Madera, Alfred (NMI)

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Madera, Alfred (NMI) ⇗
Rank	Sergeant / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	32766823
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #37 dated 24 February 1944, effective 24 February 1944.
Duty	Flexible Gunner
MOS	612 - Airplane Armorer / Gunner
Last Duty Date	TBD
Results	TBD
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 6 March 1923 Promoted to Staff Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #56 dated 24 March 1944. Placed on seven days Temporary Duty to Walhampton House near Lymington, Hampshire (a Flak house) on or about 11 May 1944 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #87 dated 10 May 1944. Placed on Temporary Duty for an indefinite period (evaluation not to exceed 30 days) to AAF Station 101, Camp Lynn per 547th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 20 June 1944 and AAF Station 106 Special Orders #117 dated 20 June 1944. Reclassified from MOS 612 to MOS 590 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #172, EXTRACT, dated 28 August 1944.
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Kelly, John Thomas⇗	Pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Roth, Verle Leroy⇗	Co-pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Welsbacher, Robert Henry, "Bob"⇗	Navigator	CT
2nd Lt. Dotherow, Ed (NMI)⇗	Bombardier	CT
S/SGT. Trypuc, John Vincent, Jr⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Cruise, James Henry⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
PVT. Chouinard, Garnet (NMI)⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
SGT. Wray, Forrest Donald⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT
SGT. Madera, Alfred (NMI)	Flexible Gunner	TBD

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 10 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
75⇗	16 March 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑97449⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
76⇗	18 March 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑97449⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
78⇗	20 March 1944	Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑37788⇗	Combat Mission Credit Became separated from group prior to RECALL. Continued on to primary target area and released bombs in coordination with another wing. Bombing location given as 50°08',8°40', which was within the city of Frankfurt am Main. Sortie Report⇗
82⇗	26 March 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Grismont, Rebecques, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑38208⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
83⇗	27 March 1944	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Tours & Chartres, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑38013⇗	Combat Mission Credit 94 Group. Sortie Report⇗
84⇗	28 March 1944	Target: Dijon-Longvic Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dijon, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑38013⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
85⇗	29 March 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑97231⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report⇗
86⇗	9 April 1944	Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Marienburg, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑97201⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back at 0915; could not locate formation due to bad weather. Sortie Report⇗
87⇗	10 April 1944	Target: Evere Airfield (50°54'3"N 4°20'9"E) Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑97201⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report⇗
88⇗	11 April 1944	Target: FW Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Sorau, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑97201⇗	Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
90⇗	18 April 1944	Target: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑97237⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
91⇗	19 April 1944	Target: Fieseler Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel (Waldau), Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑97263⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
93⇗	22 April 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑97372⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
95⇗	25 April 1944	Target: Metz-Frescaty Airdrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Metz, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑38013⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report⇗

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