Hoechst, Joseph Frederick

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Hoechst, Joseph Frederick ‡ ⇗
Rank	Corporal / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	37407658 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #113 dated 15 June 1944, effective 15 June 1944. Transferred to the Casual Pool, 70th Replacement Depot, AAF Station Bamber Bridge, per 546th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 1 December 1944, effective 26 November 1944.
Duty	Tail Gunner
MOS	611 - Aerial Gunner
Last Duty Date	26 November 1944
Results	Completed Combat Tour
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 26 December 1919 Promoted to Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #141 dated 19 July 1944. Promoted to Staff Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #181 dated 12 September 1944.
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Hayes, Edgar Jerome, Jr⇗	Pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Butler, John William, Jr⇗	Co-pilot	CT
1st Lt. Siewers, Richard Joseph, Jr⇗	Navigator	CT
2nd Lt. Burns, Robert Henry⇗	Bombardier	CT
S/SGT. Golas, Matthew Walter⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	TR
PVT. Summers, Leonard Eugene⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
PVT. James, Edward Oscar, Jr⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
CPL. Hoechst, Joseph Frederick	Tail Gunner	CT
SGT. Okert, Fred Harry, Jr⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT
CPL. Poore, Eugene Francis⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 34 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
144⇗	22 June 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Lille (Fives district), France	Tail Gunner	42‑102501⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
145⇗	24 June 1944	Target: German Vacuum Oil Company Type: Oil Industry Location: Oslebshausen (Bremen area), Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑107057⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy, high group, 41st A wing. Sortie Report⇗
146⇗	25 June 1944	Target: Railroad Bridge & Embankment Type: Transportation Location: Sens, France	Tail Gunner	42‑97273⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back, reasons unknown. Sortie Report⇗
147⇗	27 June 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Storage Depot) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Saint-Martin-L'Hortier, France	Tail Gunner	42‑102601⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group deputy, 41st B section. Sortie Report⇗
148⇗	28 June 1944	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Juvincourt (Juvincourt-et-Damary), France	Tail Gunner	43‑37713⇗	Combat Mission Credit High group, 41st A wing. Battle damage forced crew to jettison bombs before target. Only 546th BS aircraft to land at Grafton Underwood after the mission. Sortie Report⇗
155⇗	11 July 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Munich / München, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑37822⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑107083. Sortie Report⇗
156⇗	12 July 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Munich / München, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102601⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
157⇗	13 July 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Munich / München, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41B Group. Landed away at Knettishall, AAF Station 136, on return due to weather. Sortie Report⇗
159⇗	17 July 1944	Target: Beautor Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Beautor, France	Tail Gunner	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit High section deputy, low group. Sortie Report⇗
160⇗	18 July 1944	Target: Rocket Research & Development Complex Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Peenemünde & Zinnowitz, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97251⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41B Group. Sortie Report⇗
162⇗	20 July 1944	Target: Aircraft Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Dessau, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Group, Low Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗
167⇗	29 July 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97142⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back over field because of low oil pressure. Sortie Report⇗
180⇗	14 August 1944	Target: Echterdingen Airdrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Stuttgart, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑107083⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗
181⇗	16 August 1944	Target: Delitzsch Air Field and Air Equipment Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Delitzsch, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97251⇗	Combat Mission Credit High section lead, lead group. Sortie Report⇗
183⇗	24 August 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102933⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead, low group. Sortie Report⇗
185⇗	26 August 1944	Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑107121⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
187⇗	3 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑107083⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑38014. Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
188⇗	5 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑8008⇗	Combat Mission Credit PFF ship. Wing deputy. Sortie Report⇗
198⇗	25 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97986⇗	Combat Mission Credit B Wing, deputy wing lead. PFF ship. Led wing on bomb run due to failure of equipment on lead aircraft - the PFF on this ship went out momentarily on first bomb run, forcing a second one. Sortie Report⇗
201⇗	28 September 1944	Target: Steelworks Type: Industry Location: Magdeburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6476⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
202⇗	30 September 1944	Target: Handorf Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Münster, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑107121⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
204⇗	3 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Wesseling, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38588⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
205⇗	5 October 1944	Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38616⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
208⇗	9 October 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97510⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed High Squadron Sortie Report⇗
211⇗	15 October 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6476⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
212⇗	17 October 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6476⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
213⇗	18 October 1944	Target: Ford Motor Works Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6476⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
214⇗	19 October 1944	Target: Heinrich Lanz Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Mannheim, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6476⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
215⇗	25 October 1944	Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6476⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
216⇗	30 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6476⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
217⇗	1 November 1944	Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6476⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
218⇗	2 November 1944	Target: Ruhr-Chemie A.G. Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Sterkrade (Holten), Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6476⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
219⇗	4 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6476⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
223⇗	9 November 1944	Target: Ground Installations Type: Military Location: Ouvrages de Sorbey (Metz), France	Tail Gunner	44‑6476⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
224⇗	10 November 1944	Target: Ostheim Airfield & Butzweilerhof Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6476⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41C Group, Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
225⇗	11 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38747⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 44‑6476. Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
227⇗	20 November 1944	Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑107148⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 42‑97309. Originally intended to fly deputy lead position in high C group (with Gee-H equipment); aborted, unable to catch formation after very late takeoff. Sortie Report⇗
228⇗	23 November 1944	Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97824⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy, A group; Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗

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