Name | Ritter, Martin Mayhon, Jr ‡ |
Rank | Corporal / Staff Sergeant |
Serial Number | 35732461 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #8 dated 9 January 1945, effective 9 January 1945. |
Duty | Radio Operator / Gunner |
MOS | 757 - Radio Operator / Mechanic / Gunner, AAF |
Last Duty Date | 25 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. Patterson, Nelton Dreward⇗ | Pilot | FCMEW |
2nd Lt. Bowman, Harold Horace⇗ | Co-pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Nicholson, Louis T⇗ | Navigator | FCMEW |
CPL. Alderman, Robert Arthur, "Hoggy"⇗ | Togglier | FCMEW |
CPL. Ritter, Martin Mayhon, Jr | Radio Operator / Gunner | FCMEW |
CPL. Moriarty, Ernest Condit, Jr⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | FCMEW |
CPL. Fickling, Forrest Ellison⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | FCMEW |
CPL. Yetter, William H⇗ | Tail Gunner | FCMEW |
S/SGT. Kalinoski, Frank F⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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260⇗ | 23 January 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Neuss, Germany |
Radio Operator | 43‑38752⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back due to failure of #1 engine. Landed away at Alconbury Airfield, AAF Station 102 Sortie Report⇗ |
261⇗ | 28 January 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Radio Operator | 44‑6514⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
263⇗ | 1 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany |
Radio Operator | 43‑37843⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
264⇗ | 3 February 1945 |
Target: Tempelhof Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany |
Radio Operator | 43‑37843⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron, Flying Spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
266⇗ | 14 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany |
Radio Operator | 43‑37843⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit May have flown with another group. Sortie Report⇗ |
268⇗ | 19 February 1945 |
Target: Coking Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Radio Operator | 43‑37843⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
270⇗ | 21 February 1945 |
Target: Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany |
Radio Operator | 43‑38800⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
271⇗ | 22 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ülzen, Germany |
Radio Operator | 43‑37843⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
272⇗ | 23 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Plauen, Germany |
Radio Operator | 43‑38630⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Boxted Airfield, AAF Station 150. Sortie Report⇗ |
277⇗ | 28 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hagen, Germany |
Radio Operator | 43‑37843⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
278⇗ | 1 March 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bruchsal, Germany |
Radio Operator | 43‑37843⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
280⇗ | 3 March 1945 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany |
Radio Operator | 43‑37843⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
281⇗ | 4 March 1945 |
Target: Ordnance Depot Type: Military Location: Ulm, Germany |
Radio Operator | 43‑37843⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
292⇗ | 19 March 1945 |
Target: Braunkohle-Benzin Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany |
Radio Operator | 44‑8430⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41C Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
293⇗ | 20 March 1945 |
Target: Deutsche Werft Submarine Shipyard Type: Submarine Facility Location: Hamburg, Germany |
Radio Operator | 44‑8430⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
294⇗ | 22 March 1945 |
Target: German Hutted Camps (Barracks) at 51°36'N,7°06'E Type: Military Location: Westerholt, Germany |
Radio Operator | 44‑8430⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Returned with #1 engine feathered. Sortie Report⇗ |
295⇗ | 23 March 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gladbeck, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑97510⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
297⇗ | 24 March 1945 |
Target: Twente Enschede Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands |
Radio Operator | 43‑37717⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
299⇗ | 28 March 1945 |
Target: Berlin/Spandau Motor Transport Works Type: Industry Location: Spandau (Berlin), Germany |
Radio Operator | 44‑6514⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
300⇗ | 30 March 1945 |
Target: Deutsche Schiff- u. Maschinenbau A.G. (DESCHIMAG)
Submarine and Warship Yard Machine Shop Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑37788⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
301⇗ | 31 March 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Lützkendorf, Germany |
Radio Operator | 43‑38766⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
304⇗ | 5 April 1945 |
Target: Ordnance Depot Type: Military Location: Ingolstadt, Germany |
Radio Operator | 43‑38678⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
305⇗ | 6 April 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (Visual Primary) Type: Transportation Location: Leipzig, Germany |
Radio Operator | 44‑6514⇗ |
Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off Did not take off; crew did not switch to a Spare Aircraft. Sortie Report⇗ |
306⇗ | 7 April 1945 |
Target: Underground Oil Storage Plant Type: Military Location: Hitzacker, Germany |
Radio Operator | 44‑6592⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
307⇗ | 9 April 1945 |
Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany |
Radio Operator | 44‑6514⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
308⇗ | 10 April 1945 |
Target: Ordnance Depot Workshop Area Type: Military Location: Oranienburg, Germany |
Radio Operator | 44‑6514⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
309⇗ | 11 April 1945 |
Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Freiham, Germany |
Radio Operator | 44‑6514⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
311⇗ | 15 April 1945 |
Target: Flak guns at Pointe de Suzac Type: Military Location: Royan, France |
Radio Operator | 44‑6514⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
312⇗ | 16 April 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Regensburg, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑37788⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
313⇗ | 17 April 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑37788⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
316⇗ | 25 April 1945 |
Target: Skoda Armament Works Type: Industry Location: Pilsen / Plzeň, Czechoslovakia |
Radio Operator | 44‑8679⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron Flying Spare. Joined formation. On return, landed at B-51 (Lille/Vendeville, France) due to battle damage. Sortie Report⇗ |