| Name | Albro, Bernard Thomas |
| Rank | Private First Class / Staff Sergeant |
| Serial Number | 39520988 |
| Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF station Special Orders #196 dated 4 October 1944, effective 22 September 1944. |
| Duty | Flexible Gunner |
| MOS | 611 - Aerial Gunner |
| Last Duty Date | 26 March 1945 |
| Results | Completed Tour, Returned to USA |
| Additional Information |
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| CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd Lt. McKone, Joseph F⇗ | Pilot | CT |
| 2nd Lt. Sharp, Alan E⇗ | Co-pilot | CT |
| Flt. Ofcr. Snyder, Roy E⇗ | Navigator | CT |
| 2nd Lt. Long, Noal Edward⇗ | Bombardier | CT |
| CPL. Irwin, Frank Xavier⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | CT |
| S/SGT. Hall, Callie Newton⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | CT |
| CPL. Moss, Ralph Eldon⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | CT |
| CPL. Humphries, Richard Alexander⇗ | Tail Gunner | CT |
| PFC. Albro, Bernard Thomas | Flexible Gunner | CT |
Crew History
The McKone Crew was assigned to the 384th BG in two lots on the same Special Orders #265 from HQ 70th Replacement Depot dated 21 September 1944. Most of the enlisted men (except the radioman, Irwin) likely were detailed to attend additional training prior to reporting to the Group.| Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 209⇗ | 11 October 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Wesseling, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑98000⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Third Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 210⇗ | 14 October 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Saarbrücken, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑38062⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
| 211⇗ | 15 October 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑38062⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 212⇗ | 17 October 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑37703⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
| 213⇗ | 18 October 1944 |
Target: Ford Motor Works Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑37703⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back during formation assembly; landed at Waterbeach; reported an engine on fire. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 214⇗ | 19 October 1944 |
Target: Heinrich Lanz Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Mannheim, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron flying spare. Joined the lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 215⇗ | 25 October 1944 |
Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 44‑6512⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Fourth Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 217⇗ | 1 November 1944 |
Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 218⇗ | 2 November 1944 |
Target: Ruhr-Chemie A.G. Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Sterkrade (Holten), Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑102459⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 219⇗ | 4 November 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑98000⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
| 220⇗ | 5 November 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑37703⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 221⇗ | 6 November 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97282⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
| 223⇗ | 9 November 1944 |
Target: Ground Installations Type: Military Location: Ouvrages de Sorbey (Metz), France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑38062⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 224⇗ | 10 November 1944 |
Target: Ostheim Airfield & Butzweilerhof Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑38062⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41D Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 225⇗ | 11 November 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑102500⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
| 226⇗ | 16 November 1944 |
Target: Tactical - Artillery Positions Type: Military Location: Eschweiler, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑102459⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 228⇗ | 23 November 1944 |
Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑38062⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 229⇗ | 25 November 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑98000⇗ |
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Low Squadron Sortie Report⇗ |
| 230⇗ | 26 November 1944 |
Target: Railroad Viaduct Type: Transportation Location: Altenbeken, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑98000⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
| 231⇗ | 27 November 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Offenburg, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 44‑6141⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Flew entire mission but could not drop bombs: bomb bay doors would not open either electrically or manually. Bomb load returned to base. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 233⇗ | 30 November 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑37703⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
| 234⇗ | 2 December 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Oberlahnstein, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑38750⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 235⇗ | 4 December 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Soest, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑102661⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 236⇗ | 6 December 1944 |
Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑102661⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Low Squadron hot camera ship. This aircraft suffered an internal failure of the #1 engine. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 238⇗ | 11 December 1944 |
Target: Road & Rail Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑102620⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
| 239⇗ | 12 December 1944 |
Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑98000⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship Sortie Report⇗ |
| 240⇗ | 18 December 1944 |
Target: Road Junction Type: Transportation Location: Gemünd, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑38927⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
| 241⇗ | 19 December 1944 |
Target: Railway Junction Type: Transportation Location: Glaadt, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑38927⇗ |
Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off Did not take off due to weather which deteriorated after lead aircraft took off. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 267⇗ | 15 February 1945 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 43‑38801⇗ |
Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Did not take off because bad weather halted flight operations. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 270⇗ | 21 February 1945 |
Target: Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 43‑39138⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 271⇗ | 22 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ülzen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑38974⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
| 274⇗ | 25 February 1945 |
Target: Tank & Submarine Engine Factory Type: Industry Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 44‑6892⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 275⇗ | 26 February 1945 |
Target: Schlesicher Railroad Station (Bahnhof) Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany |
Flexible (Waist) Gunner | 43‑38016⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 277⇗ | 28 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hagen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑38588⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 278⇗ | 1 March 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bruchsal, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑102661⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
| 279⇗ | 2 March 1945 |
Target: Low Temperature Carbonization Plant and Refinery of Deutsche Petroleum A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Rositz, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 44‑8608⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
| 281⇗ | 4 March 1945 |
Target: Ordnance Depot Type: Military Location: Ulm, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 44‑6923⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Little Staughton Airfield, AAF Station 127, on return due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 283⇗ | 8 March 1945 |
Target: Oil Refinery - 'Benzol Plant' Type: Oil Industry Location: Essen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 44‑8789⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead; PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 284⇗ | 9 March 1945 |
Target: Henschel Tank and Locomotive Works Type: Industry Location: Kassel, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97824⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
| 285⇗ | 10 March 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Schwerte, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 44‑6892⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |