Beltz, William R

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Beltz, William R ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-2068530
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #242 dated 10 December 1944, effective 10 December 1944. Transferred to the Casual Pool, 70th Reinforcement Depot, AAF Station 591, per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 7 May 1945, effective 13 May 1945.
Duty	Navigator
MOS	1034 - Navigator
Last Duty Date	13 May 1945
Results	Completed Combat Tour
Additional Information	Placed on seven days Temporary Duty to Roke Manor (A Flak House) on 26 March 1945 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #63 dated 22 March 1945. Appointed First Lieutenant (AUS) effective 31 March 1945 per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 6 April 1945.
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Boyette, Irving H⇗	Pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Dott, Donald Shropshire⇗	Co-pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Beltz, William R	Navigator	CT
2nd Lt. Frantzen, Donald John⇗	Bombardier	TR
CPL. Beall, Charles H⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
CPL. Barber, Raymond Clifford⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
CPL. Chapman, Ralph Reese⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
CPL. Graham, Ralph R⇗	Tail Gunner	CT
SGT. Pohlmann, John H⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 33 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
246⇗	30 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Limburg, Germany	Navigator	42‑97271⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
247⇗	31 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Neuss, Germany	Navigator	42‑97309⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
248⇗	1 January 1945	Target: Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Derben, Germany	Navigator	43‑38673⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
249⇗	2 January 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gerolstein, Germany	Navigator	43‑38548⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38721. Sortie Report⇗
250⇗	3 January 1945	Target: Enemy Strong Point & Transportation Hub Type: Military Location: St Vith, Belgium	Navigator	42‑102430⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
252⇗	7 January 1945	Target: Enemy Strong Point Type: Military Location: Blankenheim, Germany	Navigator	42‑107148⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
254⇗	10 January 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bonn, Germany	Navigator	43‑38823⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
256⇗	17 January 1945	Target: Railroad Viaduct Type: Transportation Location: Bielefeld, Germany	Navigator	43‑38721⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
259⇗	22 January 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Sterkrade, Germany	Navigator	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
260⇗	23 January 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Neuss, Germany	Navigator	43‑37917⇗	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off Low Squadron hot camera ship; did not take off. Sortie Report⇗
261⇗	28 January 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Navigator	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
263⇗	1 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany	Navigator	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Alconbury Airfield, AAF Station 102, due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗
264⇗	3 February 1945	Target: Tempelhof Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Navigator	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
265⇗	9 February 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Navigator	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
266⇗	14 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany	Navigator	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Martlesham Heath Airfield, AAF Station 369, on return due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗
267⇗	15 February 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany	Navigator	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Bassingbourn Airfield, AAF Station 121. Sortie Report⇗
268⇗	19 February 1945	Target: Coking Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Navigator	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
269⇗	20 February 1945	Target: Main Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany	Navigator	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
270⇗	21 February 1945	Target: Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany	Navigator	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗
273⇗	24 February 1945	Target: Submarine Construction Shipyard Type: Shipyards Location: Hamburg, Germany	Navigator	43‑37971⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
274⇗	25 February 1945	Target: Tank & Submarine Engine Factory Type: Industry Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany	Navigator	43‑37971⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
276⇗	27 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Wahren (Leipzig area), Germany	Navigator	43‑39019⇗	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	Navigator	44‑6892⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Friston, East Sussex, on return due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗
280⇗	3 March 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany	Navigator	44‑8408⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
287⇗	12 March 1945	Target: Railway Center Type: Transportation Location: Betzdorf, Germany	Navigator	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
292⇗	19 March 1945	Target: Braunkohle-Benzin Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany	Navigator	43‑37971⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41C Group, High Squadron Deputy and Hot Camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
295⇗	23 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gladbeck, Germany	Navigator	43‑37971⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
296⇗	24 March 1945	Target: Vechta Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Vechta, Germany	Navigator	44‑8679⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
306⇗	7 April 1945	Target: Underground Oil Storage Plant Type: Military Location: Hitzacker, Germany	Navigator	43‑37971⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
307⇗	9 April 1945	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany	Navigator	44‑8221⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
309⇗	11 April 1945	Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Freiham, Germany	Navigator	44‑8007⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
311⇗	15 April 1945	Target: Flak guns at Pointe de Suzac Type: Military Location: Royan, France	Navigator	44‑8211⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group deputy and hot camera ship. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗
313⇗	17 April 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany	Navigator	43‑37971⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
315⇗	20 April 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Seddin, Germany	Navigator	44‑8221⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group Deputy. PFF & Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗

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