Fitzsimmons, Willis Ray

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Fitzsimmons, Willis Ray ‡ ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-814281 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #39 dated 27 February 1944, effective 27 February 1944.
Duty	Navigator
MOS	1034 - Navigator
Last Duty Date	13 April 1944
Results	Killed In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Lorraine American Cemetery, Saint-Avold, France: Plot G Row 9 Grave 29
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 16 July 1921
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 3872⇓ (36.923 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. McKinney, Jack Norman⇗	Pilot	INT
2nd Lt. White, Dana Cales⇗	Co-pilot	KIA
2nd Lt. Fitzsimmons, Willis Ray	Navigator	KIA
S/SGT. Coffman, Beryl (NMI)⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Patterson, Robert A⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	POW
SGT. Foster, Rayford Leo⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	TBD
SGT. Davis, Hubert Miles⇗	Tail Gunner	POW
SGT. Friess, Earl Henry⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW
SGT. Dunn, Lawrence Warren⇗	Flexible Gunner	TBD

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 5 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
80⇗	23 March 1944	Target: Airdrome and Airpark Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Gütersloh, Germany	Navigator	42‑38208⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
81⇗	24 March 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Navigator	42‑97081⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report⇗
82⇗	26 March 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Grismont, Rebecques, France	Navigator	42‑97510⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back at 1335 hrs over Molesworth because of smoke in bomb bay from unknown source. Landed away at Molesworth. Sortie Report⇗
84⇗	28 March 1944	Target: Dijon-Longvic Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dijon, France	Navigator	42‑97142⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
85⇗	29 March 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany	Navigator	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Cottesmore, Rutland, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗
86⇗	9 April 1944	Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Marienburg, Germany	Navigator	42‑97142⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back at 1130 hrs; could not locate formation due to bad weather. Sortie Report⇗
88⇗	11 April 1944	Target: FW Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Sorau, Germany	Navigator	42‑97231⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
89⇗	13 April 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Navigator	42‑97231⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Shot down by Me-109s near Coblenz at 1320 hrs; crashed near Reichenbach, Odenwald, Germany. MACR 3872 Sortie Report⇗

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