Gullekson, Cyrus Clifton

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Gullekson, Cyrus Clifton ‡ ⇗
Rank	Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	39572913 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #132 dated 8 July 1944, effective 8 July 1944.
Duty	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
MOS	748 - Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer
Last Duty Date	19 July 1944
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Not identified in National Archives POW database.
Decorations	Awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 19 July 1944 per General Orders #35, Headquarters, Miami District, AAF Personnel Distribution Command dated 16 October 1945.
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 6 December 1921
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 7261⇓ (18.533 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Bodker, James Mervil⇗	Pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Brandon, George Gray⇗	Co-pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Steindam, Albert Ludwig, Jr⇗	Navigator	POW
S/SGT. Hostetler, Max Miller⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Gullekson, Cyrus Clifton	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	POW
SGT. Chandler, Henry Weakley⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	POW
SGT. Robinson, Warren Ray⇗	Tail Gunner	POW
SGT. Evans, Joda Dennis, Jr⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW
T/SGT. Korabiak, Henry (NMI)⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 2 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
160⇗	18 July 1944	Target: Rocket Research & Development Complex Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Peenemünde & Zinnowitz, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	42‑37788⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41B Group, Low Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗
161⇗	19 July 1944	Target: Hydrogen Peroxide Plant Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Höllriegelskreuth District, Pullach, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	42‑97449⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Lead group. Hit by enemy aircraft after bombs away; seen falling back from formation and go into a spin, then pulled up, then went spinning down a second time; belly landed 2 km east of Mils, Austria. MACR 7261 Sortie Report⇗

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