Name | Wilkins, John Robert ‡ |
Rank | Sergeant / Staff Sergeant |
Serial Number | 11044589 ‡ |
Unit Assignments |
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Duty | Flexible Gunner |
MOS | 611 - Aerial Gunner |
Last Duty Date | 24 April 1944 |
Results | Interned, Neutral Country |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 4287⇓ (7.504 MB) |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Broyhill, Virgil Ray⇗ | Pilot | INT |
2nd Lt. Burns, Albert Harry, Jr⇗ | Co-pilot | INT |
2nd Lt. Earle, Guy Harmon, Jr⇗ | Navigator | INT |
Flt. Ofcr. Grilli, Eugene Philip⇗ | Bombardier | POW |
S/SGT. Pizzi, Frank Benjamin⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | INT |
S/SGT. Duncan, Sam Park, Jr⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | INT |
SGT. Piemonte, Guiseppe Mario⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | INT |
T/SGT. Robertson, James Roman⇗ | Tail Gunner | INT |
S/SGT. Massengale, Arnold Lee⇗ | Flexible Gunner | INT |
SGT. Wilkins, John Robert | Flexible Gunner | INT |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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79⇗ | 22 March 1944 |
Target: Heinkel Aircraft Assembly Plant at Annahof Airfield Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑31235⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
80⇗ | 23 March 1944 |
Target: Airdrome and Airpark Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Gütersloh, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑31235⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron, composite high group Sortie Report⇗ |
81⇗ | 24 March 1944 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑37885⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
82⇗ | 26 March 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Grismont, Rebecques, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97136⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
83⇗ | 27 March 1944 |
Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Tours & Chartres, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑37885⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 94 Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
85⇗ | 29 March 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑31435⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
86⇗ | 9 April 1944 |
Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Marienburg, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑37789⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
87⇗ | 10 April 1944 |
Target: Evere Airfield (50°54'3"N 4°20'9"E) Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑31495⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
88⇗ | 11 April 1944 |
Target: FW Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Sorau, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97320⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
92⇗ | 20 April 1944 |
Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑102446⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit B Wing, High Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
93⇗ | 22 April 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97309⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Dropped nickles (propaganda leaflets) with regular demolition bombs. Sortie Report⇗ |
94⇗ | 24 April 1944 |
Target: Dornier-Werke GMBH Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑37885⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Though not observed leaving formation, this aircraft made a forced landing at Dubendorf, Switzerland. MACR 4287 Sortie Report⇗ |