Name | Ohe, Edward Burton ‡ |
Rank | Staff Sergeant |
Serial Number | 35467454 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #56 dated 25 July 1943, effective 25 July 1943. |
Duty | Flexible Gunner |
MOS | 748 - Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer |
Last Duty Date | 16 August 1943 |
Results |
Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15 |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 295⇓ (3.015 MB) |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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1st Lt. Magowan, David, Jr⇗ | Pilot | POW |
2nd Lt. Bughman, Leonard Woods⇗ | Co-pilot | POW |
2nd Lt. Dougherty, John (NMI)⇗ | Navigator | EV |
2nd Lt. Gudyka, Peter (NMI)⇗ | Bombardier | MIA |
T/SGT. Koves, Ladislaw George⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | POW |
SGT. Schroeder, Albert G⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | TR |
S/SGT. Coody, Matthew Earl⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | POW |
PVT. Murray, James B⇗ | Tail Gunner | KIA |
S/SGT. Sheets, Robert M⇗ | Flexible Gunner | EV |
S/SGT. Ohe, Edward Burton | Flexible Gunner | POW |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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14⇗ | 12 August 1943 |
Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑3259⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit On return, landed away at Framlingham, AAF Station 153, with one wounded. Engines #1 & #3 damaged by 20mm shell, many flak holes in ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
15⇗ | 15 August 1943 |
Target: Poix-en-Picardie and Amiens-Glisy Airfields Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Poix-de-Picardie & Amiens, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑5797⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
16⇗ | 16 August 1943 |
Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑5797⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Shot down by enemy aircraft after target; crew bailed out, then aircraft exploded and crashed near Villiers-en-Désœuvre, west of Paris, France. MACR 295 Sortie Report⇗ |