Pommer, Edwin Bernard

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Pommer, Edwin Bernard ⇗
Rank	First Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-809417
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #146 dated 24 July 1944, effective 24 July 1944. Transferred to the Casual Pool, 70th Reinforcement Depot, AAF Station Stone, per 546th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 19 April 1945, effective 19 April 1945.
Duty	Navigator
MOS	1034 - Navigator
Last Duty Date	19 April 1945
Results	Completed Combat Tour
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 30 May 1918 Granted a seven day operational leave of absence effective 19 December 1944 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #249 dated 18 December 1944. Granted a seven day operational leave of absence effective 21 February 1945 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #22 dated 20 February 1945.
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
Flt. Ofcr. Plowman, Noel Elwin⇗	Pilot	KIA
Flt. Ofcr. Ferguson, Lawrence Winston, "Winston"⇗	Co-pilot	KIA
1st Lt. Pommer, Edwin Bernard	Navigator	CT
2nd Lt. Hart, Carl Johnston⇗	Bombardier	KIA
CPL. Maxa, Gordon Raymond⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	KIA
CPL. Cameron, Robert Allen⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	POW
CPL. Oliva, Armando (NMI)⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	POW
CPL. Grams, Melvin Joseph⇗	Flexible Gunner	WIA
CPL. Anderson, Frank Julius⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW
SGT. Miller, Orus Denvil⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 31 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
171⇗	4 August 1944	Target: Rocket Research & Development Complex Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Peenemünde, Germany	Navigator	42‑97251⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Group Hot Camera Ship. Sortie Report⇗
173⇗	5 August 1944	Target: Luftwaffe Controlling Station Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Langenhagen, Germany	Navigator	44‑6105⇗	Combat Mission Credit High section deputy, high group. Sortie Report⇗
181⇗	16 August 1944	Target: Delitzsch Air Field and Air Equipment Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Delitzsch, Germany	Navigator	42‑107121⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
182⇗	18 August 1944	Target: Tactical: Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Vise, Belgium	Navigator	42‑97309⇗	Combat Mission Credit High group flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
185⇗	26 August 1944	Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Navigator	42‑102500⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗
201⇗	28 September 1944	Target: Steelworks Type: Industry Location: Magdeburg, Germany	Navigator	42‑107121⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
202⇗	30 September 1944	Target: Handorf Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Münster, Germany	Navigator	44‑6476⇗	Combat Mission Credit High group lead. Sortie Report⇗
205⇗	5 October 1944	Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Navigator	42‑97986⇗	Combat Mission Credit Deputy lead. This aircraft led the group on two PFF runs, was hit by flak over target area and lost two engines; could not keep up with group and was going to land in Belgium; plane was under control, but was reported to explode at about 2,000' altitude. However, while it was out of commission for about two months, it was back flying combat missions in December. Sortie Report⇗
209⇗	11 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Wesseling, Germany	Navigator	44‑8211⇗	Combat Mission Credit Fourth Squadron lead. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗
214⇗	19 October 1944	Target: Heinrich Lanz Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Mannheim, Germany	Navigator	42‑98034⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. PFF ship. Due to failure of Gee-H equipment on deputy, led attack on PFF secondary target. Sortie Report⇗
217⇗	1 November 1944	Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Navigator	44‑8008⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead. PFF ship. Relinquished lead to deputy for the Gee-H bomb run on the primary: resumed lead for return to base. Sortie Report⇗
221⇗	6 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany	Navigator	43‑38198⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead. PFF ship provided by 379th BG, flown by 384th crew. Call-sign Nightgar-Z. Sortie Report⇗
222⇗	8 November 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant (visual aim point) Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Navigator	44‑8216⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗
226⇗	16 November 1944	Target: Tactical - Artillery Positions Type: Military Location: Eschweiler, Germany	Navigator	42‑98027⇗	Combat Mission Credit PFF & Gee-H ship; group lead, 41st Bomb Wing A group. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗
231⇗	27 November 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Offenburg, Germany	Navigator	44‑6476⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
235⇗	4 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Soest, Germany	Navigator	43‑38747⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
237⇗	9 December 1944	Target: Airfield and Daimler Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Böblingen (Stuttgart area), Germany	Navigator	43‑38616⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
238⇗	11 December 1944	Target: Road & Rail Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany	Navigator	43‑38616⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy, B Group. Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
246⇗	30 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Limburg, Germany	Navigator	43‑38616⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
257⇗	20 January 1945	Target: Rail and Road Bridges Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany	Navigator	42‑97986⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead; PFF ship. Landed away at RAF Stradishall, Suffolk. Sortie Report⇗
264⇗	3 February 1945	Target: Tempelhof Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Navigator	44‑8008⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron Lead, PFF ship. Lead Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 44‑8211. Captain Samson Fisher was a "Medical Observer." Sortie Report⇗
267⇗	15 February 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany	Navigator	44‑8541⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Bassingbourn Airfield, AAF Station 121. Sortie Report⇗
279⇗	2 March 1945	Target: Low Temperature Carbonization Plant and Refinery of Deutsche Petroleum A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Rositz, Germany	Navigator	43‑39197⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
281⇗	4 March 1945	Target: Ordnance Depot Type: Military Location: Ulm, Germany	Navigator	44‑8668⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead; PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗
288⇗	14 March 1945	Target: Railroad Bridge, Weser River Type: Transportation Location: Bad Oeynhausen, Germany	Navigator	43‑39197⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
294⇗	22 March 1945	Target: German Hutted Camps (Barracks) at 51°36'N,7°06'E Type: Military Location: Westerholt, Germany	Navigator	42‑97592⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗
300⇗	30 March 1945	Target: Deutsche Schiff- u. Maschinenbau A.G. (DESCHIMAG) Submarine and Warship Yard Machine Shop Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany	Navigator	43‑39203⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
301⇗	31 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Navigator	43‑39131⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
302⇗	3 April 1945	Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Kiel, Germany	Navigator	43‑38548⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
303⇗	4 April 1945	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Fassberg, Germany	Navigator	43‑38588⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
304⇗	5 April 1945	Target: Ordnance Depot Type: Military Location: Ingolstadt, Germany	Navigator	44‑6909⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗

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