Deeg, John Vincent

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Deeg, John Vincent ⇗
Rank	Sergeant
Serial Number	38499307
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #247 dated 16 December 1944, effective 16 December 1944. Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #22, effective 27 January 1945. Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #68, effective 16 October 1945.
Duty	Radio Operator / Gunner
MOS	938 - AAF Gunnery Instructor
Last Duty Date	26 March 1945
Results	TBD
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 25 June 1920 Transferred to the 544th BS on SO #22 dated 27 January 1945. This transfer appears to have been associated with his change of duty from 'Gunnery and Radio Instructor' to radio operator on a combat crew. Promoted to Staff Sergeant effective 17 March 1945 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #59 dated 17 March 1945.
Photos of this Veteran signing the Wing Panel	Deeg Signing⇗

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 8 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
265⇗	9 February 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Radio Operator	43‑39164⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
267⇗	15 February 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany	Radio Operator	43‑38016⇗	Did not take off because bad weather halted flight operations. Sortie Report⇗
268⇗	19 February 1945	Target: Coking Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Radio Operator	43‑39164⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
269⇗	20 February 1945	Target: Main Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑102459⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
270⇗	21 February 1945	Target: Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany	Radio Operator	44‑6892⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
273⇗	24 February 1945	Target: Submarine Construction Shipyard Type: Shipyards Location: Hamburg, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑97824⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
277⇗	28 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hagen, Germany	Radio Operator	43‑38016⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead; Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗
290⇗	17 March 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen (Leipzig), Germany	Radio Operator	44‑8580⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group lead; PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗
298⇗	26 March 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany	Radio Operator	44‑8789⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group lead. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗

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