Rogers, Donald Vincent

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Rogers, Donald Vincent ‡ ⇗
Rank	Staff Sergeant / Technical Sergeant
Serial Number	34306041 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #254, effective 23 December 1944. Transferred to a non-384th unit, per 546th Bomb Squadron Morning Report - Casual Pool, 70th Reinforcement Depot, AAF Station Chorley, effective 14 May 1945.
Duty	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
MOS	748 - Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer
Last Duty Date	14 May 1945
Results	Completed Tour, Returned to USA
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 1 August 1921 Promoted to Technical Sergeant effective 26 March 1945 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #66 dated 26 March 1945. Placed on seven days Temporary Duty to Furzedown House, AAF Station 563 (a Flak house) on 11 April 1945 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #76 dated 9 April 1945.

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Spangler, George Knox⇗	Pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Yerrick, Allen Gould⇗	Co-pilot	TR
1st Lt. Barr, David T⇗	Navigator	TBD
2nd Lt. Banks, Clyde P⇗	Bombardier	TBD
SGT. Whitsel, Frank Lloyd⇗	Togglier	FCMEW
CPL. Gardner, Charles L⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Rogers, Donald Vincent	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
CPL. Carney, Walter Arthur⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	POW
CPL. Haney, Milton J⇗	Tail Gunner	EV

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 33 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
254⇗	10 January 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bonn, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	44‑8430⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Landed away at Polebrook on return due to #2 engine out. Sortie Report⇗
255⇗	15 January 1945	Target: Neuburg Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Neuburg an der Donau, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	43‑38501⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
256⇗	17 January 1945	Target: Railroad Viaduct Type: Transportation Location: Bielefeld, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	43‑39053⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
257⇗	20 January 1945	Target: Rail and Road Bridges Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	43‑39131⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship. Landed away at Deenethorpe Airfield, AAF Station 128. Sortie Report⇗
259⇗	22 January 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Sterkrade, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	43‑39053⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
261⇗	28 January 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	42‑102501⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
264⇗	3 February 1945	Target: Tempelhof Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	43‑38548⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron, Hot Camera Ship. Sortie Report⇗
265⇗	9 February 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	43‑38766⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron flying spare. Joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
266⇗	14 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	44‑6882⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed on Continent for fuel before returning to base. Sortie Report⇗
268⇗	19 February 1945	Target: Coking Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	44‑6882⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
272⇗	23 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Plauen, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	44‑6882⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Martlesham Heath Airfield, AAF Station 369. Sortie Report⇗
274⇗	25 February 1945	Target: Tank & Submarine Engine Factory Type: Industry Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	44‑6882⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
275⇗	26 February 1945	Target: Schlesicher Railroad Station (Bahnhof) Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	44‑6882⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
276⇗	27 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Wahren (Leipzig area), Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	44‑6882⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
279⇗	2 March 1945	Target: Low Temperature Carbonization Plant and Refinery of Deutsche Petroleum A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Rositz, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	44‑6882⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
280⇗	3 March 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	44‑6882⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
282⇗	7 March 1945	Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Bochum, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	44‑6882⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
284⇗	9 March 1945	Target: Henschel Tank and Locomotive Works Type: Industry Location: Kassel, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	44‑6882⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
285⇗	10 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Schwerte, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	44‑6882⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
288⇗	14 March 1945	Target: Railroad Bridge, Weser River Type: Transportation Location: Bad Oeynhausen, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	44‑6882⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
289⇗	15 March 1945	Target: Army HQ Type: Military Location: Zossen, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	44‑6882⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
291⇗	18 March 1945	Target: Schlesischer Railway Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	44‑6882⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Manston, Kent, due to shot out hydraulic system Sortie Report⇗
292⇗	19 March 1945	Target: Braunkohle-Benzin Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41C Group. Sortie Report⇗
293⇗	20 March 1945	Target: Deutsche Werft Submarine Shipyard Type: Submarine Facility Location: Hamburg, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	43‑38766⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
294⇗	22 March 1945	Target: German Hutted Camps (Barracks) at 51°36'N,7°06'E Type: Military Location: Westerholt, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	44‑6882⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
296⇗	24 March 1945	Target: Vechta Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Vechta, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
298⇗	26 March 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	44‑6882⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
300⇗	30 March 1945	Target: Deutsche Schiff- u. Maschinenbau A.G. (DESCHIMAG) Submarine and Warship Yard Machine Shop Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	43‑39131⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
302⇗	3 April 1945	Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Kiel, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	44‑6882⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
303⇗	4 April 1945	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Fassberg, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	44‑6882⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
304⇗	5 April 1945	Target: Ordnance Depot Type: Military Location: Ingolstadt, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	44‑6882⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
315⇗	20 April 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Seddin, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	43‑39203⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
316⇗	25 April 1945	Target: Skoda Armament Works Type: Industry Location: Pilsen / Plzeň, Czechoslovakia	Engineer/Top Turret	43‑38994⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗

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