Apedaile, Vernon Bernard

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Apedaile, Vernon Bernard ⇗
Rank	Corporal / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	39577767
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #29 dated 5 February 1945, effective 5 February 1945. Transferred to a non-384th unit, per 544th Bomb Squadron Morning Report (Paragraph 3, Special Orders #176, 1st Air Division) - to 34th Bomb Group, effective 28 June 1945.
Duty	Tail Gunner
MOS	611 - Aerial Gunner
Last Duty Date	28 June 1945
Results	Completed Combat Tour
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 17 October 1924 Promoted to Sergeant effective 11 February 1945 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #34 dated 11 February 1945. Reclassified from MOS 611 to MOS 612 effective 31 March 1045 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #69 dated 31 March 1945. Promoted to Staff Sergeant effective 9 April 1945 Per AAF station 106 Special Orders #76 dated 9 April 1945.

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Turner, Willard Jerome, III, "Bud"⇗	Pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Smith, George W, Jr⇗	Co-pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Naum, Robert Edwin⇗	Navigator	CT
2nd Lt. Robinson, Coit McLean, Jr⇗	Bombardier	TR
CPL. Ruderman, Joshua Herman⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
CPL. Davenport, Robert Walter⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	TR
CPL. Mollica, John Palmer, Jr⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
CPL. Apedaile, Vernon Bernard	Tail Gunner	CT
CPL. Stover, Robert Harry⇗	Flexible Gunner	TR

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 29 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
269⇗	20 February 1945	Target: Main Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑39164⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
270⇗	21 February 1945	Target: Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97824⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
272⇗	23 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Plauen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102661⇗	Combat Mission Credit Returned Early Turned back due to failure of amplifier on #4 engine; attacked TOO. Sortie Report⇗
273⇗	24 February 1945	Target: Submarine Construction Shipyard Type: Shipyards Location: Hamburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102459⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
274⇗	25 February 1945	Target: Tank & Submarine Engine Factory Type: Industry Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38062⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
275⇗	26 February 1945	Target: Schlesicher Railroad Station (Bahnhof) Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102661⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
277⇗	28 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hagen, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑39138⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
278⇗	1 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bruchsal, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102620⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
279⇗	2 March 1945	Target: Low Temperature Carbonization Plant and Refinery of Deutsche Petroleum A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Rositz, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38801⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
281⇗	4 March 1945	Target: Ordnance Depot Type: Military Location: Ulm, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑8679⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
284⇗	9 March 1945	Target: Henschel Tank and Locomotive Works Type: Industry Location: Kassel, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38974⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
285⇗	10 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Schwerte, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38062⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
286⇗	11 March 1945	Target: Vacuum Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bremen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97824⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
287⇗	12 March 1945	Target: Railway Center Type: Transportation Location: Betzdorf, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑37822⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
289⇗	15 March 1945	Target: Army HQ Type: Military Location: Zossen, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑8608⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
290⇗	17 March 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen (Leipzig), Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102459⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
291⇗	18 March 1945	Target: Schlesischer Railway Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38801⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
292⇗	19 March 1945	Target: Braunkohle-Benzin Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41D Squadron. Ground Spare aircraft; replaced 42‑97824. Sortie Report⇗
293⇗	20 March 1945	Target: Deutsche Werft Submarine Shipyard Type: Submarine Facility Location: Hamburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑39164⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
294⇗	22 March 1945	Target: German Hutted Camps (Barracks) at 51°36'N,7°06'E Type: Military Location: Westerholt, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102620⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
295⇗	23 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gladbeck, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38747⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
296⇗	24 March 1945	Target: Vechta Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Vechta, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6892⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
300⇗	30 March 1945	Target: Deutsche Schiff- u. Maschinenbau A.G. (DESCHIMAG) Submarine and Warship Yard Machine Shop Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑39138⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
301⇗	31 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38747⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron Deputy Sortie Report⇗
302⇗	3 April 1945	Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Kiel, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑39164⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group deputy and lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
308⇗	10 April 1945	Target: Ordnance Depot Workshop Area Type: Military Location: Oranienburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑39138⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
310⇗	14 April 1945	Target: Gun Battery Type: Military Location: Royan (Bordeaux), France	Tail Gunner	44‑8541⇗	Combat Mission Credit Deputy Wing Lead. Originally assigned to 44‑8401, changed to this aircraft when displaced by Col Milton, due to his original aircraft becoming unservicable. Sortie Report⇗
313⇗	17 April 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑39138⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
314⇗	19 April 1945	Target: Railroad Station & Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Elsterwerda, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑98027⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗

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