Ladendorff, Edmund (NMI), Jr

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Ladendorff, Edmund (NMI), Jr ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-2070059
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #34 dated 11 February 1945, effective 11 February 1945. Transferred to the Casual Pool, 70th Reinforcement Depot, AAF Station 594, per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 20 May 1945, effective 20 May 1945.
Duty	Navigator
MOS	1034 - Navigator
Last Duty Date	20 May 1945
Results	Completed Combat Tour
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 29 May 1925 Departed Grafton Underwood to AAF Station 594 on 20 May 1945. Returned to the ZOI via B-17.
Related Documents	Time Travel: Flight of the Navigator⇓ (0.676 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Carpenter, Dean Edward⇗	Pilot	TBD
2nd Lt. Norskog, Vincent Lee⇗	Co-pilot	TR
2nd Lt. Ladendorff, Edmund (NMI), Jr	Navigator	CT
SGT. King, Paul Ralph⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	TBD
PVT. Fulcher, Harold Quillian⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	TBD
CPL. Calhoun, William Ernest, Jr⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
CPL. Franks, Herbert Hassell⇗	Tail Gunner	TBD
CPL. Cobb, Raymond Bruce⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT
CPL. Dunham, Rodney William⇗	Flexible Gunner	TBD

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 29 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
274⇗	25 February 1945	Target: Tank & Submarine Engine Factory Type: Industry Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany	Navigator	44‑6923⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
275⇗	26 February 1945	Target: Schlesicher Railroad Station (Bahnhof) Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Navigator	43‑38673⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
276⇗	27 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Wahren (Leipzig area), Germany	Navigator	42‑107148⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
278⇗	1 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bruchsal, Germany	Navigator	43‑38673⇗	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	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
280⇗	3 March 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany	Navigator	42‑32106⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
282⇗	7 March 1945	Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Bochum, Germany	Navigator	42‑107148⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
283⇗	8 March 1945	Target: Oil Refinery - 'Benzol Plant' Type: Oil Industry Location: Essen, Germany	Navigator	43‑39060⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
287⇗	12 March 1945	Target: Railway Center Type: Transportation Location: Betzdorf, Germany	Navigator	42‑102518⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
288⇗	14 March 1945	Target: Railroad Bridge, Weser River Type: Transportation Location: Bad Oeynhausen, Germany	Navigator	44‑8408⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
290⇗	17 March 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen (Leipzig), Germany	Navigator	43‑37917⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
291⇗	18 March 1945	Target: Schlesischer Railway Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Navigator	42‑32106⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
292⇗	19 March 1945	Target: Braunkohle-Benzin Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany	Navigator	43‑38678⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41C Group. Sortie Report⇗
293⇗	20 March 1945	Target: Deutsche Werft Submarine Shipyard Type: Submarine Facility Location: Hamburg, Germany	Navigator	43‑38678⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
295⇗	23 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gladbeck, Germany	Navigator	43‑37917⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
296⇗	24 March 1945	Target: Vechta Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Vechta, Germany	Navigator	44‑6923⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
298⇗	26 March 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany	Navigator	42‑107125⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
299⇗	28 March 1945	Target: Berlin/Spandau Motor Transport Works Type: Industry Location: Spandau (Berlin), Germany	Navigator	42‑107125⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
301⇗	31 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Navigator	42‑107125⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
302⇗	3 April 1945	Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Kiel, Germany	Navigator	42‑107125⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
303⇗	4 April 1945	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Fassberg, Germany	Navigator	42‑107125⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
304⇗	5 April 1945	Target: Ordnance Depot Type: Military Location: Ingolstadt, Germany	Navigator	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
305⇗	6 April 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (Visual Primary) Type: Transportation Location: Leipzig, Germany	Navigator	42‑107125⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
306⇗	7 April 1945	Target: Underground Oil Storage Plant Type: Military Location: Hitzacker, Germany	Navigator	42‑107125⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
307⇗	9 April 1945	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany	Navigator	42‑107125⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
310⇗	14 April 1945	Target: Gun Battery Type: Military Location: Royan (Bordeaux), France	Navigator	42‑107125⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
311⇗	15 April 1945	Target: Flak guns at Pointe de Suzac Type: Military Location: Royan, France	Navigator	42‑107125⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
313⇗	17 April 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany	Navigator	42‑107125⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
316⇗	25 April 1945	Target: Skoda Armament Works Type: Industry Location: Pilsen / Plzeň, Czechoslovakia	Navigator	44‑8789⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group Lead. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗

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