Name | Timmons, David Wesley |
Rank | Corporal / Staff Sergeant |
Serial Number | 38588329 |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #173 dated 29 August 1944, effective 29 August 1944. |
Duty | Tail Gunner / Togglier |
MOS | 611 - Aerial Gunner |
Last Duty Date | 12 March 1945 |
Results | Completed Combat Tour |
Additional Information |
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Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Ellis, Harold Richard⇗ | Pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Worthen, Kirk Winthrop⇗ | Co-pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Jelneck, William Edward⇗ | Navigator | CT |
2nd Lt. Stickling, John Henry⇗ | Bombardier | CT |
CPL. Hayes, David Newcombe⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | CT |
CPL. Rosenfield, Arthur (NMI)⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | CT |
CPL. Marlatt, Guy Clair⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | CT |
CPL. Timmons, David Wesley | Tail Gunner | CT |
CPL. Maupin, Vernon Eugene⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
CPL. Liem, Jack Henry⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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197⇗ | 21 September 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mainz, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑107121⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
208⇗ | 9 October 1944 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑97510⇗ |
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed High Squadron Sortie Report⇗ |
209⇗ | 11 October 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Wesseling, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑102620⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Fourth Squadron. Subjected to intense and very accurate flak in target area; initially reported MIA, found to have landed in allied territory. The crew was uninjured, returning to base on 13 October, and resumed flying combat missions on the 15th. The Aircraft was returned to Grafton Underwood also. It was repaired, re-assigned to the 544th, and resumed flying combat missions on 11 December 1944. Sortie Report⇗ |
211⇗ | 15 October 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑107148⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
212⇗ | 17 October 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑97251⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
213⇗ | 18 October 1944 |
Target: Ford Motor Works Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Togglier | 43‑38588⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
214⇗ | 19 October 1944 |
Target: Heinrich Lanz Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Mannheim, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑97251⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
216⇗ | 30 October 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑102500⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
221⇗ | 6 November 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany |
Togglier | 42‑102501⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
222⇗ | 8 November 1944 |
Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant (visual aim point) Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑107083⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
224⇗ | 10 November 1944 |
Target: Ostheim Airfield & Butzweilerhof Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Togglier | 43‑38501⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41C Group, Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
227⇗ | 20 November 1944 |
Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑31484⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 42‑102500. Composite Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group. Sortie Report⇗ |
228⇗ | 23 November 1944 |
Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Togglier | 43‑38747⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
229⇗ | 25 November 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany |
Togglier | 44‑6476⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship; landed away at Molesworth ('Wing'), due to weather. Sortie Report⇗ |
231⇗ | 27 November 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Offenburg, Germany |
Togglier | 43‑38766⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at White Waltham with two engines out; reason unknown. Sortie Report⇗ |
233⇗ | 30 November 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany |
Togglier | 44‑8430⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
234⇗ | 2 December 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Oberlahnstein, Germany |
Togglier | 43‑38548⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
237⇗ | 9 December 1944 |
Target: Airfield and Daimler Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Böblingen (Stuttgart area), Germany |
Togglier | 44‑6476⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
244⇗ | 27 December 1944 |
Target: Bridge (Tactical) Type: Transportation Location: Altenahr, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑102500⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron flying spare. Sortie Report⇗ |
245⇗ | 28 December 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Brühl, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑38616⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
246⇗ | 30 December 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Limburg, Germany |
Togglier | 44‑6476⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
255⇗ | 15 January 1945 |
Target: Neuburg Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Neuburg an der Donau, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑97960⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
257⇗ | 20 January 1945 |
Target: Rail and Road Bridges Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany |
Togglier | 43‑38994⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire. Sortie Report⇗ |
259⇗ | 22 January 1945 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Sterkrade, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑102501⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
264⇗ | 3 February 1945 |
Target: Tempelhof Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany |
Togglier | 43‑39060⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
266⇗ | 14 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 43‑39053⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
267⇗ | 15 February 1945 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 44‑8008⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. Landed away at Bassingbourn Airfield, AAF Station 121. Sortie Report⇗ |
268⇗ | 19 February 1945 |
Target: Coking Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 43‑38747⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
269⇗ | 20 February 1945 |
Target: Main Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 43‑39053⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
271⇗ | 22 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ülzen, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 44‑8211⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead; PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
272⇗ | 23 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Plauen, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 44‑8008⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead; PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
275⇗ | 26 February 1945 |
Target: Schlesicher Railroad Station (Bahnhof) Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany |
Togglier | 43‑39131⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
276⇗ | 27 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Wahren (Leipzig area), Germany |
Tail Gunner | 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 |
Togglier | 43‑38994⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
287⇗ | 12 March 1945 |
Target: Railway Center Type: Transportation Location: Betzdorf, Germany |
Togglier | 44‑6909⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |