Kettler, Edgar Frederick

Individual Personnel Data
Name Kettler, Edgar Frederick
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Rank Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant
Serial Number O-723981
Unit Assignments
  • Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #17 dated 20 January 1945, effective 20 January 1945.
  • Transferred to the Casual Pool, 70th Reinforcement Depot, APO 594, per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 26 May 1945, effective 26 May 1945.
Duty Navigator
MOS1038 - Navigator-Bombardier, Radar
Last Duty Date 26 May 1945
Results Transferred
Additional Information
  • Date of Birth: 10 February 1923
  • Appointed First Lieutenant (AUS) effective 3 May 1945 per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 9 May 1945.
  • MOS changed from MOS 1038 to MOS 1042 per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 9 May 1945.
Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 18 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
270⇗ 21 February 1945 Target: Tank Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany 		Radar Navigator 44‑8008⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Wing deputy; PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
271⇗ 22 February 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Ülzen, Germany 		Radar Navigator 44‑8008⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead; PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
272⇗ 23 February 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Plauen, Germany 		Radar Navigator 44‑8007⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead; PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
274⇗ 25 February 1945 Target: Tank & Submarine Engine Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8007⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group deputy; PFF and Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report⇗
275⇗ 26 February 1945 Target: Schlesicher Railroad Station (Bahnhof)
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Mickey (Radar) Navigator 44‑8665⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead; PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
277⇗ 28 February 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Hagen, Germany 		Navigator 42‑98027⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group deputy; PFF and Gee-H ship; lead Squadron hot camera ship.
Sortie Report⇗
280⇗ 3 March 1945 Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Misburg, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8668⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Lead Squadron deputy and hot camera ship; PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
282⇗ 7 March 1945 Target: Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bochum, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8008⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead; PFF and Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report⇗
283⇗ 8 March 1945 Target: Oil Refinery - 'Benzol Plant'
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Essen, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8789⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead; PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
292⇗ 19 March 1945 Target: Braunkohle-Benzin Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bohlen, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8789⇗ Combat Mission Credit
41C Group, High Squadron Lead. PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
293⇗ 20 March 1945 Target: Deutsche Werft Submarine Shipyard
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Hamburg, Germany 		Navigator 42‑97592⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
298⇗ 26 March 1945 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Zeitz, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8665⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead. PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
299⇗ 28 March 1945 Target: Berlin/Spandau Motor Transport Works
Type: Industry
Location: Spandau (Berlin), Germany 		Navigator 42‑97986⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Lead Squadron Deputy
Sortie Report⇗
301⇗ 31 March 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Lützkendorf, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8668⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead.
Sortie Report⇗
305⇗ 6 April 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (Visual Primary)
Type: Transportation
Location: Leipzig, Germany 		Navigator 42‑98027⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead. PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
311⇗ 15 April 1945 Target: Flak guns at Pointe de Suzac
Type: Military
Location: Royan, France 		Navigator 44‑8211⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group deputy and hot camera ship. PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
313⇗ 17 April 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Dresden, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8007⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report⇗
315⇗ 20 April 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Seddin, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8221⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group Deputy. PFF & Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report⇗

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