Hitchcock, Carl Edwin

Individual Personnel Data
Name Hitchcock, Carl Edwin   ‡
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Rank Staff Sergeant / Technical Sergeant
Serial Number 19186235   ‡
Unit Assignments
  • Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #146 dated 17 November 1943, effective 17 November 1943.
  • Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #50 dated 16 March 1944., effective 16 March 1944.
Duty Radio Operator / Gunner
MOS757 - Radio Operator / Mechanic / Gunner, AAF
Last Duty Date 13 April 1944
Results Prisoner Of War
POW Camp: Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
Additional Information
  • Date of Birth: 1924
  • Promoted to Technical Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #3 dated 4 January 1944.
Related Documents Missing Air Crew Report # 3874⇓ (16.900 MB)
Photo Album:Crew Photo Album⇗
Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER POSITION RESULTS
2nd Lt. Outen, Charles Levi⇗PilotCT
2nd Lt. Inman, Loren Alexander⇗Co-pilotCT
2nd Lt. Wood, Charles Stoddart⇗NavigatorCT
2nd Lt. Welch, Gordon Michael⇗BombardierCT
S/SGT. Hitchcock, Carl EdwinRadio Operator / GunnerPOW
SGT. Bazhaw, Elbert Lee⇗Engineer / Top Turret GunnerCT
SGT. Threet, Elmer Ellwood, Jr⇗Ball Turret GunnerPOW
SGT. Wyman, Donald George⇗Flexible GunnerCT
T/SGT. LaBelle, Joseph Adrian⇗Flexible GunnerTR
SGT. Emmons, James Vincent⇗Flexible GunnerCT
Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 23 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
42⇗ 13 December 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Radio Operator 41‑24578⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Returned Early
Lead group, high Squadron deputy. Turned back ten minutes from target with bad supercharger on #2 engine.
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43⇗ 16 December 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Radio Operator 42‑37801⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Landed away at Polebrook.
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45⇗ 22 December 1943 Target: Steel Shops/Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Osnabrück, Germany 		Radio Operator 42‑29723⇗ Combat Mission Credit
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46⇗ 24 December 1943 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Croisette, France 		Radio Operator 42‑29688⇗ Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed
Sortie Report⇗
48⇗ 31 December 1943 Target: Blockade Runner 'Orsone' (name of ship)
Type: Transportation
Location: [Mouth of River Garonne], France 		Radio Operator 41‑24578⇗ Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed
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49⇗ 4 January 1944 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Kiel, Germany 		Radio Operator 41‑24578⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Turned back because of an oxygen system failure.
Sortie Report⇗
56⇗ 30 January 1944 Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany 		Radio Operator 42‑97449⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Lead group.
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57⇗ 3 February 1944 Target: Submarines (under construction)
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany 		Radio Operator 42‑3087⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Group. After losing the formation in clouds, continued mission with the 303rd BG.
Sortie Report⇗
58⇗ 4 February 1944 Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Radio Operator 42‑97449⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High group, 41st A Combat Wing.
Sortie Report⇗
60⇗ 6 February 1944 Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nancy, France 		Radio Operator 42‑97449⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Landed away at Deenethorpe on return.
Sortie Report⇗
62⇗ 11 February 1944 Target: Propeller Factory (Foundry)
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Radio Operator 42‑97449⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Flying spare; joined formation.
Sortie Report⇗
63⇗ 20 February 1944 Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany 		Radio Operator 42‑97449⇗ Combat Mission Credit
41B Group.
Sortie Report⇗
64⇗ 21 February 1944 Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Werl, Germany 		Radio Operator 42‑97449⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Assumed position of high Squadron deputy, lead group.
Sortie Report⇗
65⇗ 22 February 1944 Target: Aircraft Factory
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany 		Radio Operator 42‑97449⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
41B Group. Turned back over Kettering as #3 engine had to be feathered when hit by the horizontal stabilizer of the aircraft in the formation which had collided with a 303rd BG aircraft in mid-air.
Sortie Report⇗
67⇗ 25 February 1944 Target: Aircraft Assembly & Ball Bearings Plants
Type: Industry
Location: Augsburg & Stuttgart, Germany 		Radio Operator 42‑38112⇗ Combat Mission Credit
41C Group, Lead Squadron, Lead Group. During assembly, forced out of the 41st Combat Wing while avoiding collision wih another aircraft; joined the 41st Composite Wing and completed the mission.
Sortie Report⇗
70⇗ 3 March 1944 Target: Roller-Bearing Factory
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Radio Operator 42‑97449⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
71⇗ 4 March 1944 Type: Military
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Radio Operator 42‑97449⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Turned back because of oxygen system damage; filler line on ball turret was torn off.
Sortie Report⇗
75⇗ 16 March 1944 Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany 		Radio Operator 42‑3441⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Flying spare; joined formation.
Sortie Report⇗
76⇗ 18 March 1944 Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany 		Radio Operator 42‑97081⇗ Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed
Sortie Report⇗
77⇗ 19 March 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-2 Storage and Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Wizernes, France 		Radio Operator 42‑31166⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
79⇗ 22 March 1944 Target: Heinkel Aircraft Assembly Plant at Annahof Airfield
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oranienburg, Germany 		Radio Operator 42‑97477⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
80⇗ 23 March 1944 Target: Airdrome and Airpark
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Gütersloh, Germany 		Radio Operator 42‑37758⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
81⇗ 24 March 1944 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany 		Radio Operator 42‑31484⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
83⇗ 27 March 1944 Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Tours & Chartres, France 		Radio Operator 42‑31484⇗ Combat Mission Credit
94 Group.
Sortie Report⇗
84⇗ 28 March 1944 Target: Dijon-Longvic Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Dijon, France 		Radio Operator 42‑31484⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead.
Sortie Report⇗
85⇗ 29 March 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany 		Radio Operator 42‑97477⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group deputy.
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86⇗ 9 April 1944 Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Marienburg, Germany 		Radio Operator 42‑32106⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
87⇗ 10 April 1944 Target: Evere Airfield (50°54'3"N 4°20'9"E)
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium 		Radio Operator 42‑31484⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead.
Sortie Report⇗
89⇗ 13 April 1944 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany 		Radio Operator 42‑97233⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Failed To Return
Shot down during fighter attacks which lasted from 1354 to 1357 hrs; crashed near Vielbrunn, Germany (27 km south of Aschaffenburg). MACR 3874
Sortie Report⇗

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