Jacobson, Donald Roger

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Jacobson, Donald Roger ‡ ⇗
Rank	Private First Class / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	16022492 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #87, effective 2 September 1943. Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #17, effective 20 January 1945.
Duty	Flexible Gunner
MOS	612 - Airplane Armorer / Gunner
Last Duty Date	TBD
Results	TBD
Decorations	Awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 21 February 1944 per General Orders #51, Headquarters 1st Bomb Division dated 8 March 1944.
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 28 June 1923 Promoted from Private First Class to Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #90 dated 5 September 1943. Promoted to Staff Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #41 dated 1 March 1944. Reclassified from MOS 612 to MOS 521 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #117 dated 20 June 1944. Reclassified from MOS 521 to MOS 590 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #162, EXTRACT, dated 13 August 1944.

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 8 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
41⇗	11 December 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑5404⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
42⇗	13 December 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑29723⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗
45⇗	22 December 1943	Target: Steel Shops/Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Osnabrück, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑31045⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report⇗
48⇗	31 December 1943	Target: Blockade Runner 'Orsone' (name of ship) Type: Transportation Location: [Mouth of River Garonne], France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑37725⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ditched. Eight crewmen bailed out in vicinity of Offham, Sussex Sortie Report⇗
52⇗	11 January 1944	Target: Ju-88 Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑29723⇗	Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation of the 305th BG. Sortie Report⇗
55⇗	29 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Parts Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑31045⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Low group Sortie Report⇗
57⇗	3 February 1944	Target: Submarines (under construction) Type: Submarine Facility Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑39991⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Group. Sortie Report⇗
58⇗	4 February 1944	Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑31222⇗	Combat Mission Credit High group, 41st A Combat Wing. Sortie Report⇗
63⇗	20 February 1944	Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑39809⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41B Group. Sortie Report⇗
64⇗	21 February 1944	Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Werl, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑37776⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy, lead group. Landed away at Horham on return with wounded tail gunner. Sortie Report⇗
72⇗	6 March 1944	Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑31740⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Returned to base after group leader abandoned attempt to join assigned combat wing. Sortie Report⇗

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