Name | Vann, George Daniel, Jr ‡ |
Rank | Sergeant |
Serial Number | 18157650 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #56 dated 24 March 1944, effective 24 March 1944. |
Duty | Tail Gunner |
MOS | 611 - Aerial Gunner |
Last Duty Date | 24 April 1944 |
Results |
Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Not identified in National Archives POW database. |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 4355⇓ (7.660 MB) |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
---|---|---|
2nd Lt. Brown, Robert Harold⇗ | Pilot | POW |
2nd Lt. Kell, Joseph Wilfred⇗ | Co-pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Rule, Johnson William⇗ | Navigator | EV |
1st Lt. Rader, Richard Eugene⇗ | Bombardier | EV |
S/SGT. Sturak, Stanley John⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Smith, Dewey Carlyle⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | POW |
SGT. Roberson, Charles William⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | POW |
SGT. Vann, George Daniel, Jr | Tail Gunner | POW |
SGT. Atkins, James Asa⇗ | Flexible Gunner | POW |
SGT. McManus, Cornelius Patrick⇗ | Flexible Gunner | EV |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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90⇗ | 18 April 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑31346⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
91⇗ | 19 April 1944 |
Target: Fieseler Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel (Waldau), Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑97136⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
93⇗ | 22 April 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑97320⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Manston, Kent, on return due to battle damage. Sortie Report⇗ |
94⇗ | 24 April 1944 |
Target: Dornier-Werke GMBH Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑31346⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Low Squadron lead, lead group. Received direct flak burst at 1201 hrs 40 miles east of Paris; fire observed in nose with smoke coming out of cockpit; four chutes, only three opened; crashed SE of Cézanne, France. MACR 4355 Sortie Report⇗ |