Turner, John Harvey

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Turner, John Harvey ‡ ⇗
Rank	Sergeant
Serial Number	14068360 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #64 dated 5 August 1943, effective 5 August 1943.
Duty	Ball Turret Gunner
Last Duty Date	1 December 1943
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 18 December 1919 Promoted to Staff Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #132 dated 31 October 1943.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 1336⇓ (9.146 MB)

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 7 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
22⇗	7 September 1943	Target: Bruxelles-Evere Airfield/Repair Depot Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium	Ball Turret	42‑3441⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
23⇗	9 September 1943	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Lille-Vendeville, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑5849⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back due to #2 engine failure. Sortie Report⇗
26⇗	27 September 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑3441⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group Deputy. Sortie Report⇗
35⇗	5 November 1943	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑29768⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
36⇗	16 November 1943	Target: Knaben II Molybdenum Mine Type: Industry Location: Knaben, Norway	Ball Turret	42‑39796⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
37⇗	26 November 1943	Target: City Center Type: Non-Military Location: Bremen, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑29768⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
38⇗	29 November 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑29768⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
39⇗	1 December 1943	Target: Non-Ferrous Metals Plant Type: Industry Location: Solingen, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑29768⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Shot down by enemy aircraft; crashed near the Zwarteberg/Mont Noir on the Belgian-French border. The crewmembers bailed out, Easley landed near Boeschepe (Nord), France, some others landing near Abele, Belgium, and the rest near Westouter, Belgium. These locations are all within four miles south and west of Poperinge, Belgium; MACR 1336 Sortie Report⇗

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