Cloud, Doy Jennings

Individual Personnel Data
Name Cloud, Doy Jennings   
Rank Technical Sergeant
Serial Number 19106482   
Unit Assignments
  • Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #59 dated 31 July 1943, effective 31 July 1943.
  • Transferred to a non-384th unit, per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #14 - Detachment of Patients, 303rd Station Hospital, APO 562, effective 18 January 1944.
Duty Radio Operator / Gunner
Last Duty Date 21 January 1944
Results Transferred
Additional Information
  • Date of Birth: 28 August 1917
  • Placed on Temporary Duty to London for two days on or about 14 November 1943, purpose Public Relations Office (PRO) Activities per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #141 dated 12 November 1943.
  • Placed on Temporary Duty for seven days to American Red Cross Club, Southport, Station 524 (a flak house) per 544th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 1 December 1943.
  • Ditched/rescued on 30 December 1943 (MACR 1768).
Related Documents Missing Air Crew Report # 1768 (1.636 MB)
Photo Album:Crew Photo Album




Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER POSITION RESULTS
Flt. Ofcr. Jacobs, Randolph George Edward, "Jake, Moose, Randy"PilotKIA
2nd Lt. Boger, Eugene ArthurCo-pilotCT
2nd Lt. Curtin, John QuinnNavigatorPOW
2nd Lt. Seibel, James EdwardBombardierKIA
T/SGT. Cloud, Doy JenningsRadio Operator / GunnerTR
T/SGT. Gregori, Aldo JosephEngineer / Top Turret GunnerMIA
S/SGT. Gorham, Donald FrederickBall Turret GunnerCT
S/SGT. Compton, Robert LewisTail GunnerCT
S/SGT. Goetz, Jack Keith, "Jackson"Flexible GunnerCT
S/SGT. Wager, Lawrence HolmesFlexible GunnerCT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 14 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
15 15 August 1943 Target: Poix-en-Picardie and Amiens-Glisy Airfields
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Poix-de-Picardie & Amiens, France
Radio Operator 42‑29728 Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report
16 16 August 1943 Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France
Radio Operator 42‑5051 Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report
17 17 August 1943 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany
Radio Operator 42‑29728 Combat Mission Credit
Aircraft suffered battle damage; crash landed at base.
Sortie Report
18 27 August 1943 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Watten, France
Radio Operator 41‑24507 Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron deputy.
Sortie Report
19 31 August 1943 Target: Fighter Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France
Radio Operator 42‑29651 Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Low Squadron Deputy. Turned back; couldn't keep up with formation.
Sortie Report
20 3 September 1943 Target: Air Park and Aerodrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France
Radio Operator 42‑29651 Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Sortie Report
21 6 September 1943 Type: Industry
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Radio Operator 42‑29651 Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron deputy. Landed away at Deanland, East Sussex, due to low fuel.
Sortie Report
22 7 September 1943 Target: Bruxelles-Evere Airfield/Repair Depot
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium
Radio Operator 42‑29699 Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Sortie Report
23 9 September 1943 Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Lille-Vendeville, France
Radio Operator 42‑29651 Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report
24 16 September 1943 Target: Blockade Runner Ship (in Loire River)
Type: Transportation
Location: Nantes, France
Radio Operator 42‑29651 Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Turned back; unable to locate formation after passing through cloud layer.
Sortie Report
25 23 September 1943 Target: Submarine Repair Ship
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Nantes, France
Radio Operator 42‑29651 Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report
28 4 October 1943 Type: Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Radio Operator 41‑24560 Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Turned back due to oxygen filler line to ball turret broken off and top turret filler line leaking, after having aborted 42‑5444 immediately after takeoff.
Sortie Report
28 4 October 1943 Type: Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Radio Operator 42‑5444 Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Landed 5 minutes after takeoff. Replaced AC with 41-24560.
Sortie Report
31 10 October 1943 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Münster, Germany
Radio Operator 42‑29651 Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Sortie Report
32 14 October 1943 Target: Ball-Bearing Factory
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany
Radio Operator 42‑29651 Combat Mission Credit
Returned Early
Turned back early after #2 supercharger ran away off the coast of Belgium. Bombs were jettisoned in the Channel and they landed away at Great Ashfield.
Sortie Report
33 20 October 1943 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Düren, Germany
Radio Operator 42‑29636 Combat Mission Credit
Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑5747.
Sortie Report
-- 30 October 1943 Target: Marshaling Yard
Type: Transportation
Location: Geilenkirchen, Germany
Radio Operator 42‑29651 Sortie Report
37 26 November 1943 Target: City Center
Type: Non-Military
Location: Bremen, Germany
Radio Operator 42‑37828 Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report
38 29 November 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Bremen, Germany
Radio Operator 42‑37828 Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report
41 11 December 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Emden, Germany
Radio Operator 42‑39888 Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report
42 13 December 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Bremen, Germany
Radio Operator 42‑39888 Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Low group. Aborted with generator trouble.
Sortie Report
46 24 December 1943 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Croisette, France
Radio Operator 42‑39888 Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report
47 30 December 1943 Target: I. G. Farben Industrie, Chemical/Synthetic Rubber Plants
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany
Radio Operator 42‑31274 Combat Mission Credit
Composite Squadron Ldr; mechanical fault; 15 mins over France #1 prop ran away, threw chunks of cowling, and caught on fire; MACR 1768; ditched in Channel at 1125 hrs; nine crew picked up, one missing; crew at Swanley Manor Hospital in Lewes.
Sortie Report

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