Individual Personnel Data
| 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 | |
| Related Documents |
Missing Air Crew Report # 9366⇓ (11.899 MB) |
| Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
| 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 |
Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 6
Combat Missions.
| Number |
Date |
Target |
Position |
Aircraft |
Mission/Sortie Information |
|
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⇗ |
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