Name | Atkins, Byron Leverne, "BUD" ‡ |
Rank | Corporal / Staff Sergeant |
Serial Number | 35146697 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #157 dated 5 August 1944, effective 5 August 1944. |
Duty | Flexible Gunner / Togglier |
MOS | 612 - Airplane Armorer / Gunner |
Last Duty Date | 28 September 1944 |
Results |
Killed In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lebanon, Indiana |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 9366⇓ (11.899 MB) |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
---|---|---|
2nd Lt. Chadwick, James Woodrow⇗ | Pilot | KIA |
2nd Lt. Grantham, Edgar Harry⇗ | Co-pilot | KIA |
2nd Lt. White, Leslie Comer⇗ | Navigator | POW |
2nd Lt. Verbryke, Robert Merrill⇗ | Bombardier | KIA |
CPL. Mulvey, Lawrence Vernon⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | CT |
CPL. Brown, Virgil Darrah⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | KIA |
CPL. Schoonover, Henry Kermit⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | KIA |
CPL. Klumpp, Kenneth Bernard⇗ | Tail Gunner | POW |
CPL. Merfeld, Louis Leonard⇗ | Flexible Gunner | KIA |
CPL. Atkins, Byron Leverne, "BUD" | Flexible Gunner | KIA |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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190⇗ | 9 September 1944 |
Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Ball Turret | 44‑6109⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
191⇗ | 10 September 1944 |
Target: BMW Motor Component Parts Plant Type: Industry Location: Sindelfingen, Germany |
Ball Turret | 43‑37917⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
194⇗ | 13 September 1944 |
Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑97941⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
197⇗ | 21 September 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mainz, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑97309⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
198⇗ | 25 September 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97941⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit B Wing, low group lead. Did not bomb because unable to see wing lead release bombs. Sortie Report⇗ |
201⇗ | 28 September 1944 |
Target: Steelworks Type: Industry Location: Magdeburg, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑31222⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Collided with 43‑37822 over target: Wallace Storey related details of the collision in Decker's Memories (2nd edition, page 169). Both ships went down on fire and out of control; no chutes observed; crashed near Erxleben, Germany; MACR 9366. Sortie Report⇗ |