Dillingham, Desmond Quinton

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Dillingham, Desmond Quinton ‡ ⇗
Rank	Staff Sergeant / Technical Sergeant
Serial Number	34362525 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #56 Dated 25 July 1943, effective 25 July 1943.
Duty	Flexible Gunner / Togglier
MOS	748 - Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer
Last Duty Date	13 April 1944
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag 9C Bad Sulza Saxe-Weimar 51-11
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 31 October 1921 Promoted to Sergeant per AAF station 106 Special Orders #47 dated 11 March 1944. Promoted to Staff Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #63 dated 2 April 1944. Placed on seven days Temporary Duty on or about 5 April 1944 to Moulsford Manor near Cholsey, Berkshire (a FLAK House) per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #64 dated 3 April 1944. Promoted to Technical Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #68 dated 10 April 1944.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 3871⇓ (20.517 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Sweningsen, Oliver (NMI), Jr⇗	Pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Stewart, Carlos Penfield⇗	Co-pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Cawley, Thomas Francis⇗	Bombardier	POW
T/SGT. Barta, Joseph Francis⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	POW
T/SGT. Bartholomew, Everett Laverne⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Ralph, Robert Edward⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	KIA
S/SGT. Grover, Richard Stanley⇗	Tail Gunner	KIA
S/SGT. Dillingham, Desmond Quinton	Flexible Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Weatherford, Louie Frank⇗	Flexible Gunner	EV

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 19 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
14⇗	12 August 1943	Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑3230⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back at 0811 hrs because #3 engine was throwing oil and vibrating and had to be feathered. Sortie Report⇗
16⇗	16 August 1943	Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑3459⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
25⇗	23 September 1943	Target: Submarine Repair Ship Type: Submarine Facility Location: Nantes, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑5051⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
26⇗	27 September 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑3216⇗	Combat Mission Credit One engine went out before the target, and a second was hit by flak. A third engine quit on the way home. The crew threw as much as possible overboard, and the pilot was able to bring it in on one engine. Sortie Report⇗
33⇗	20 October 1943	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Düren, Germany	Tail Gunner	41‑24560⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
63⇗	20 February 1944	Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany	Togglier	42‑29927⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41B Group Flying Spare. Joined formation. Landed away at Chelveston Airfield, AAF Station 105. Sortie Report⇗
64⇗	21 February 1944	Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Werl, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑29828⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
65⇗	22 February 1944	Target: Aircraft Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑29809⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off 41A Group, High Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗
66⇗	24 February 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑37974⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron, lead group. Sortie Report⇗
67⇗	25 February 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly & Ball Bearings Plants Type: Industry Location: Augsburg & Stuttgart, Germany	Togglier	42‑37974⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41A Group. Sortie Report⇗
68⇗	28 February 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France	Togglier	42‑29828⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead 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	Togglier	42‑37974⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
70⇗	3 March 1944	Target: Roller-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany	Togglier	42‑32007⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report⇗
71⇗	4 March 1944	Type: Military Location: Berlin, Germany	Togglier	42‑31166⇗	Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
74⇗	9 March 1944	Target: Heinkel Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany	Togglier	42‑31166⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
75⇗	16 March 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany	Togglier	42‑31048⇗	Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
76⇗	18 March 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany	Togglier	42‑97081⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report⇗
77⇗	19 March 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-2 Storage and Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Wizernes, France	Togglier	42‑38158⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report⇗
78⇗	20 March 1944	Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑31048⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report⇗
79⇗	22 March 1944	Target: Heinkel Aircraft Assembly Plant at Annahof Airfield Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑37758⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off High Squadron deputy, low group. Turned back at 1149 hrs because oil pressure in #4 engine dropped and engine had to be feathered. Sortie Report⇗
80⇗	23 March 1944	Target: Airdrome and Airpark Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Gütersloh, Germany	Togglier	42‑31048⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
81⇗	24 March 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Togglier	42‑31048⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
83⇗	27 March 1944	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Tours & Chartres, France	Togglier	42‑32106⇗	Combat Mission Credit 94 Group. Sortie Report⇗
84⇗	28 March 1944	Target: Dijon-Longvic Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dijon, France	Togglier	42‑97477⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
85⇗	29 March 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany	Togglier	42‑31048⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Nuthampstead, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗
89⇗	13 April 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Togglier	42‑97228⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Shot down during fighter attacks which lasted from 1354 to 1357 hrs; crashed near Messbach, Germany. MACR 3871 Sortie Report⇗

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