Ingmire, Merle Ernest

Individual Personnel Data
Name Ingmire, Merle Ernest   ‡
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Rank Staff Sergeant / Technical Sergeant
Serial Number 17128306   ‡
Unit Assignments Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #72 dated 16 April 1944, effective 16 April 1944.
Duty Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
MOS748 - Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer
Last Duty Date 8 May 1944
Results Missing In Action
Final Resting Place or Memorial: Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England: Tablets of the Missing
Additional Information
  • Date of Birth: 7 June 1919
  • Died of exposure after ditching: body not recovered.
  • Promoted to Technical Sergeant per AAF Station Special Orders #81 dated 1 May 1944.
Related Documents Missing Air Crew Report # 4812⇓ (8.509 MB)
Photo Album:Crew Photo Album⇗
Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER POSITION RESULTS
2nd Lt. Brown, James Wesley, Jr⇗PilotMIA
2nd Lt. Chubb, Donald Vernon⇗Co-pilotMIA
2nd Lt. Jones, Kenneth Myron⇗NavigatorMIA
2nd Lt. Kuba, Carl Willliam⇗BombardierTR
S/SGT. Kozar, Joseph John⇗Radio Operator / GunnerMIA
S/SGT. Ingmire, Merle ErnestEngineer / Top Turret GunnerMIA
SGT. Hatton, James Augustine⇗Ball Turret GunnerMIA
CPL. Yeager, George Hallow, Jr⇗Tail GunnerKIA
SGT. Reis, Donald Edward, "Sack"⇗Flexible GunnerKIA
SGT. McClintick, Julius Eugene⇗Flexible GunnerMIA
Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 4 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
93⇗ 22 April 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Hamm, Germany 		Engineer/Top Turret 42‑97221⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
100⇗ 4 May 1944 Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Engineer/Top Turret 42‑97201⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron, composite high group, 94th CBW.
Sortie Report⇗
101⇗ 7 May 1944 Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Engineer/Top Turret 42‑37788⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
103⇗ 8 May 1944 Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Sottevast, France 		Engineer/Top Turret 42‑97081⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Damaged by flak, ditched in the Channel. MACR 4812
Sortie Report⇗

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