gunner	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	Tail Gunner	42‑29768⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
30⇗	9 October 1943	Target: Aircraft Factories Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Anklam, Germany	Tail Gunner	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	Tail Gunner	42‑3429⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
32⇗	14 October 1943	Target: Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Tail Gunner	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	Tail Gunner	42‑29987⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
34⇗	3 November 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Wilhelmshafen, Germany	Tail Gunner	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	Tail Gunner	42‑3441⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. Sortie Report⇗
39⇗	1 December 1943	Target: Non-Ferrous Metals Plant Type: Industry Location: Solingen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑39784⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑5838. Sortie Report⇗
54⇗	21 January 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France	Tail Gunner	42‑3441⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41B Group, Low Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗
55⇗	29 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Parts Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑3441⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group deputy, low group. Sortie Report⇗
56⇗	30 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑3441⇗	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off Lead group high Squadron lead. Did not take off. Sortie Report⇗
62⇗	11 February 1944	Target: Propeller Factory (Foundry) Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑31606⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. Sortie Report⇗
63⇗	20 February 1944	Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑29703⇗	41B Group. Did not take off. Sortie Report⇗
64⇗	21 February 1944	Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Werl, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑37801⇗	Combat Mission Credit Wing deputy, 41st B Combat Wing. Sortie Report⇗

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