Dufour, Ralph Kenneth

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Dufour, Ralph Kenneth ‡ ⇗
Rank	Corporal / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	12133510 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #56 dated 13 March 1945, effective 13 March 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	Flexible Gunner / Ball Turret Gunner
MOS	611 - Aerial Gunner
Last Duty Date	28 June 1945
Results	Completed Tour, Returned to USA
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 25 May 1921 Promoted to Sergeant effective 17 March 1945 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #59 dated 17 March 1945. Promoted to Staff Sergeant effective 18 April 1945 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #84 dated 18 April 1945. Reclassified from MOS 611 to MOS 612 effective 19 April 1945 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #85 dated 19 April 1945.
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Montgomery, Robert W⇗	Pilot	FCMEW
2nd Lt. Tarro, John Peter⇗	Co-pilot	KIS
2nd Lt. Goldsmith, Alan E⇗	Navigator	FCMEW
2nd Lt. Brockett, Wendell Greene⇗	Bombardier	TR
CPL. O'Brien, Robert E⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	TBD
S/SGT. Knapp, Thomas Henry⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	TBD
SGT. Baird, Robert Samuel⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	FCMEW
S/SGT. Glass, Lois, Vernon⇗	Tail Gunner	CT
CPL. Dufour, Ralph Kenneth	Flexible Gunner	CT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 14 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
295⇗	23 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gladbeck, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑102459⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
296⇗	24 March 1945	Target: Vechta Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Vechta, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	43‑38801⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
298⇗	26 March 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	44‑6892⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
299⇗	28 March 1945	Target: Berlin/Spandau Motor Transport Works Type: Industry Location: Spandau (Berlin), Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑97824⇗	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	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑102459⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
301⇗	31 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	43‑39203⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
302⇗	3 April 1945	Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Kiel, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑102620⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
307⇗	9 April 1945	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38062⇗	Combat Mission Credit Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back prior to target when #2 engine started smoking. Peeled off. made 180° turn and headed back for England. The aircraft was under control and apparently landed somewhere in allied territory. Sortie Report⇗
310⇗	14 April 1945	Target: Gun Battery Type: Military Location: Royan (Bordeaux), France	Ball Turret	42‑102459⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
311⇗	15 April 1945	Target: Flak guns at Pointe de Suzac Type: Military Location: Royan, France	Ball Turret	43‑38974⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
312⇗	16 April 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Regensburg, Germany	Ball Turret	44‑6892⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
313⇗	17 April 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38974⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
314⇗	19 April 1945	Target: Railroad Station & Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Elsterwerda, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑97824⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
316⇗	25 April 1945	Target: Skoda Armament Works Type: Industry Location: Pilsen / Plzeň, Czechoslovakia	Ball Turret	42‑102459⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗

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