Name | Seibel, James Edward ‡ |
Rank | Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant |
Serial Number | O-670269 ‡ |
Unit Assignments |
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Duty | Bombardier |
MOS | 1035 - Bombardier |
Last Duty Date | 30 January 1944 |
Results |
Killed In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Mount Washington Cemetery, Independence, Missouri |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 2263⇓ (3.481 MB) |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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Flt. Ofcr. Jacobs, Randolph George Edward, "Jake, Moose, Randy"⇗ | Pilot | KIA |
2nd Lt. Boger, Eugene Arthur⇗ | Co-pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Curtin, John Quinn⇗ | Navigator | POW |
2nd Lt. Seibel, James Edward | Bombardier | KIA |
T/SGT. Cloud, Doy Jennings⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | TR |
T/SGT. Gregori, Aldo Joseph⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | MIA |
S/SGT. Gorham, Donald Frederick⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | CT |
S/SGT. Compton, Robert Lewis⇗ | Tail Gunner | CT |
S/SGT. Goetz, Jack Keith, "Jackson"⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
S/SGT. Wager, Lawrence Holmes⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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15⇗ | 15 August 1943 |
Target: Poix-en-Picardie and Amiens-Glisy Airfields Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Poix-de-Picardie & Amiens, France |
Bombardier | 42‑29728⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
16⇗ | 16 August 1943 |
Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France |
Bombardier | 42‑5051⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
17⇗ | 17 August 1943 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑29728⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Aircraft suffered battle damage; crash landed at base. Sortie Report⇗ |
18⇗ | 27 August 1943 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Watten, France |
Bombardier | 41‑24507⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
19⇗ | 31 August 1943 |
Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France |
Bombardier | 42‑29651⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Low Squadron Deputy. Turned back; couldn't keep up with formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
20⇗ | 3 September 1943 |
Target: Air Park and Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France |
Bombardier | 42‑29651⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Sortie Report⇗ |
21⇗ | 6 September 1943 |
Type: Industry Location: Stuttgart, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑29651⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Landed away at Deanland, East Sussex, due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗ |
22⇗ | 7 September 1943 |
Target: Bruxelles-Evere Airfield/Repair Depot Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium |
Bombardier | 42‑29699⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Sortie Report⇗ |
27⇗ | 2 October 1943 |
Target: Port Facilities Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑5051⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
29⇗ | 8 October 1943 |
Target: Workshops Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑3216⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
31⇗ | 10 October 1943 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Münster, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑3216⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Sortie Report⇗ |
33⇗ | 20 October 1943 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Düren, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑5444⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
--⇗ | 30 October 1943 |
Target: Marshaling Yard Type: Transportation Location: Geilenkirchen, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑5404⇗ | Sortie Report⇗ |
34⇗ | 3 November 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Wilhelmshafen, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑5444⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
35⇗ | 5 November 1943 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑37816⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
36⇗ | 16 November 1943 |
Target: Knaben II Molybdenum Mine Type: Industry Location: Knaben, Norway |
Bombardier | 42‑37776⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
40⇗ | 5 December 1943 |
Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France |
Bombardier | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
41⇗ | 11 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑29828⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
42⇗ | 13 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑5404⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group, high Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
43⇗ | 16 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑5444⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
45⇗ | 22 December 1943 |
Target: Steel Shops/Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Osnabrück, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑5444⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
46⇗ | 24 December 1943 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Croisette, France |
Bombardier | 41‑24525⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑29554. Sortie Report⇗ |
47⇗ | 30 December 1943 |
Target: I. G. Farben Industrie, Chemical/Synthetic Rubber Plants Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑30026⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
51⇗ | 7 January 1944 |
Target: Powerhouse Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑29632⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Became separated from formation in dense clouds after group assembly; failed to make wing rendezvous. Sortie Report⇗ |
54⇗ | 21 January 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France |
Bombardier | 42‑31415⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41A Group, Low Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
55⇗ | 29 January 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Parts Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑5444⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
56⇗ | 30 January 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑5444⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Low group high Squadron. Last seen at 1146 hrs, six minutes before the IP, being attacked by FW 190s and began falling away from the formation where he burst into flames, but continued on and dropped bombs on target; three chutes seen to emerge; crashed near Oberkirchen, Germany. Casualties buried in Meinsen. MACR 2263 Sortie Report⇗ |