Name | Rutan, Donald Alson ‡ |
Rank | Staff Sergeant |
Serial Number | 32369888 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 544th Bomb Squadron February 1943 Payroll Roster, effective 28 February 1943. |
Duty | Flexible Gunner |
MOS | 612 - Airplane Armorer / Gunner |
Last Duty Date | 25 July 1943 |
Results |
Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15 |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Post Loss Document File #8⇗ |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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2⇗ | 25 June 1943 |
Target: Industrial Area & Submarine Pens Type: Military Location: Hamburg, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑30039⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off High Squadron lead. Returned to base due to weather conditions; pilot was unable to maintain contact with the formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
3⇗ | 26 June 1943 |
Target: Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑30039⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
4⇗ | 28 June 1943 |
Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Beaumont-le-Roger, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑30142⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back with problems in #1 and #2 engines. Sortie Report⇗ |
5⇗ | 29 June 1943 |
Target: duNord Aircraft Works, Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑5849⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back due to #1 engine failure. Sortie Report⇗ |
6⇗ | 4 July 1943 |
Target: Gnome et Rhone Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Le Mans, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑30039⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back when pilot became ill. Sortie Report⇗ |
7⇗ | 10 July 1943 |
Target: Drucat Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Abbeville, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑30039⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Lead Group. Turned back because #2 engine began to 'miss and vibrate' so it was feathered. Sortie Report⇗ |
9⇗ | 24 July 1943 |
Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants Type: Industry Location: Herøya, Norway |
Tail Gunner | 42‑30039⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
10⇗ | 25 July 1943 |
Target: Blohm & Voss Aircraft Works and Shipyard Type: Industry Location: Hamburg, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑3069⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Disabled by enemy action over target; details unknown; crashed in Hamburg, Germany area. No MACR Sortie Report⇗ |