Donovan, Warren Francis

Individual Personnel Data
Name Donovan, Warren Francis   ‡
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Rank Second Lieutenant
Serial Number O-678843   ‡
Unit Assignments Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #146 dated 17 November 1943, effective 17 November 1943.
Duty Co-pilot
MOS1091 - Pilot, B-17
Last Duty Date 25 February 1944
Results Prisoner Of War
POW Camp: Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
Additional Information
  • Date of Birth: 7 June 1915
Related Documents Missing Air Crew Report # 2774⇓ (1.201 MB)
2003 Natick Veterans Oral History Project Interview⇗
Photo Album:Crew Photo Album⇗
Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER POSITION RESULTS
2nd Lt. Larsen, Jack Kirby⇗PilotPOW
2nd Lt. Donovan, Warren FrancisCo-pilotPOW
2nd Lt. Fallon, John James⇗NavigatorPOW
2nd Lt. Murray, Edward Joseph⇗BombardierPOW
S/SGT. Cole, Robert Lester⇗Radio Operator / GunnerPOW
S/SGT. Barnes, Karl Francis⇗Engineer / Top Turret GunnerPOW
SGT. Haverlah, Alton Bernhard⇗Ball Turret GunnerPOW
SGT. Moore, John William⇗Tail GunnerPOW
SGT. Holler, Edward Ralph⇗Flexible GunnerPOW
SGT. Simon, Edward (NMI)⇗Flexible GunnerPOW
Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 13 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
42⇗ 13 December 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Co-pilot 41‑24560⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low group.
Sortie Report⇗
47⇗ 30 December 1943 Target: I. G. Farben Industrie, Chemical/Synthetic Rubber Plants
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑39784⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Briefed to fly in high Squadron of composite group, flew #6 position with unidentified Group; landed away at Thurleigh due to low fuel.
Sortie Report⇗
54⇗ 21 January 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Preuseville, France 		Co-pilot 42‑29717⇗ Combat Mission Credit
41A Group.
Sortie Report⇗
55⇗ 29 January 1944 Target: Aircraft Parts Plants
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑29717⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Lead group.
Sortie Report⇗
56⇗ 30 January 1944 Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑29717⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low group.
Sortie Report⇗
57⇗ 3 February 1944 Target: Submarines (under construction)
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑29717⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Lead Group.
Sortie Report⇗
58⇗ 4 February 1944 Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑29703⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High group, 41st B Combat Wing.
Sortie Report⇗
59⇗ 5 February 1944 Target: Bricy Aerodrome, Luftwaffe Training and Bomber Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Orleans, France 		Co-pilot 42‑37885⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
61⇗ 8 February 1944 Target: Piston Ring Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑29717⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron.
Sortie Report⇗
63⇗ 20 February 1944 Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑3441⇗ Combat Mission Credit
41A Group.
Sortie Report⇗
64⇗ 21 February 1944 Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Werl, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑29717⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
65⇗ 22 February 1944 Target: Aircraft Factory
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑29717⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
41A Group. Took off late (0922 instead of 0845) due to mechanical trouble but succeeded in joining formation.
Sortie Report⇗
66⇗ 24 February 1944 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑29717⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron, lead group.
Sortie Report⇗
67⇗ 25 February 1944 Target: Aircraft Assembly & Ball Bearings Plants
Type: Industry
Location: Augsburg & Stuttgart, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑29717⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Failed To Return
41C Group, High Squadron, Lead Group. Feathered #2 engine at 1325 hrs but continued on towards target; at 1420, three minutes before target was reached, jettisoned bombs and peeled off from formation, perhaps heading for Switzerland; crash-landed near Bruchsal, Germany. MACR 2774
Sortie Report⇗

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