Fleming, Paul Hane

Individual Personnel Data
Name Fleming, Paul Hane   ‡
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Rank Private / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number 35517705   ‡
Unit Assignments Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #126 dated 23 October 1943, effective 23 October 1943.
Duty Tail Gunner
MOS612 - Airplane Armorer / Gunner
Last Duty Date 24 April 1944
Results Prisoner Of War
POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15
Additional Information
  • Date of Birth: 26 April 1922
  • Promoted from Private to Sergeant on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #133 para 1 extract dated 1 November 1943.
  • Promoted to Staff Sergeant on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #178 dated 30 December 1943.
  • 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.
Related Documents Missing Air Crew Report # 4348⇓ (9.171 MB)
Photo Album:Crew Photo Album⇗




Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER POSITION RESULTS
2nd Lt. Mabe, Walter Breeden⇗PilotEV
2nd Lt. Bailey, Everett Lee⇗Co-pilotKIA
2nd Lt. McKittrick, Vernon Russell⇗NavigatorCT
SGT. Hopper, Hugh David⇗Radio Operator / GunnerPOW
S/SGT. Smith, Roger Carlton⇗Engineer / Top Turret GunnerPOW
SGT. Johnson, James Hansel, Jr⇗Ball Turret GunnerKIA
PVT. Fleming, Paul HaneTail GunnerPOW
SGT. Zink, Chester Harvey⇗Flexible GunnerPOW
SGT. Folmar, Warren Alexander⇗Flexible GunnerPOW

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 13 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
36⇗ 16 November 1943 Target: Knaben II Molybdenum Mine
Type: Industry
Location: Knaben, Norway
Tail Gunner 42‑37816⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
39⇗ 1 December 1943 Target: Non-Ferrous Metals Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Solingen, Germany
Tail Gunner 42‑29828⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37816.
Sortie Report⇗
40⇗ 5 December 1943 Target: Fighter Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France
Tail Gunner 42‑37816⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
41⇗ 11 December 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Emden, Germany
Tail Gunner 42‑37816⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group deputy; assumed lead when group lead aborted.
Sortie Report⇗
42⇗ 13 December 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Bremen, Germany
Tail Gunner 42‑37816⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low group, low Squadron lead.
Sortie Report⇗
45⇗ 22 December 1943 Target: Steel Shops/Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Osnabrück, Germany
Tail Gunner 42‑37816⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead
Sortie Report⇗
51⇗ 7 January 1944 Target: Powerhouse
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany
Tail Gunner 42‑31246⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Low Squadron lead.
Sortie Report⇗
52⇗ 11 January 1944 Target: Ju-88 Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Halberstadt, Germany
Tail Gunner 42‑31246⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead.
Sortie Report⇗
55⇗ 29 January 1944 Target: Aircraft Parts Plants
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑31484⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Wing deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
58⇗ 4 February 1944 Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Tail Gunner 42‑31484⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead, high group, 41st B Combat Wing.
Sortie Report⇗
63⇗ 20 February 1944 Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany
Tail Gunner 42‑29828⇗ Combat Mission Credit
41B Group Flying Spare. Joined formation.
Sortie Report⇗
80⇗ 23 March 1944 Target: Airdrome and Airpark
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Gütersloh, Germany
Ball Turret 42‑97477⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Wing deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
92⇗ 20 April 1944 Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Sottevast, France
Tail Gunner 42‑97477⇗ Combat Mission Credit
B Wing, High Group lead.
Sortie Report⇗
94⇗ 24 April 1944 Target: Dornier-Werke GMBH Aircraft Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Tail Gunner 42‑97477⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Failed To Return
High composite group lead. Left formation immediately after target and instructed deputy Laboda to take over lead; set course for Switzerland; 4 chutes; e/a, cr Maulbronn (25 miles NW of Stuttgart), Germany. MACR 4348
Sortie Report⇗

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