Bragg, Weldon Carey

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Bragg, Weldon Carey ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-782140
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #243 dated 11 December 1944, effective 11 December 1944.
Duty	Co-pilot
MOS	1035 - Bombardier
Last Duty Date	12 January 1946
Results	Wounded, Non-Combat
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 17 September 1924 Transferred with Group to Istres, France. Seriously injured in a crash during a ferry flight in bad weather in France, on 10 December 1945. Relieved from assigned (presently absent sick) and transferred attached unassigned to Detachment of Patients, 4409 Hospital Plant, APO 21 per 546th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 28 January 1946.
Related Documents	Accident Report # 45-12-10-503⇓ (15.444 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Barrier, Robert Edgar⇗	Pilot	KIA
2nd Lt. Bragg, Weldon Carey	Co-pilot	WNC
2nd Lt. Cherry, Joseph H⇗	Navigator	FCMEW
Flt. Ofcr. Schumer, Gerald (NMI)⇗	Bombardier	WIA
CPL. Cawthon, William Hilton⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	FCMEW
CPL. Barnes, Lawrence Valentine, Jr⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	TBD
CPL. Asby, Sidney Lee, Jr⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
CPL. Matthews, Frederick Donald⇗	Tail Gunner	CT
CPL. Plont, George John⇗	Flexible Gunner	FCMEW

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 10 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
270⇗	21 February 1945	Target: Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38548⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
276⇗	27 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Wahren (Leipzig area), Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38501⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
280⇗	3 March 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38994⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
285⇗	10 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Schwerte, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑39131⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
287⇗	12 March 1945	Target: Railway Center Type: Transportation Location: Betzdorf, Germany	Co-pilot	44‑6882⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
289⇗	15 March 1945	Target: Army HQ Type: Military Location: Zossen, Germany	Co-pilot	44‑6882⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
291⇗	18 March 1945	Target: Schlesischer Railway Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Co-pilot	44‑6882⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Manston, Kent, due to shot out hydraulic system Sortie Report⇗
292⇗	19 March 1945	Target: Braunkohle-Benzin Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41C Group. Sortie Report⇗
293⇗	20 March 1945	Target: Deutsche Werft Submarine Shipyard Type: Submarine Facility Location: Hamburg, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38766⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
314⇗	19 April 1945	Target: Railroad Station & Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Elsterwerda, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38766⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
--	10 December 1945	None Non-combat sortie	Co-pilot	43‑39236⇗	Crashed in bad weather while attempting a landing. Two crew and 3 passengers were killed, while three crew suffered major injuries. Sortie Report⇗

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