Blauer, John Christian

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Blauer, John Christian ‡ ⇗
Rank	Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	19060153 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 384th Bomb Group, AAB Sioux City, Iowa, Special Orders #93 dated 19 April 1943, effective 19 April 1943.
Duty	Flexible Gunner
MOS	748 - Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer
Last Duty Date	17 August 1943
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 15 January 1915 Ordered to attend Gunnery School at Snettisham, Norfolk, for approximately 10 days beginning on or about 30 May 1943, on SO #21 dated 30 May 1943. Students are required to bring .50 cal. Ammunition, gas mask, steel helmet, mess equipment, blankets, clothing for ten days, and draw 'PX rations' in advance.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 296⇓ (5.054 MB)

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 11 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
2⇗	25 June 1943	Target: Industrial Area & Submarine Pens Type: Military Location: Hamburg, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑30139⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off 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	42‑30142⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off High Squadron Deputy. Turned back with number 1 engine running very rough, with insufficient supercharger boost. Sortie Report⇗
4⇗	28 June 1943	Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Beaumont-le-Roger, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑29956⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗
5⇗	29 June 1943	Target: duNord Aircraft Works, Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑29956⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron #2 (customary position for Deputy, but not so designated on formation chart). Sortie Report⇗
6⇗	4 July 1943	Target: Gnome et Rhone Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Le Mans, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑29956⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
8⇗	14 July 1943	Target: Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑29956⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back at Splasher 10 at 0711 hrs when #3 prop governor broke and prop ran away. Sortie Report⇗
9⇗	24 July 1943	Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants Type: Industry Location: Herøya, Norway	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑29956⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
11⇗	28 July 1943	Target: Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑30142⇗	Combat Mission Credit Aborted Mission After Taking Off Wing lead. Turned back with #2 engine out. Bombed unidentified location on island of Terschelling, The Netherlands. Sortie Report⇗
12⇗	29 July 1943	Target: Naval Base Type: Military Location: Kiel, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑29956⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
13⇗	30 July 1943	Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑29956⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
14⇗	12 August 1943	Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑30142⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
15⇗	15 August 1943	Target: Poix-en-Picardie and Amiens-Glisy Airfields Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Poix-de-Picardie & Amiens, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑29956⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
16⇗	16 August 1943	Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑29956⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
17⇗	17 August 1943	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑29956⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Low Squadron deputy. Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed south of St. Goarshausen, Germany in Niederheimbach. MACR 296 Sortie Report⇗

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