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Stoltze, Albert C

Individual Personnel Data
Name Stoltze, Albert C
Rank Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant
Serial Number O-864413
Unit Assignments
  • Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #195 dated 2 October 1944, effective 1 October 1944.
  • Transferred to a non-384th unit, per 547TH Bomb Squadron Morning Reports dated 28 May 1945 - 70th Reinforcement Depot, AAF Station 594, effective 26 May 1945.
Duty Undetermined
MOS1034 - Navigator
Last Duty Date 26 May 1945
Results Completed Combat Tour
Additional Information
  • Date of Birth: 17 August 1918
  • Placed on approximately seven days Temporary Duty (TD) to Alconbury, AAF Station 132 on 7 October 1944, purpose Training Activities per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #198 dated 6 October 1944.
  • Granted a seven day operational leave of absence effective 28 March 1945 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #67 dated 28 March 1945.




Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 23 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
218 2 November 1944 Target: Ruhr-Chemie A.G. Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Sterkrade (Holten), Germany
Navigator 42‑97592 Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead. PFF ship. Turned over lead to deputy for Gee-H bomb run.
Sortie Report
219 4 November 1944 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany
Navigator 44‑8007 Combat Mission Credit
PFF ship; low Squadron lead.
Sortie Report
221 6 November 1944 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany
Navigator 44‑8008 Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead. PFF ship.
Sortie Report
222 8 November 1944 Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant (visual aim point)
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany
Navigator 44‑8216 Combat Mission Credit
Group deputy. PFF ship.
Sortie Report
224 10 November 1944 Target: Ostheim Airfield & Butzweilerhof Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany
Navigator 42‑97592 Combat Mission Credit
41C Group, High Squadron Lead. PFF ship. Landed away at RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, due to low fuel.
Sortie Report
227 20 November 1944 Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Navigator 42‑97592 Combat Mission Credit
PFF ship; low Squadron lead, 41st Bomb Wing C group.
Sortie Report
228 23 November 1944 Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G.
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Navigator 42‑97592 Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead, B group; PFF ship.
Sortie Report
235 4 December 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Soest, Germany
Navigator 44‑8221 Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Landed away at Boxted due to low fuel.
Sortie Report
236 6 December 1944 Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany
Navigator 44‑8221 Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report
240 18 December 1944 Target: Road Junction
Type: Transportation
Location: Gemünd, Germany
Navigator 44‑8216 Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report
243 24 December 1944 Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Kirch Göns, Germany
Navigator 42‑98027 Combat Mission Credit
41C Group, Low Squadron Lead. Landed away at RAF Wratting Common, Cambridgeshire.
Sortie Report
248 1 January 1945 Target: Oil Storage Depot
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Derben, Germany
Navigator 44‑8221 Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead. PFF ship. Followed group lead past primary target and started bomb run on secondary PFF target but was out of position. Returned for a second run and found the assigned MPI was obliterated by other bombs, they 'bombed the shops and yards at the western side' of the target area.
Sortie Report
253 8 January 1945 Target: Railroad
Type: Transportation
Location: Kyllburg, Germany
Navigator 42‑98027 Combat Mission Credit
Group deputy. PFF & Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report
259 22 January 1945 Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Sterkrade, Germany
Radar Navigator 44‑8221 Combat Mission Credit
Group lead; PFF and Gee-H ship. Engine #3 ran away after the target; left the formation about 15 minutes before the Zuider Zee on the return trip. Major Hutchinson ordered the deputy to assume the lead. The mission folder lacks details, but it is known that this aircraft flew its next mission with the 384th on 7 April, and several of the crewmembers continued to fly with the Group.
Sortie Report
263 1 February 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Radar Navigator 42‑98027 Combat Mission Credit
Group lead; PFF and Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report
269 20 February 1945 Target: Main Railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany
Radar Navigator 44‑8580 Combat Mission Credit
Group lead; PFF ship.
Sortie Report
271 22 February 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Ülzen, Germany
Radar Navigator 44‑8665 Combat Mission Credit
Group lead; PFF ship.
Sortie Report
275 26 February 1945 Target: Schlesicher Railroad Station (Bahnhof)
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany
Navigator 44‑8008 Combat Mission Credit
Group lead; PFF ship.
Sortie Report
278 1 March 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Bruchsal, Germany
Navigator 44‑8541 Combat Mission Credit
Group lead; PFF and Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report
280 3 March 1945 Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Misburg, Germany
Navigator 44‑8649 Combat Mission Credit
Group lead; PFF ship.
Sortie Report
288 14 March 1945 Target: Railroad Bridge, Weser River
Type: Transportation
Location: Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
Navigator 44‑8649 Combat Mission Credit
Group lead: PFF and Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report
308 10 April 1945 Target: Ordnance Depot Workshop Area
Type: Military
Location: Oranienburg, Germany
Navigator 42‑98027 Combat Mission Credit
Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 44‑8649. Group lead. PFF ship.
Sortie Report
314 19 April 1945 Target: Railroad Station & Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Elsterwerda, Germany
Navigator 44‑8649 Combat Mission Credit
Group lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report

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