Corcoran, John Joseph

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Corcoran, John Joseph ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-801546
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #146 dated 17 November 1943, effective 17 November 1943.
Duty	Pilot
MOS	1091 - Pilot, B-17
Last Duty Date	13 May 1944
Results	Completed Combat Tour
Additional Information	Placed on seven days Temporary Duty to 8th Air Force Officers Rest Home, Alyesfield (a FLAK House) on or about 11 April 1944 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #68 dated 10 April 1944.
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Corcoran, John Joseph	Pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Wise, Joseph William⇗	Co-pilot	EV
2nd Lt. Schmalzried, George Frederick⇗	Navigator	EV
2nd Lt. Murphy, David Williams⇗	Bombardier	CT
S/SGT. Bowles, Charles Percy⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Hailey, Harold Charles⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
SGT. Tenborg, George Laurence⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
SGT. Hosmer, Richard Clyde⇗	Tail Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Leonard, Frank Valentine⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT
SGT. Slife, Harry Frances⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 30 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
41⇗	11 December 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑5404⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
50⇗	5 January 1944	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Kiel, Germany	Pilot	42‑3051⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Wendling. Sortie Report⇗
51⇗	7 January 1944	Target: Powerhouse Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Pilot	42‑37776⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Became separated from formation in dense clouds after group assembly; failed to make wing rendezvous. Sortie Report⇗
52⇗	11 January 1944	Target: Ju-88 Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt, Germany	Pilot	42‑37848⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
54⇗	21 January 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France	Pilot	42‑3051⇗	This aircraft, prepared for the practice mission, was not dispatched on the operational mission, possibly due to insufficient time available to reconfigure it for combat in the 41B Group. Pilot for the intended practice mission, Corcoran, did not take part in the combat mission. Sortie Report⇗
55⇗	29 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Parts Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Pilot	42‑39991⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗
56⇗	30 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany	Pilot	42‑39991⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗
59⇗	5 February 1944	Target: Bricy Aerodrome, Luftwaffe Training and Bomber Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Orleans, France	Pilot	42‑39991⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
60⇗	6 February 1944	Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France	Pilot	42‑39991⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
63⇗	20 February 1944	Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany	Pilot	42‑30026⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41B Group. Sortie Report⇗
64⇗	21 February 1944	Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Werl, Germany	Pilot	42‑39991⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
65⇗	22 February 1944	Target: Aircraft Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany	Pilot	42‑39991⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off 41B Group. Turned back because oxygen leak in navigator's station caused all oxygen in aircraft to leak out. Sortie Report⇗
66⇗	24 February 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Pilot	42‑39991⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron, low group. Sortie Report⇗
68⇗	28 February 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France	Pilot	42‑29688⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
69⇗	2 March 1944	Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant and Machine Shop Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Pilot	42‑30026⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
70⇗	3 March 1944	Target: Roller-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany	Pilot	42‑97477⇗	Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation for entire mission. Sortie Report⇗
73⇗	8 March 1944	Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany	Pilot	42‑31375⇗	Combat Mission Credit After initial (unspecified) engine trouble, took off late, caught up with formation, and flew mission. Sortie Report⇗
74⇗	9 March 1944	Target: Heinkel Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany	Pilot	42‑38014⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
75⇗	16 March 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany	Pilot	42‑97081⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
77⇗	19 March 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-2 Storage and Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Wizernes, France	Pilot	42‑97081⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
78⇗	20 March 1944	Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Pilot	42‑97081⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
79⇗	22 March 1944	Target: Heinkel Aircraft Assembly Plant at Annahof Airfield Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany	Pilot	42‑97081⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron, composite high group. Sortie Report⇗
80⇗	23 March 1944	Target: Airdrome and Airpark Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Gütersloh, Germany	Pilot	42‑37776⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy, lead group. Sortie Report⇗
81⇗	24 March 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Pilot	42‑97081⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report⇗
82⇗	26 March 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Grismont, Rebecques, France	Pilot	42‑37758⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37792. Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
85⇗	29 March 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany	Pilot	42‑97081⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Woolfox Lodge, Rutland, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗
86⇗	9 April 1944	Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Marienburg, Germany	Pilot	42‑97081⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Horsham St. Faith, Norfolk, on return due to minor flak damage. Sortie Report⇗
93⇗	22 April 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany	Pilot	42‑97081⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
94⇗	24 April 1944	Target: Dornier-Werke GMBH Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany	Pilot	42‑97081⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
95⇗	25 April 1944	Target: Metz-Frescaty Airdrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Metz, France	Pilot	42‑107083⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
96⇗	27 April 1944	Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France	Pilot	42‑97273⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
98⇗	29 April 1944	Target: Industrial District Type: Industry Location: Berlin, Germany	Pilot	42‑97251⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back at 0915 hrs near Cromer because gas fumes were noted throughout the ship and gas was leaking from rght wing. Sortie Report⇗
100⇗	4 May 1944	Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Pilot	42‑97081⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy, lead group, 41st CBW. Sortie Report⇗
101⇗	7 May 1944	Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Pilot	42‑37776⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97081. Sortie Report⇗
104⇗	9 May 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Thionville, France	Pilot	42‑102459⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗

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