Rhodes, James C

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Rhodes, James C ‡ ⇗
Rank	Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	16014609 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report, effective 5 March 1943.
Duty	Ball Turret Gunner
MOS	747 - Airplane and Engine Mechanic
Last Duty Date	17 August 1943
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 1920 Although not assigned to the 384th with the Mattes Crew, he became the regular Ball Turret Gunner, flying to England with this crew. Ordered to attend Gunnery School at Snettisham, Norfolk, for approximately 10 days beginning on or about 30 May 1943, on SO #21 dated 30 May 1943. Students are required to bring .50 cal. Ammunition, gas mask, steel helmet, mess equipment, blankets, clothing for ten days, and draw 'PX rations' in advance.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 292⇓ (28.221 MB)

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 13 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
1⇗	22 June 1943	Target: General Motors Truck Factory Type: Industry Location: Antwerp, Belgium	Ball Turret	42‑3222⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
3⇗	26 June 1943	Target: Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Ball Turret	42‑3222⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
4⇗	28 June 1943	Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Beaumont-le-Roger, France	Ball Turret	42‑3222⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
5⇗	29 June 1943	Target: duNord Aircraft Works, Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Ball Turret	42‑3222⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
6⇗	4 July 1943	Target: Gnome et Rhone Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Le Mans, France	Ball Turret	42‑3222⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
7⇗	10 July 1943	Target: Drucat Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Abbeville, France	Ball Turret	42‑3222⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron Lead. Sortie Report⇗
10⇗	25 July 1943	Target: Blohm & Voss Aircraft Works and Shipyard Type: Industry Location: Hamburg, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑3222⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group Deputy Lead. Sortie Report⇗
11⇗	28 July 1943	Target: Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑3222⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
12⇗	29 July 1943	Target: Naval Base Type: Military Location: Kiel, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑3230⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
14⇗	12 August 1943	Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑3222⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. 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	Ball Turret	42‑3222⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
16⇗	16 August 1943	Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Ball Turret	42‑3222⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead, group deputy. Sortie Report⇗
17⇗	17 August 1943	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑3222⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return High Squadron lead. Shot down by enemy aircraft before target; crashed near Mannheim, Germany. MACR 292 Sortie Report⇗

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