Name | Steindam, Albert Ludwig, Jr ‡ |
Rank | Second Lieutenant |
Serial Number | O-722433 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #132 dated 8 July 1944, effective 8 July 1944. |
Duty | Navigator |
MOS | 1034 - Navigator |
Last Duty Date | 19 July 1944 |
Results |
Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Not identified in National Archives POW database. |
Decorations | Awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 19 July 1944 per General Orders #33, Headquarters, Miami District, AAF Personnel Distribution Command dated 13 September 1945. |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 7261⇓ (18.533 MB) |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Bodker, James Mervil⇗ | Pilot | POW |
2nd Lt. Brandon, George Gray⇗ | Co-pilot | POW |
2nd Lt. Steindam, Albert Ludwig, Jr | Navigator | POW |
S/SGT. Hostetler, Max Miller⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Gullekson, Cyrus Clifton⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | POW |
SGT. Chandler, Henry Weakley⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | POW |
SGT. Robinson, Warren Ray⇗ | Tail Gunner | POW |
SGT. Evans, Joda Dennis, Jr⇗ | Flexible Gunner | POW |
T/SGT. Korabiak, Henry (NMI)⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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160⇗ | 18 July 1944 |
Target: Rocket Research & Development Complex Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Peenemünde & Zinnowitz, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑37788⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41B Group, Low Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
161⇗ | 19 July 1944 |
Target: Hydrogen Peroxide Plant Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Höllriegelskreuth District, Pullach, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑97449⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Lead group. Hit by enemy aircraft after bombs away; seen falling back from formation and go into a spin, then pulled up, then went spinning down a second time; belly landed 2 km east of Mils, Austria. MACR 7261 Sortie Report⇗ |