Forristal, John Joseph

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Forristal, John Joseph ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-2063139
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #28 dated 2 February 1945, effective 2 February 1945. Transferred to a non-384th unit, per 544th Bomb Squadron Morning Report (Paragraph 3, Special Orders #176,1st Air Division) - to 34th Bomb Group, effective 28 June 1945.
Duty	Bombardier
MOS	1035 - Bombardier
Last Duty Date	28 June 1945
Results	Transferred
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 2 August 1923 Graduated from Bombardier School at Childress AAF, Childress, Texas, Class #44-09, 1 July 1944.
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Wilson, Robert L⇗	Pilot	CT
Flt. Ofcr. White, Clinton Gregory⇗	Co-pilot	CT
Flt. Ofcr. Schempp, George Christian⇗	Navigator	CT
2nd Lt. Forristal, John Joseph	Bombardier	TR
CPL. Smith, George B, Jr⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	TBD
PVT. Krug, John C, Jr⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	TBD
CPL. Belcher, Marvin Alford⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
CPL. Nighswonger, Clyde Eldon⇗	Tail Gunner	CT
CPL. Wehner, Charles Jacob⇗	Flexible Gunner	TBD

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 14 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
267⇗	15 February 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany	Bombardier	43‑38801⇗	Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Did not take off because bad weather halted flight operations. Sortie Report⇗
268⇗	19 February 1945	Target: Coking Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Bombardier	43‑38974⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
270⇗	21 February 1945	Target: Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany	Bombardier	43‑39164⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Returned to base due to a broken oxygen line at co-pilot position. Sortie Report⇗
271⇗	22 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ülzen, Germany	Bombardier	44‑6892⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
278⇗	1 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bruchsal, Germany	Bombardier	43‑39138⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
279⇗	2 March 1945	Target: Low Temperature Carbonization Plant and Refinery of Deutsche Petroleum A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Rositz, Germany	Bombardier	43‑39138⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
283⇗	8 March 1945	Target: Oil Refinery - 'Benzol Plant' Type: Oil Industry Location: Essen, Germany	Bombardier	43‑39138⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
284⇗	9 March 1945	Target: Henschel Tank and Locomotive Works Type: Industry Location: Kassel, Germany	Bombardier	43‑38062⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
291⇗	18 March 1945	Target: Schlesischer Railway Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Bombardier	43‑39138⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
294⇗	22 March 1945	Target: German Hutted Camps (Barracks) at 51°36'N,7°06'E Type: Military Location: Westerholt, Germany	Bombardier	43‑39138⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
295⇗	23 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gladbeck, Germany	Bombardier	43‑39138⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
296⇗	24 March 1945	Target: Vechta Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Vechta, Germany	Bombardier	43‑39138⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. 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	Bombardier	43‑39138⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
301⇗	31 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Bombardier	43‑38747⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron Deputy Sortie Report⇗
302⇗	3 April 1945	Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Kiel, Germany	Bombardier	43‑39164⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group deputy and lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
308⇗	10 April 1945	Target: Ordnance Depot Workshop Area Type: Military Location: Oranienburg, Germany	Bombardier	43‑39138⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗

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