Name | Weatherford, Louie Frank ‡ |
Rank | Staff Sergeant / Master Sergeant |
Serial Number | 34337979 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #56 Dated 25 July 1943, effective 25 July 1943. |
Duty | Flexible Gunner / Radio Operator / Gunner |
MOS | 748 - Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer |
Last Duty Date | 6 September 1943 |
Results | Evaded Capture |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 776⇓ (10.353 MB) Escape & Evasion Report # 251⇓ (Filesize N/A) |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Sweningsen, Oliver (NMI), Jr⇗ | Pilot | POW |
2nd Lt. Stewart, Carlos Penfield⇗ | Co-pilot | POW |
2nd Lt. Cawley, Thomas Francis⇗ | Bombardier | POW |
T/SGT. Barta, Joseph Francis⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | POW |
T/SGT. Bartholomew, Everett Laverne⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Ralph, Robert Edward⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | KIA |
S/SGT. Grover, Richard Stanley⇗ | Tail Gunner | KIA |
S/SGT. Dillingham, Desmond Quinton⇗ | Flexible Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Weatherford, Louie Frank | Flexible Gunner | EV |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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16⇗ | 16 August 1943 |
Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑3459⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
19⇗ | 31 August 1943 |
Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France |
Radio Operator | 42‑5720⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Sortie Report⇗ |
20⇗ | 3 September 1943 |
Target: Air Park and Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France |
Radio Operator | 42‑5720⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
21⇗ | 6 September 1943 |
Type: Industry Location: Stuttgart, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑5720⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Damaged by enemy aircraft; insufficient fuel to return to England; made a forced landing in field near Beauvais, France; MACR 776. Sortie Report⇗ |