Plummer, Frederick Wayne

Individual Personnel Data
Name Plummer, Frederick Wayne, "Fred"
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Rank Private / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number 18125128
Unit Assignments Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 544th Bomb Squadron January 1943 Payroll Roster, effective 13 January 1943.
Duty Non-flying duty / Flexible Gunner
MOS611 - Aerial Gunner
Last Duty Date TBD
Results TBD
Additional Information
  • Date of Birth: 29 April 1921
  • Promoted to Private First Class effective 9 March 1943 per 544th Bomb Squadron March 1943 Payroll Roster.
  • Promoted to Corporal effective 15 June 1943 per 544th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 18 June 1943.
  • Promoted to Sergeant on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #60 dated 1 August 1943.
  • Placed on Detached Service to Gunnery School for ten days at Snettisham, Norfolk; AAF Station 106 Special Orders #61 dated 1 August 1943.
  • Promoted to Staff Sergeant on AAF Station 105 Special Orders #120 dated 17 October 1943.
  • Reclassified from MOS 555 to MOS 611 on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #13 dated 19 January 1944.
  • Transferred to the 305th BG (squadron history (microfilm A0640-01427).
  • Transferred to the 305th Bombardment Group, Station 110, effective 18 March 1944. Departed 1400 (hrs) 20 March 1944 per Squadron Morning Report, 20 March 1944.
  • From Detached Service (DS) with 305th Bomb Group to duty effective 10 June 1944 per Squadron Morning Report, 12 June 1944.



Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 19 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
25⇗ 23 September 1943 Target: Submarine Repair Ship
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Nantes, France 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑29814⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
26⇗ 27 September 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Emden, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑29814⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
28⇗ 4 October 1943 Type: Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑5404⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Turned back because pilot couldn't find formation after taking off 50 minutes late because of 'failure in ball turret.'.
Sortie Report⇗
31⇗ 10 October 1943 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Münster, Germany 		Togglier 42‑3037⇗ Combat Mission Credit
FLIGHT TIME 6:10
Sortie Report⇗
33⇗ 20 October 1943 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Düren, Germany 		Togglier 41‑24575⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
FLIGHT TIME 4:45
Sortie Report⇗
40⇗ 5 December 1943 Target: Fighter Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑31274⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Wing deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
42⇗ 13 December 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑3429⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low group.
Sortie Report⇗
47⇗ 30 December 1943 Target: I. G. Farben Industrie, Chemical/Synthetic Rubber Plants
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) 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 		Waist (Flexible) 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 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑39784⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Bomb load included 'Nickles' (propaganda leaflets) in addition to six 500-pound bombs.
Sortie Report⇗
54⇗ 21 January 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Preuseville, France 		Waist (Flexible) 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 		Waist (Flexible) 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 		Waist (Flexible) 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 		Waist (Flexible) 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 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑3440⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
60⇗ 6 February 1944 Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nancy, France 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑31235⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Wing lead.
Sortie Report⇗
61⇗ 8 February 1944 Target: Piston Ring Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑31346⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron.
Sortie Report⇗
63⇗ 20 February 1944 Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑31235⇗ Combat Mission Credit
41A Group.
Sortie Report⇗
66⇗ 24 February 1944 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) 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 		Waist (Flexible) 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 		Waist (Flexible) 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 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑31364⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
76⇗ 18 March 1944 Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑31495⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Lead Squadron, high composite group.
Sortie Report⇗

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