Name | Golka, Larry John ‡ |
Rank | Sergeant / Staff Sergeant |
Serial Number | 36257123 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #168 dated 15 December 1943, effective 15 December 1943. |
Duty | Tail Gunner / Flexible Gunner |
MOS | 612 - Airplane Armorer / Gunner |
Last Duty Date | 16 July 1944 |
Results |
Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
Decorations | Awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 16 July 1944 per General Orders #44, Headquarters, Miami District, AAF Personnel Distribution Command (no date listed). |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 7553⇓ (5.863 MB) |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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55⇗ | 29 January 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Parts Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑38013⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗ |
56⇗ | 30 January 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑39809⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
57⇗ | 3 February 1944 |
Target: Submarines (under construction) Type: Submarine Facility Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑39809⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
58⇗ | 4 February 1944 |
Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑39809⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High group, 41st A Combat Wing. Dropped nickles (propaganda leaflets) as well as incendiaries. Sortie Report⇗ |
60⇗ | 6 February 1944 |
Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France |
Tail Gunner | 42‑39809⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
62⇗ | 11 February 1944 |
Target: Propeller Factory (Foundry) Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑37801⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back at 1011 hrs; #2 engine running rough and pulling 20" to 25". Sortie Report⇗ |
63⇗ | 20 February 1944 |
Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑29717⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41B Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
64⇗ | 21 February 1944 |
Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Werl, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑29927⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
66⇗ | 24 February 1944 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑29927⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron, low group Sortie Report⇗ |
67⇗ | 25 February 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly & Ball Bearings Plants Type: Industry Location: Augsburg & Stuttgart, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑3440⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41A Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
69⇗ | 2 March 1944 |
Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant and Machine Shop Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑37788⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
70⇗ | 3 March 1944 |
Target: Roller-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑37801⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
71⇗ | 4 March 1944 |
Type: Military Location: Berlin, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑38208⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
72⇗ | 6 March 1944 |
Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑97449⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Returned to base after group leader abandoned attempt to join assigned combat wing. Sortie Report⇗ |
73⇗ | 8 March 1944 |
Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑31871⇗ |
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report⇗ |
76⇗ | 18 March 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑38208⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Dropped ten parcels of 'nickles' (propaganda leaflets) in addition to bombs. Sortie Report⇗ |
84⇗ | 28 March 1944 |
Target: Dijon-Longvic Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dijon, France |
Tail Gunner | 42‑38158⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
86⇗ | 9 April 1944 |
Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Marienburg, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑38208⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Joined the #4 position of the low Squadron, high group, 41st Composite Combat Wing A and bombed with them. Sortie Report⇗ |
89⇗ | 13 April 1944 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑38208⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High group deputy; led mission after high group lead went down. Sortie Report⇗ |
92⇗ | 20 April 1944 |
Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France |
Tail Gunner | 42‑38208⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit A Wing, High Group Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
95⇗ | 25 April 1944 |
Target: Metz-Frescaty Airdrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Metz, France |
Tail Gunner | 42‑38208⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group lead. Col. William L Travis, 41st Bomb Wing, aboard as combat flight leader. Sortie Report⇗ |
98⇗ | 29 April 1944 |
Target: Industrial District Type: Industry Location: Berlin, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑38208⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Group lead. Co-pilot and navigator became violently ill. Sortie Report⇗ |
101⇗ | 7 May 1944 |
Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑38208⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
105⇗ | 11 May 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Saarbrücken and Ehrang, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑38208⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41B Group, Group Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
107⇗ | 13 May 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly Components Factory. Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Poznań, Poland |
Tail Gunner | 42‑31484⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group lead, 40th CBW. Col. William L Travis, 41st Bomb Wing, aboard as combat flight leader and pilot. Sortie Report⇗ |
111⇗ | 21 May 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (Supergun Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Mimoyecques, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97204⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group A. Sortie Report⇗ |
116⇗ | 27 May 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑97263⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Group, High Squadron Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
117⇗ | 28 May 1944 |
Target: Junkers Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Dessau, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑37792⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
119⇗ | 29 May 1944 |
Target: Focke-Wulf Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Krzesiny District, Poznań, Poland |
Tail Gunner | 42‑97237⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
150⇗ | 4 July 1944 |
Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dreux (Conches-en-Ouche), France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97150⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High group flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
156⇗ | 12 July 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Munich / München, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑97204⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
157⇗ | 13 July 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Munich / München, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑97204⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41B Group, High Squadron Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
158⇗ | 16 July 1944 |
Target: Aero Engine Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Munich / München, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑107064⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Lead Squadron. Knocked down by FLAK. Sortie Report⇗ |