Stauffer, Karl Fred

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Stauffer, Karl Fred ‡ ⇗
Rank	Sergeant / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	16018793 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #87, effective 2 September 1943. Transferred to a non-384th unit, per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report - 305th Bomb Group, AAF Station 105, effective 20 March 1944. Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning report dated 29 March 1944, effective 28 March 1944.
Duty	Undetermined
MOS	612 - Airplane Armorer / Gunner
Last Duty Date	13 April 1944
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 5 November 1921 Promoted to Staff Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #140 dated 11 November 1943.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 3874⇓ (16.900 MB)

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 22 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
34⇗	3 November 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Wilhelmshafen, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑37758⇗	Combat Mission Credit Squadron of composite group. Sortie Report⇗
35⇗	5 November 1943	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑37758⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
37⇗	26 November 1943	Target: City Center Type: Non-Military Location: Bremen, Germany	Ball Turret	41‑24557⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. Sortie Report⇗
39⇗	1 December 1943	Target: Non-Ferrous Metals Plant Type: Industry Location: Solingen, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑29632⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Kimbolton. Sortie Report⇗
40⇗	5 December 1943	Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑37758⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
55⇗	29 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Parts Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑37974⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗
56⇗	30 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑31433⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑31484. Sortie Report⇗
57⇗	3 February 1944	Target: Submarines (under construction) Type: Submarine Facility Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑3441⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Group. Sortie Report⇗
59⇗	5 February 1944	Target: Bricy Aerodrome, Luftwaffe Training and Bomber Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Orleans, France	Ball Turret	42‑29809⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
60⇗	6 February 1944	Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France	Ball Turret	42‑29809⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back at 1031 hrs due to defective bomb racks; bombs were released when bombardier released bomb bay tanks over North Sea. Sortie Report⇗
61⇗	8 February 1944	Target: Piston Ring Factory Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑97477⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
62⇗	11 February 1944	Target: Propeller Factory (Foundry) Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑29809⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Stansted, Essex, due to low fuel and #1 engine knocked out by flak. Sortie Report⇗
63⇗	20 February 1944	Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑97521⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off 41A Group. Turned back with #1 engine out. Sortie Report⇗
66⇗	24 February 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑31926⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron, lead group. Sortie Report⇗
67⇗	25 February 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly & Ball Bearings Plants Type: Industry Location: Augsburg & Stuttgart, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑29632⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41C Group, High Squadron, Lead Group. Landed away at RAF Boreham, Essex, on return due to low fuel. 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	Ball Turret	42‑31166⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
71⇗	4 March 1944	Type: Military Location: Berlin, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑37792⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back at 1010 hrs because engineer was knocked out while fixing the ball turret; when azimuth power switch was released, it caused the turret to swing around and hit the engineer in the head; he was taken to Thrapston Hospital for observation. Sortie Report⇗
72⇗	6 March 1944	Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑3440⇗	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off Did not take off because of gas leak. Sortie Report⇗
73⇗	8 March 1944	Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑37982⇗	Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
74⇗	9 March 1944	Target: Heinkel Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑38208⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
75⇗	16 March 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑97521⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back at 0955 hrs because #3 & #4 engines failed; #1 oil cooler was leaking very badly and the lead was off of sparkplug of #7 cylinder, #2 engine. Sortie Report⇗
76⇗	18 March 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑97081⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report⇗
77⇗	19 March 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-2 Storage and Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Wizernes, France	Ball Turret	42‑31166⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
85⇗	29 March 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑31484⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Nuthampstead due to weather. Sortie Report⇗
86⇗	9 April 1944	Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Marienburg, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑32106⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
87⇗	10 April 1944	Target: Evere Airfield (50°54'3"N 4°20'9"E) Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium	Ball Turret	42‑31484⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
88⇗	11 April 1944	Target: FW Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Sorau, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑97124⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
89⇗	13 April 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑97233⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Shot down during fighter attacks which lasted from 1354 to 1357 hrs; crashed near Vielbrunn, Germany (27 km south of Aschaffenburg). MACR 3874 Sortie Report⇗

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