McDuff, Robert William

Individual Personnel Data
Name	McDuff, Robert William ‡ ⇗
Rank	Staff Sergeant / Sergeant
Serial Number	15084153 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #51, effective 18 July 1943. Transferred to a non-384th unit, per 544th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 20 January 1944 - 482nd Bomb Group, effective 19 January 1944.
Duty	Flexible Gunner
Last Duty Date	19 January 1944
Results	Transferred
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 1913

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 8 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
21⇗	6 September 1943	Type: Industry Location: Stuttgart, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑3429⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away near Dungeness, Kent, due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗
23⇗	9 September 1943	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Lille-Vendeville, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑29651⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
24⇗	16 September 1943	Target: Blockade Runner Ship (in Loire River) Type: Transportation Location: Nantes, France	Togglier	42‑3429⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back; unable to locate formation after passing through cloud layer. Sortie Report⇗
25⇗	23 September 1943	Target: Submarine Repair Ship Type: Submarine Facility Location: Nantes, France	Togglier	42‑3429⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron Lead. Sortie Report⇗
28⇗	4 October 1943	Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Togglier	42‑3440⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
38⇗	29 November 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑37792⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
39⇗	1 December 1943	Target: Non-Ferrous Metals Plant Type: Industry Location: Solingen, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑37885⇗	Combat Mission Credit Returned Early Flying Spare; joined formation; turned back over enemy territory due to a cracked cylinder head on #4 engine. FLIGHT TIME 6:00 Sortie Report⇗
41⇗	11 December 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑39784⇗	Combat Mission Credit FLIGHT TIME 5:55 Sortie Report⇗
43⇗	16 December 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑39784⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report⇗
45⇗	22 December 1943	Target: Steel Shops/Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Osnabrück, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑31274⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗

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