Individual Personnel Data
| Name |
Settlemyre, James Walter ‡
|
| Rank |
Staff Sergeant |
| Serial Number |
34604961 ‡ |
| Unit Assignments |
Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #81 dated 1 May 1944, effective 1 May 1944. |
| Duty |
Flexible Gunner |
| MOS | 748 - Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer |
| Last Duty Date |
24 May 1944 |
| Results |
Prisoner Of War
POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
| Decorations | Awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 24 May 1944 per General Orders #10, Headquarters, Miami District, AAF Personnel Distribution Command dated 1945-08-13. |
| Additional Information | |
| Related Documents |
Missing Air Crew Report # 5268⇓ (96.798 MB) |
| Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
| CREWMEMBER |
POSITION |
RESULTS |
| 2nd Lt. Seamon, Grover Lawrence, Jr⇗ | Pilot | POW |
| 2nd Lt. Kohlston, Herbert Francis⇗ | Co-pilot | POW |
| Flt. Ofcr. Polansky, Herbert (NMI)⇗ | Navigator | POW |
| 2nd Lt. Robertson, Avon Vern⇗ | Bombardier | INT |
| S/SGT. Ramos, Manuel Mazon⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | KIA |
| SGT. Loving, Elmer Hill, Jr⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | POW |
| SGT. Thompson, Raymond Archie⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | POW |
| SGT. Housh, Leonard Jess⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | POW |
| SGT. Altstaetter, Herbert Emerson⇗ | Tail Gunner | KIA |
| S/SGT. Settlemyre, James Walter | Flexible Gunner | POW |
Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 2
Combat Missions.
| Number |
Date |
Target |
Position |
Aircraft |
Mission/Sortie Information |
|
110⇗ |
20 May 1944 |
Target: Orly Airport
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner |
42‑97204⇗ |
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed
Sortie Report⇗ |
|
113⇗ |
23 May 1944 |
Target: Nancy/Essey Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nancy, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner |
42‑37785⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit
41A Group
Sortie Report⇗ |
|
114⇗ |
24 May 1944 |
Target: Unidentified Military Installations
Type: Military
Location: Berlin, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner |
42‑31364⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit
Failed To Return
Lead Group. Hit by flak after bombs-away, crashed in Herzberg, Germany (12 km SSE of Neuruppin). MACR 5268
Sortie Report⇗ |
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