Weckerly, John Benjamin

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Weckerly, John Benjamin ⇗
Rank	Flight Officer / Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-20055797
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #190 dated 26 September 1944, effective 26 September 1944.
Duty	Bombardier / Navigator
MOS	1035 - Bombardier
Last Duty Date	10 March 1945
Results	Completed Combat Tour
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 25 April 1917 Graduated from Bombardier School at Victorville AAF, Victorville, California, Class #44-07, 20 May 1944. Ordered on seven days Temporary Duty to Roke Manor, AAF Station 503 (a Flak house) on 28 December 1944 to carry out instructions of the Commanding General per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #257 dated 26 December 1944. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Army of the United States effective 23 January 1945 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #20 dated 23 January 1945.

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Klatt, Merton Dale⇗	Pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Baker, John R⇗	Co-pilot	CT
Flt. Ofcr. Titus, William L⇗	Navigator	CT
Flt. Ofcr. Weckerly, John Benjamin	Bombardier	CT
CPL. Pattison, Carroll Eugene, "Red"⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
CPL. Wetherbee, Owen L⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
CPL. Warner, Homer James⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
CPL. Jones, Lilburn Howard, Jr⇗	Tail Gunner	CT
CPL. Guill, Francis Linton⇗	Flexible Gunner	TBD
CPL. Paparella, Ignatius Charles⇗	Flexible Gunner	KIA

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 35 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
209⇗	11 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Wesseling, Germany	Bombardier	42‑38013⇗	Combat Mission Credit First Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
210⇗	14 October 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Saarbrücken, Germany	Bombardier	42‑97263⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
211⇗	15 October 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Bombardier	42‑38013⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Low Squadron. Aborted with #1 engine out. Sortie Report⇗
212⇗	17 October 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Bombardier	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
213⇗	18 October 1944	Target: Ford Motor Works Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Bombardier	42‑97271⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
214⇗	19 October 1944	Target: Heinrich Lanz Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Mannheim, Germany	Bombardier	42‑38013⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
215⇗	25 October 1944	Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Bombardier	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
216⇗	30 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Bombardier	42‑38013⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
225⇗	11 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Navigator	42‑97263⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
226⇗	16 November 1944	Target: Tactical - Artillery Positions Type: Military Location: Eschweiler, Germany	Navigator	42‑38208⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗
227⇗	20 November 1944	Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Navigator	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Bassingbourn, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗
228⇗	23 November 1944	Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Navigator	42‑37788⇗	Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship; high Squadron, B group. Sortie Report⇗
229⇗	25 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Navigator	42‑97960⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗
231⇗	27 November 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Offenburg, Germany	Navigator	42‑97960⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
232⇗	29 November 1944	Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany	Navigator	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
233⇗	30 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany	Navigator	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
234⇗	2 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Oberlahnstein, Germany	Navigator	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
235⇗	4 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Soest, Germany	Navigator	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Boreham, Essex, due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗
236⇗	6 December 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Navigator	44‑6592⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed High Squadron Sortie Report⇗
237⇗	9 December 1944	Target: Airfield and Daimler Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Böblingen (Stuttgart area), Germany	Navigator	43‑38630⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
238⇗	11 December 1944	Target: Road & Rail Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany	Navigator	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron, D Group. Sortie Report⇗
239⇗	12 December 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Navigator	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
240⇗	18 December 1944	Target: Road Junction Type: Transportation Location: Gemünd, Germany	Navigator	42‑97309⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 42‑38013. Low Squadron Flying Spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
241⇗	19 December 1944	Target: Railway Junction Type: Transportation Location: Glaadt, Germany	Navigator	43‑37843⇗	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off Did not take off due to weather which deteriorated after lead aircraft took off. Sortie Report⇗
242⇗	23 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ehrang, Germany	Navigator	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Woodbridge due to weather. Sortie Report⇗
244⇗	27 December 1944	Target: Bridge (Tactical) Type: Transportation Location: Altenahr, Germany	Navigator	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
256⇗	17 January 1945	Target: Railroad Viaduct Type: Transportation Location: Bielefeld, Germany	Navigator	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
257⇗	20 January 1945	Target: Rail and Road Bridges Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany	Navigator	43‑38630⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Landed away at RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire. Sortie Report⇗
259⇗	22 January 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Sterkrade, Germany	Navigator	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
261⇗	28 January 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Navigator	42‑38013⇗	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38757 when displaced by Ruckman. Did not take off due to snowstorm. Sortie Report⇗
262⇗	29 January 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Siegen, Germany	Navigator	43‑38630⇗	Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
263⇗	1 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany	Navigator	43‑38630⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
264⇗	3 February 1945	Target: Tempelhof Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Navigator	42‑37788⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
265⇗	9 February 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Navigator	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
268⇗	19 February 1945	Target: Coking Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Navigator	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
270⇗	21 February 1945	Target: Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany	Navigator	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
271⇗	22 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ülzen, Germany	Navigator	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
272⇗	23 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Plauen, Germany	Navigator	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire. Sortie Report⇗
285⇗	10 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Schwerte, Germany	Navigator	43‑39236⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗

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