Sorbo, Peter Paul

Individual Personnel Data
Name Sorbo, Peter Paul   ‡
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Rank Private First Class / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number 31281461   ‡
Unit Assignments Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #28, effective 10 June 1943.
Duty Flexible Gunner
Last Duty Date 12 August 1943
Results Killed In Action
Final Resting Place or Memorial: Calvary Cemetery, Waterbury, Connecticut
Additional Information
  • Date of Birth: 24 September 1924
  • Promoted from Private First Class to Sergeant effective 15 June 1943per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 18 June 1943.
  • Promoted to Staff Sergeant on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #49 dated 15 July 1943.
Related Documents Missing Air Crew Report # 288⇓ (26.475 MB)



Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 1 Combat Mission.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
14⇗ 12 August 1943 Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑5806⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Failed To Return
Hit by flak on the way to the target, then attacked by fighters. Some of crew bailed out before aircraft exploded. Crashed near Volmershofen/Heidgen (5 miles SW of Bonn), Germany. MACR 288
Sortie Report⇗

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