Gribbons, Warren David

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Gribbons, Warren David ‡ ⇗
Rank	Staff Sergeant / Technical Sergeant
Serial Number	31084609 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #146 dated 17 November 1943, effective 17 November 1943.
Duty	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
MOS	748 - Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer
Last Duty Date	30 January 1944
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 23 June 1921 Promoted to Technical Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #14 dated 21 January 1944.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 2264⇓ (4.236 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Writz, Horace Fred⇗	Pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Harmon, Russell Dudley⇗	Co-pilot	KIA
2nd Lt. Gorman, Robert Sebastian⇗	Navigator	KIA
2nd Lt. Beeler, Paul Merlin⇗	Bombardier	POW
S/SGT. Robertson, Frank Garland, Jr⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	KIA
S/SGT. Gribbons, Warren David	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	POW
SGT. Hetzer, Anthony Joseph, Sr⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	KIA
S/SGT. Pazsit, Edward Joseph⇗	Tail Gunner	KIA
SGT. Mikolayk, Zenen Charles⇗	Flexible Gunner	KIA
SGT. Gac, Edward Sebastian⇗	Flexible Gunner	KIA

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 5 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
45⇗	22 December 1943	Target: Steel Shops/Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Osnabrück, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	42‑29828⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
49⇗	4 January 1944	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Kiel, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	42‑29828⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
54⇗	21 January 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France	Engineer/Top Turret	42‑29636⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41A Group. Sortie Report⇗
55⇗	29 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Parts Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	42‑29632⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗
56⇗	30 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	42‑5404⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Low group. Seen going down before bombs away due to enemy aircraft attacks; crashed near Döhren, Germany. Casualties buried in Riemsloh. MACR 2264 Sortie Report⇗

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