Mulvey, Lawrence Vernon

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Mulvey, Lawrence Vernon ⇗
Rank	Corporal / Technical Sergeant
Serial Number	13070535
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #157 dated 5 August 1944, effective 5 August 1944. Transferred to the Casual Pool, 70th Replacement Depot, Station 594, per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 1 March 1945, effective 23 February 1945.
Duty	Radio Operator / Gunner
MOS	757 - Radio Operator / Mechanic / Gunner, AAF
Last Duty Date	23 February 1945
Results	Completed Combat Tour
Decorations	Awarded the Purple Heart medal for wounds received on 10 September 1944 per General Orders #332, Headquarters, 1st Bomb Division dated 15 September 1944.
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 16 April 1916 Promoted to Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #165 dated 17 August 1944. Wounded in the left arm by flak on the 9 September 1944 mission, he returned to combat on the 13th. Promoted to Staff Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #196 dated 4 October 1944. Placed on seven days Temporary Duty to Spetchley Park, AAF Station 562 (a Flak house) on 20 October 1944 to carry out the instructions of the Commanding General per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #207 dated 19 October 1944. Promoted to Technical Sergeant effective 6 January 1945 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #5 dated 6 JanuAry 1945.
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 33 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
183⇗	24 August 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Radio Operator	44‑6135⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy, lead group. Sortie Report⇗
184⇗	25 August 1944	Target: Airfield & Airpark Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Anklam, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑102566⇗	Combat Mission Credit High section deputy, low group. Sortie Report⇗
185⇗	26 August 1944	Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑97521⇗	Combat Mission Credit High group hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
187⇗	3 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑97521⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
188⇗	5 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑102430⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97521. High group flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
189⇗	8 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑97521⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
190⇗	9 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑97521⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
191⇗	10 September 1944	Target: BMW Motor Component Parts Plant Type: Industry Location: Sindelfingen, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑97941⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 42‑97521; see 42‑97521 for details. Returned with wounded aboard. Sortie Report⇗
219⇗	4 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	44‑8007⇗	Combat Mission Credit PFF ship; low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
223⇗	9 November 1944	Target: Ground Installations Type: Military Location: Ouvrages de Sorbey (Metz), France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	43‑38747⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
228⇗	23 November 1944	Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑102518⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
230⇗	26 November 1944	Target: Railroad Viaduct Type: Transportation Location: Altenbeken, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑32106⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
234⇗	2 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Oberlahnstein, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑102518⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
235⇗	4 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Soest, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑102518⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
237⇗	9 December 1944	Target: Airfield and Daimler Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Böblingen (Stuttgart area), Germany	Radio Operator	42‑31484⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑102518. Sortie Report⇗
239⇗	12 December 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Radio Operator	44‑6109⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
240⇗	18 December 1944	Target: Road Junction Type: Transportation Location: Gemünd, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑102518⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
241⇗	19 December 1944	Target: Railway Junction Type: Transportation Location: Glaadt, Germany	Radio Operator	43‑37917⇗	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off Did not take off due to weather which deteriorated after lead aircraft took off. Sortie Report⇗
242⇗	23 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ehrang, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑102518⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Castle Camps, Cambs., due to weather. Sortie Report⇗
244⇗	27 December 1944	Target: Bridge (Tactical) Type: Transportation Location: Altenahr, Germany	Radio Operator	43‑38678⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
246⇗	30 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Limburg, Germany	Radio Operator	43‑38678⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
249⇗	2 January 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gerolstein, Germany	Radio Operator	43‑38616⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
250⇗	3 January 1945	Target: Enemy Strong Point & Transportation Hub Type: Military Location: St Vith, Belgium	Radio Operator	43‑38678⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group deputy. Left formation over target due to failed #3 engine which caused damage to airframe. Returned 10x250GP to base because unable to find safe place to jettison them. Sortie Report⇗
251⇗	5 January 1945	Target: Landing Ground Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Neiderbreisig, Germany	Radio Operator	44‑6592⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
253⇗	8 January 1945	Target: Railroad Type: Transportation Location: Kyllburg, Germany	Radio Operator	43‑38678⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
255⇗	15 January 1945	Target: Neuburg Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Neuburg an der Donau, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑97271⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away on Continent at airstrip B-53 (Merville, France) on return, with #3 and #4 engines out. Sortie Report⇗
257⇗	20 January 1945	Target: Rail and Road Bridges Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑107148⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Little Walden Airfield, AAF Station 165. Sortie Report⇗
261⇗	28 January 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Radio Operator	43‑38673⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
262⇗	29 January 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Siegen, Germany	Radio Operator	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
263⇗	1 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑107148⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
264⇗	3 February 1945	Target: Tempelhof Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Radio Operator	43‑38673⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron, Hot Camera Ship. Sortie Report⇗
267⇗	15 February 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑32106⇗	Did not take off because bad weather halted flight operations. Sortie Report⇗
268⇗	19 February 1945	Target: Coking Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Radio Operator	44‑6923⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
270⇗	21 February 1945	Target: Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany	Radio Operator	44‑6923⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
271⇗	22 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ülzen, Germany	Radio Operator	43‑37971⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗

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