Hemingway, Richard C

Individual Personnel Data
Name Hemingway, Richard C
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Rank Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant
Serial Number O-568571
Unit Assignments
  • Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #178 dated 30 December 1943, effective 30 December 1943.
  • Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #79, effective 28 April 1944.
  • Transferred to the Headquarters, 67th Fighter Wing, AAF Station 372, per 546th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 13 August 1945 (reference to Special Orders #222 HQ, 1st Air Division), effective 11 August 1945.
Duty Undetermined
Last Duty Date 11 August 1945
Results Transferred
Additional Information
  • Armament and Gunnery Officer.
  • From Duty to Detached Service at RAF Kirkham near Preston, Lancshire (the RAF Armament Training Center) per 546th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 12 November 1944.
  • From Duty to Detached Service at the Army Air Forces Flexible Gunnery School, Laredo, Texas USA (Restricted Orders, HQ Eighth Air Force) per Squadron Morning report dated 4 December 1944.
  • Ordered to London on 15 January 1945 for one day of Temporary Duty, purpose Official Business per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #11 dated 13 January 1945.



Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 5 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
75⇗ 16 March 1944 Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany 		Passenger 42‑38112⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
76⇗ 18 March 1944 Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany 		Observer 42‑38112⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
96⇗ 27 April 1944 Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Sottevast, France 		Observer 42‑102518⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead. Did not attack target due to malfunction of bomb bay doors; dropped 2x1000# GP bombs between IP and target.
Sortie Report⇗
143⇗ 22 June 1944 Target: V-2 Storage & Launch Site
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Wizernes, France 		Observer 42‑97273⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead.
Sortie Report⇗
231⇗ 27 November 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Offenburg, Germany 		Observer 42‑98027⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead; PFF & Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report⇗

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