Sundeen, William Erhard

Individual Personnel Data
Name Sundeen, William Erhard
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Rank Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant
Serial Number O-860775
Unit Assignments
  • Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #116 dated 15 November 1944, effective 15 November 1944.
  • Transferred to a non-384th unit, per 544th Bomb Squadron Morning Report - 70th Reinforcement Depot, AAF Station 594, effective 26 May 1945.
Duty Navigator
MOS1034 - Navigator
Last Duty Date 26 May 1945
Results Transferred
Additional Information
  • Reclassified from MOS 1038 to MOS 0142 per 544th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 10 May 1945.



Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER POSITION RESULTS
2nd Lt. Warner, Henry L⇗PilotCT
2nd Lt. Miller, John C, Jr⇗Co-pilotCT
2nd Lt. Sundeen, William ErhardNavigatorTR
1st Lt. Mathis, Charles Eugene⇗BombardierCT
SGT. Dean, Donald Lloyd⇗Radio Operator / GunnerPOW
SGT. Seidel, John Clarence⇗Engineer / Top Turret GunnerCT
CPL. Poulsen, Leonard Irvin⇗Ball Turret GunnerKIA
CPL. Portwood, Ray S⇗Tail GunnerCT
CPL. Taliaferro, Philip Andrew⇗Flexible GunnerCT
Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 16 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
256⇗ 17 January 1945 Target: Railroad Viaduct
Type: Transportation
Location: Bielefeld, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8401⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead. PFF ship. Ordered to fly as division deputy while en route, due to failure of PFF equipment on lead aircraft. Led formation from IP (because lead Gee-H equipment also failed) in attack on secondary target using his PFF.
Sortie Report⇗
257⇗ 20 January 1945 Target: Rail and Road Bridges
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8401⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead; PFF ship. Landed away at RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire.
Sortie Report⇗
263⇗ 1 February 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany 		Radar Navigator 44‑8211⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
264⇗ 3 February 1945 Target: Tempelhof Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Radar Navigator 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⇗
266⇗ 14 February 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Dresden, Germany 		Visual (Pilotage) Navigator 44‑8665⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Returned Early
High Squadron lead; PFF ship. Returned early after entering enemy airspace, because right waist and bombardier's oxygen regulators 'blew up'. Attacked a target of opportunity, a factory, in Nordhorn, Germany.
Sortie Report⇗
267⇗ 15 February 1945 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bohlen, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8541⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Landed away at Bassingbourn Airfield, AAF Station 121.
Sortie Report⇗
269⇗ 20 February 1945 Target: Main Railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany 		Radar Navigator 44‑8668⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group deputy; PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
270⇗ 21 February 1945 Target: Tank Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany 		Radar Navigator 42‑98027⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead; PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
272⇗ 23 February 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Plauen, Germany 		Radar Navigator 44‑8668⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group deputy; PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
273⇗ 24 February 1945 Target: Submarine Construction Shipyard
Type: Shipyards
Location: Hamburg, Germany 		Mickey (Radar) Navigator 42‑98027⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead; PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
275⇗ 26 February 1945 Target: Schlesicher Railroad Station (Bahnhof)
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Radar Navigator 44‑8211⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group deputy; PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
276⇗ 27 February 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Wahren (Leipzig area), Germany 		Mickey (Radar) Navigator 44‑8211⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead; PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
279⇗ 2 March 1945 Target: Low Temperature Carbonization Plant and Refinery of Deutsche Petroleum A.G.
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Rositz, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8649⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead; PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
284⇗ 9 March 1945 Target: Henschel Tank and Locomotive Works
Type: Industry
Location: Kassel, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8541⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead; PFF and Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report⇗
287⇗ 12 March 1945 Target: Railway Center
Type: Transportation
Location: Betzdorf, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8541⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead; PFF and Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report⇗
300⇗ 30 March 1945 Target: Deutsche Schiff- u. Maschinenbau A.G. (DESCHIMAG)
Submarine and Warship Yard
Machine Shop
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8541⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Lead Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. PFF & Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report⇗

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