Name | Mutchler, James Charles, "Jim" |
Rank | Corporal / Sergeant |
Serial Number | 15375619 |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #247 dated 16 December 1944, effective 16 December 1944. |
Duty | Flexible Gunner / Tail Gunner |
MOS | 611 - Aerial Gunner |
Last Duty Date | 9 April 1945 |
Results | Flying Combat Missions At End Of War |
Additional Information |
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Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Hewes, Charles Pershing⇗ | Pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Murray, John Phillip⇗ | Co-pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Hollenbeck, Leonard Avenel⇗ | Navigator | CT |
CPL. Elliott, William Richard⇗ | Togglier | CT |
SGT. Smith, William Weston⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | TBD |
CPL. Wilcher, Charles Nelson⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | TBD |
CPL. Farrell, Richard Cornwall⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | CT |
CPL. Pyle, Joseph Edgar⇗ | Tail Gunner | CT |
CPL. Mutchler, James Charles, "Jim" | Flexible Gunner | FCMEW |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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248⇗ | 1 January 1945 |
Target: Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Derben, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑102518⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
249⇗ | 2 January 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gerolstein, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑38616⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
250⇗ | 3 January 1945 |
Target: Enemy Strong Point & Transportation Hub Type: Military Location: St Vith, Belgium |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑102430⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
251⇗ | 5 January 1945 |
Target: Landing Ground Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Neiderbreisig, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑107148⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
252⇗ | 7 January 1945 |
Target: Enemy Strong Point Type: Military Location: Blankenheim, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑37788⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
253⇗ | 8 January 1945 |
Target: Railroad Type: Transportation Location: Kyllburg, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑32106⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
254⇗ | 10 January 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bonn, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑38673⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back due to personnel illness (Hughes). Sortie Report⇗ |
255⇗ | 15 January 1945 |
Target: Neuburg Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Neuburg an der Donau, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑38721⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
256⇗ | 17 January 1945 |
Target: Railroad Viaduct Type: Transportation Location: Bielefeld, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑37917⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
257⇗ | 20 January 1945 |
Target: Rail and Road Bridges Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑107148⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Little Walden Airfield, AAF Station 165. Sortie Report⇗ |
260⇗ | 23 January 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Neuss, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑32106⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Flying Spare, joined formation. Landed away at Bassingbourn Airfield, AAF Station 121, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗ |
263⇗ | 1 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑37971⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
265⇗ | 9 February 1945 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑37971⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
268⇗ | 19 February 1945 |
Target: Coking Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑37971⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
269⇗ | 20 February 1945 |
Target: Main Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑37971⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
271⇗ | 22 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ülzen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑102661⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38823. Sortie Report⇗ |
272⇗ | 23 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Plauen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑38823⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
275⇗ | 26 February 1945 |
Target: Schlesicher Railroad Station (Bahnhof) Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑37971⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
276⇗ | 27 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Wahren (Leipzig area), Germany |
Flexible (Waist) Gunner | 43‑37971⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
278⇗ | 1 March 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bruchsal, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑37971⇗ |
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 | 43‑37843⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
280⇗ | 3 March 1945 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑37971⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
287⇗ | 12 March 1945 |
Target: Railway Center Type: Transportation Location: Betzdorf, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑39019⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
288⇗ | 14 March 1945 |
Target: Railroad Bridge, Weser River Type: Transportation Location: Bad Oeynhausen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑37971⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
290⇗ | 17 March 1945 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen (Leipzig), Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑39203⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
292⇗ | 19 March 1945 |
Target: Braunkohle-Benzin Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑37971⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41C Group, High Squadron Deputy and Hot Camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
293⇗ | 20 March 1945 |
Target: Deutsche Werft Submarine Shipyard Type: Submarine Facility Location: Hamburg, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97592⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
295⇗ | 23 March 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gladbeck, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑37971⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
298⇗ | 26 March 1945 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑39019⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away on continent at B-51, a British airfield at Lille/Vendeville, France, on return due to low fuel. Crew and aircraft remained there overnight. (Note on Tactical Interrogation Form: 'RAF - Good to us') Sortie Report⇗ |
299⇗ | 28 March 1945 |
Target: Berlin/Spandau Motor Transport Works Type: Industry Location: Spandau (Berlin), Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97986⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron Deputy Sortie Report⇗ |
301⇗ | 31 March 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Lützkendorf, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97309⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
303⇗ | 4 April 1945 |
Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Fassberg, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 43‑37971⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
305⇗ | 6 April 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (Visual Primary) Type: Transportation Location: Leipzig, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 43‑37971⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
306⇗ | 7 April 1945 |
Target: Underground Oil Storage Plant Type: Military Location: Hitzacker, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 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 |
Tail Gunner | 44‑8221⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |