Name | Rybarczyk, Chester Anthony |
Rank | Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant |
Serial Number | O-720014 |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #144 dated 22 July 1944, effective 22 July 1944. |
Duty | Navigator |
MOS | 1034 - Navigator |
Last Duty Date | 26 December 1944 |
Results | Completed Tour, Returned to USA |
Additional Information |
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Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
---|---|---|
2nd Lt. Buslee, John Oliver⇗ | Pilot | KIA |
2nd Lt. Albrecht, David Franklin⇗ | Co-pilot | KIA |
2nd Lt. Rybarczyk, Chester Anthony | Navigator | CT |
1st Lt. Fryden, Marvin (NMI)⇗ | Bombardier | KIA |
SGT. Peluso, Sebastiano Joseph⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | KIA |
SGT. Seeley, Clarence Burdell⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | CT |
CPL. Foster, Erwin Vernon⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | CT |
S/SGT. Lucynski, Eugene Daniel⇗ | Tail Gunner | WIA |
CPL. Bryant, Lenard Leroy⇗ | Flexible Gunner | KIA |
SGT. Farrar, George Edwin⇗ | Flexible Gunner | POW |
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 | 42‑102620⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
173⇗ | 5 August 1944 |
Target: Luftwaffe Controlling Station Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Langenhagen, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑37982⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit A flak shell exploded beside the nose of "Tremblin Gremlin" on the bomb run. "I'm hit" said the bombardier, 1st Lt. Marvin Fryden, but he remained at his bombsight until bombs-away, then collapsed. He had been hit in the chest, and subsequently died of his wounds. Schwery (pilot) and Seeley (TT) were also wounded, and the plane was severely damaged, barely making it back to England to land at Halesworth, AAF Station 365, on two engines, with no brakes, and many flak holes. Sortie Report⇗ |
176⇗ | 9 August 1944 |
Target: Erding Airdrome & Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Erding, Germany |
Navigator | 44‑6149⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗ |
177⇗ | 11 August 1944 |
Target: Tactical: Coastal Artillery Emplacements Type: Military Location: Brest, France |
Navigator | 42‑37822⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
178⇗ | 12 August 1944 |
Target: "Landing Ground" Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: La Perthe, France |
Navigator | 42‑38013⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead group flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
188⇗ | 5 September 1944 |
Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Navigator | 43‑37822⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
189⇗ | 8 September 1944 |
Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑97320⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
191⇗ | 10 September 1944 |
Target: BMW Motor Component Parts Plant Type: Industry Location: Sindelfingen, Germany |
Navigator | 43‑38213⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
192⇗ | 11 September 1944 |
Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf & Merseburg, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑102661⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41A Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
198⇗ | 25 September 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit C Wing, high group. Sortie Report⇗ |
201⇗ | 28 September 1944 |
Target: Steelworks Type: Industry Location: Magdeburg, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Left formation after target for unknown reasons, but returned to base. Sortie Report⇗ |
202⇗ | 30 September 1944 |
Target: Handorf Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Münster, Germany |
Navigator | 43‑37703⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
203⇗ | 2 October 1944 |
Target: Ford Motor Works Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑97510⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron flying spare; returned as briefed. Sortie Report⇗ |
204⇗ | 3 October 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Wesseling, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑97320⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
205⇗ | 5 October 1944 |
Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Navigator | 44‑6141⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
207⇗ | 7 October 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Leipzig, Germany |
Navigator | 43‑38615⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit At 1100 hrs in the vicinity of [Bad] Iburg, aircraft was hit by flak and peeled off from formation with #2 wing tank smoking and leaking; last seen over Osnabrück with wheels down and under control; no chutes; landed in allied territory, near Brussels, with all crew safe. Sortie Report⇗ |
210⇗ | 14 October 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Saarbrücken, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑97282⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
212⇗ | 17 October 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑37822⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
213⇗ | 18 October 1944 |
Target: Ford Motor Works Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑102459⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
214⇗ | 19 October 1944 |
Target: Heinrich Lanz Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Mannheim, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑37822⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
216⇗ | 30 October 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑37822⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
220⇗ | 5 November 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑37822⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
221⇗ | 6 November 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany |
Navigator | 42‑102459⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
223⇗ | 9 November 1944 |
Target: Ground Installations Type: Military Location: Ouvrages de Sorbey (Metz), France |
Navigator | 43‑38062⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
224⇗ | 10 November 1944 |
Target: Ostheim Airfield & Butzweilerhof Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Navigator | 43‑38062⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41D Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
225⇗ | 11 November 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑102500⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
226⇗ | 16 November 1944 |
Target: Tactical - Artillery Positions Type: Military Location: Eschweiler, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑102459⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗ |
228⇗ | 23 November 1944 |
Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Navigator | 43‑38062⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
229⇗ | 25 November 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑98000⇗ |
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Low Squadron Sortie Report⇗ |
230⇗ | 26 November 1944 |
Target: Railroad Viaduct Type: Transportation Location: Altenbeken, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑98000⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
231⇗ | 27 November 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Offenburg, Germany |
Navigator | 44‑6141⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Flew entire mission but could not drop bombs: bomb bay doors would not open either electrically or manually. Bomb load returned to base. Sortie Report⇗ |
233⇗ | 30 November 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany |
Navigator | 43‑37703⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
234⇗ | 2 December 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Oberlahnstein, Germany |
Navigator | 43‑38750⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
235⇗ | 4 December 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Soest, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑102661⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
236⇗ | 6 December 1944 |
Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑102661⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Low Squadron hot camera ship. This aircraft suffered an internal failure of the #1 engine. Sortie Report⇗ |
238⇗ | 11 December 1944 |
Target: Road & Rail Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑102620⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
239⇗ | 12 December 1944 |
Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑98000⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship Sortie Report⇗ |
240⇗ | 18 December 1944 |
Target: Road Junction Type: Transportation Location: Gemünd, Germany |
Navigator | 43‑38927⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |