Name | Curtin, John Quinn ‡ |
Rank | Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant |
Serial Number | O-800687 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #59 dated 31 July 1943, effective 31 July 1943. |
Duty | Navigator |
MOS | 1034 - Navigator |
Last Duty Date | 8 May 1944 |
Results |
Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11) |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 1768⇓ (1.636 MB) Missing Air Crew Report # 4560⇓ (55.398 MB) |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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Flt. Ofcr. Jacobs, Randolph George Edward, "Jake, Moose, Randy"⇗ | Pilot | KIA |
2nd Lt. Boger, Eugene Arthur⇗ | Co-pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Curtin, John Quinn | Navigator | POW |
2nd Lt. Seibel, James Edward⇗ | Bombardier | KIA |
T/SGT. Cloud, Doy Jennings⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | TR |
T/SGT. Gregori, Aldo Joseph⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | MIA |
S/SGT. Gorham, Donald Frederick⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | CT |
S/SGT. Compton, Robert Lewis⇗ | Tail Gunner | CT |
S/SGT. Goetz, Jack Keith, "Jackson"⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
S/SGT. Wager, Lawrence Holmes⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
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 |
Navigator | 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 |
Navigator | 42‑5051⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
17⇗ | 17 August 1943 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Navigator | 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 |
Navigator | 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 |
Navigator | 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 |
Navigator | 42‑29651⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Sortie Report⇗ |
21⇗ | 6 September 1943 |
Type: Industry Location: Stuttgart, Germany |
Navigator | 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 |
Navigator | 42‑29699⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Sortie Report⇗ |
23⇗ | 9 September 1943 |
Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Lille-Vendeville, France |
Navigator | 42‑29651⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
24⇗ | 16 September 1943 |
Target: Blockade Runner Ship (in Loire River) Type: Transportation Location: Nantes, France |
Navigator | 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 |
Navigator | 42‑29651⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
28⇗ | 4 October 1943 |
Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Navigator | 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 |
Navigator | 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 |
Navigator | 42‑29651⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Sortie Report⇗ |
32⇗ | 14 October 1943 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Navigator | 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 |
Navigator | 42‑29636⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑5747. Sortie Report⇗ |
--⇗ | 30 October 1943 |
Target: Marshaling Yard Type: Transportation Location: Geilenkirchen, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑29651⇗ | Sortie Report⇗ |
34⇗ | 3 November 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Wilhelmshafen, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑5051⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
36⇗ | 16 November 1943 |
Target: Knaben II Molybdenum Mine Type: Industry Location: Knaben, Norway |
Navigator | 42‑37828⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Lissett, Yorkshire. Sortie Report⇗ |
46⇗ | 24 December 1943 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Croisette, France |
Navigator | 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 |
Navigator | 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⇗ |
53⇗ | 14 January 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Meillard, France |
Navigator | 42‑31364⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
55⇗ | 29 January 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Parts Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑31364⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead, lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
56⇗ | 30 January 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑3440⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
57⇗ | 3 February 1944 |
Target: Submarines (under construction) Type: Submarine Facility Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑31364⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Group, Low Squadron Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
58⇗ | 4 February 1944 |
Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑31495⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High group deputy, 41st B Combat Wing. Sortie Report⇗ |
60⇗ | 6 February 1944 |
Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France |
Navigator | 42‑31364⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Wing deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
63⇗ | 20 February 1944 |
Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑39766⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41A Group, 41st A Combat Wing lead. PFF aircraft, and remaining unidentified crew, provided by 482nd BG at Alconbury. Sortie Report⇗ |
65⇗ | 22 February 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑31364⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off 41A Group Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
78⇗ | 20 March 1944 |
Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑31235⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
80⇗ | 23 March 1944 |
Target: Airdrome and Airpark Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Gütersloh, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑31364⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Composite high group lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
82⇗ | 26 March 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Grismont, Rebecques, France |
Navigator | 42‑31364⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
90⇗ | 18 April 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑31364⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
93⇗ | 22 April 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑31364⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
96⇗ | 27 April 1944 |
Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France |
Navigator | 42‑31364⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
103⇗ | 8 May 1944 |
Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France |
Navigator | 42‑31211⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Group lead. Was hit by continuously tracking flak about 40 seconds before bomb release; aircraft received direct burst beneath the pilot's compartment; started in to a steep spiral; crashed about 7 miles SW of Valognes, France. MACR 4560 Sortie Report⇗ |