Name | Roberts, Jack Deighton |
Rank | Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant |
Serial Number | O-771972 |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #140 dated 17 July 1944, effective 17 July 1944. |
Duty | Bombardier |
MOS | 1035 - Bombardier |
Last Duty Date | 26 March 1945 |
Results | Completed Tour, Returned to USA |
Additional Information |
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CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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Capt. Vinnedge, Roy Alan⇗ | Pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Schaaf, Herbert Henry⇗ | Co-pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Hightshoe, Clarence Cecil⇗ | Navigator | CT |
2nd Lt. Roberts, Jack Deighton | Bombardier | CT |
S/SGT. Burek, Stanley Thomas⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | CT |
S/SGT. Walcott, Lester Allen⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | CT |
SGT. Wisdahl, Raymond Orlando⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | CT |
SGT. Beesley, Delmar James⇗ | Tail Gunner | KIA |
SGT. Dunham, Lorin Arthur⇗ | Flexible Gunner | TR |
SGT. Rock, Frank Willis⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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167⇗ | 29 July 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑102500⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead, lead group, 41st B wing. Sortie Report⇗ |
172⇗ | 4 August 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Crepieul, France |
Bombardier | 43‑38016⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low section lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
186⇗ | 30 August 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Crepieul, France |
Bombardier | 42‑102500⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
188⇗ | 5 September 1944 |
Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑107083⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
189⇗ | 8 September 1944 |
Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑38014⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
190⇗ | 9 September 1944 |
Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑107083⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
195⇗ | 17 September 1944 |
Target: Tank and Gun Concentrations, Tactical Type: Military Location: Eindhoven & 's‑Hertogenbosch (den Bosch), The Netherlands |
Bombardier | 42‑107057⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit D Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
197⇗ | 21 September 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mainz, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑107083⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
198⇗ | 25 September 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑107083⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Collided with B-24, but was able to return to base; left wing damaged. Sortie Report⇗ |
202⇗ | 30 September 1944 |
Target: Handorf Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Münster, Germany |
Bombardier | 43‑38501⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High group flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
203⇗ | 2 October 1944 |
Target: Ford Motor Works Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑102933⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
205⇗ | 5 October 1944 |
Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Bombardier | 43‑38588⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
207⇗ | 7 October 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Leipzig, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑102620⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
216⇗ | 30 October 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Bombardier | 43‑38766⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
217⇗ | 1 November 1944 |
Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Bombardier | 43‑38588⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
218⇗ | 2 November 1944 |
Target: Ruhr-Chemie A.G. Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Sterkrade (Holten), Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑107083⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
220⇗ | 5 November 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑102501⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
221⇗ | 6 November 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany |
Bombardier | 43‑38501⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
235⇗ | 4 December 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Soest, Germany |
Bombardier | 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 |
Bombardier | 43‑38616⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
238⇗ | 11 December 1944 |
Target: Road & Rail Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany |
Bombardier | 43‑38616⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy, B Group. Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
241⇗ | 19 December 1944 |
Target: Railway Junction Type: Transportation Location: Glaadt, Germany |
Bombardier | 43‑38616⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Landed away at RAF Fairwood Common near Swansea, Wales. Sortie Report⇗ |
246⇗ | 30 December 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Limburg, Germany |
Bombardier | 43‑38616⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
257⇗ | 20 January 1945 |
Target: Rail and Road Bridges Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany |
Bombardier | 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 |
Bombardier | 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 |
Bombardier | 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 |
Bombardier | 43‑39197⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
281⇗ | 4 March 1945 |
Target: Ordnance Depot Type: Military Location: Ulm, Germany |
Bombardier | 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 |
Bombardier | 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 |
Bombardier | 42‑97592⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
298⇗ | 26 March 1945 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany |
Bombardier | 43‑38766⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |