Taylor, Frank Odin

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Taylor, Frank Odin ‡ ⇗
Rank	Sergeant / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	36441007 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #80 dated 29 April 1944, effective 29 April 1944. Transferred to the Detachment of Patients, US Army Hospital Plant 4167, APO 514-A, per 546th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 20 Septenber 1944, effective 15 September 1944. Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #17 dated 20 January 1945, effective 17 January 1945.
Duty	Flexible Gunner
MOS	748 - Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer
Last Duty Date	12 May 1944
Results	Wounded In Action
Decorations	Awarded the Purple Heart medal for wounds received on 12 May 1944 per General Orders #56, Headquarters, 1st Bomb Division dated 20 January 1945.
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 22 January 1923 Promoted to Staff Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #108 dated 9 June 1944. Placed on seven days Temporary Duty to American Red Cross Club, Spetchley Park, Worchester (a Flak House) on 3 July 1944 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #127 dated 2 July 1944.

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Shearer, Wilbur Lee, Jr⇗	Pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Hogshire, William Judson⇗	Co-pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Myers, Robert Stewart⇗	Navigator	CT
2nd Lt. Dugger, John Frank⇗	Bombardier	CT
S/SGT. Shedd, Charles Livingston⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Lipps, Paul Richard⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
SGT. Foltz, Howard William⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
SGT. Knight, Wilburn Moses⇗	Tail Gunner	CT
SGT. Harp, James Hubert⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT
SGT. Taylor, Frank Odin	Flexible Gunner	WIA

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 2 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
105⇗	11 May 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Saarbrücken and Ehrang, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑102500⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41B Group. Sortie Report⇗
106⇗	12 May 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑102620⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗

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