Kolinek, Henry Joseph, Jr

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Kolinek, Henry Joseph, Jr ‡ ⇗
Rank	Corporal / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	38559493 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #155 dated 2 August 1944, effective 2 August 1944.
Duty	Tail Gunner
MOS	611 - Aerial Gunner
Last Duty Date	12 January 1945
Results	Completed Combat Tour
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 28 July 1925 Promoted to Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #158 dated 6 August 1944. Promoted to Staff Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special orders #194 dated 1 October 1944. Placed on seven (7) days Temporary Duty (TD) on 6 October 1944 to Southport, AAF Station 524 (a Flak House) to carry out the instructions of the Commanding General per AAF Station 106 special Orders #198 dated 6 October 1944.
Related Documents	Accident Report # 44-11-30-510⇓ (2.269 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Gabel, Raymond John⇗	Pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Robilotta, Robert Frank⇗	Co-pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Lovegren, Richard Leroy⇗	Navigator	KIA
2nd Lt. Bass, Sam (NMI)⇗	Bombardier	TR
S/SGT. Snow, James Kenneth⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
SGT. Airhart, L G⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
SGT. Ciaccio, Raymond (NMI)⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
CPL. Kolinek, Henry Joseph, Jr	Tail Gunner	CT
CPL. Gwin, Reginald (NMI)⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW
CPL. Miller, Fonda Coy⇗	Flexible Gunner	TR

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 35 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
177⇗	11 August 1944	Target: Tactical: Coastal Artillery Emplacements Type: Military Location: Brest, France	Tail Gunner	43‑37822⇗	Combat Mission Credit High section lead, low group. Sortie Report⇗
178⇗	12 August 1944	Target: "Landing Ground" Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: La Perthe, France	Tail Gunner	42‑102459⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy, lead group. Sortie Report⇗
179⇗	13 August 1944	Target: Tactical: Road Network Type: Transportation Location: Beaumont-le-Roger (area), France	Tail Gunner	42‑102459⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy, high group. Sortie Report⇗
180⇗	14 August 1944	Target: Echterdingen Airdrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Stuttgart, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102459⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group hot camera ship. Landed away at RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire, on return, for unknown reasons. Sortie Report⇗
182⇗	18 August 1944	Target: Tactical: Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Vise, Belgium	Tail Gunner	42‑102566⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗
186⇗	30 August 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Crepieul, France	Tail Gunner	42‑102430⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
187⇗	3 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑98000⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
188⇗	5 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑37822⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
189⇗	8 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑37703⇗	Combat Mission Credit Returned Early Hot camera ship. Unable to drop bombs due to failure of bomb release mechanism. Returned bombs to base. Sortie Report⇗
190⇗	9 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38062⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
192⇗	11 September 1944	Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf & Merseburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑37822⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41A Group. Landed with bomb bay doors open. Sortie Report⇗
196⇗	19 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑37822⇗	Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship; lead Squadron. Landed away at Old Buckenham, reason unknown. Sortie Report⇗
197⇗	21 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mainz, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑37822⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
198⇗	25 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑37822⇗	Combat Mission Credit C Wing, low group. Sortie Report⇗
200⇗	27 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (PFF Aiming Points) Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑98000⇗	Combat Mission Credit High group hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
201⇗	28 September 1944	Target: Steelworks Type: Industry Location: Magdeburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38062⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
202⇗	30 September 1944	Target: Handorf Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Münster, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38062⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
203⇗	2 October 1944	Target: Ford Motor Works Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6105⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back due to personnel failure; radio operator became ill. Sortie Report⇗
204⇗	3 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Wesseling, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38062⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
212⇗	17 October 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38062⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
213⇗	18 October 1944	Target: Ford Motor Works Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38750⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
214⇗	19 October 1944	Target: Heinrich Lanz Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Mannheim, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38062⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
215⇗	25 October 1944	Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38016⇗	Combat Mission Credit Fourth Squadron deputy. Gee-H equipment failed during assembly. Sortie Report⇗
220⇗	5 November 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97309⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 43‑37971. High Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
222⇗	8 November 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant (visual aim point) Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38750⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
224⇗	10 November 1944	Target: Ostheim Airfield & Butzweilerhof Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97824⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41D Squadron, Squadron Deputy. Gee-H ship. 544th loading list has 'Lt. Toelhman (303rd B. Gp)' listed as GH Navigator. Sortie Report⇗
226⇗	16 November 1944	Target: Tactical - Artillery Positions Type: Military Location: Eschweiler, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97824⇗	Combat Mission Credit Gee-H ship; aircraft flew with the 381st BG at Ridgewell, as deputy group lead. Sortie Report⇗
228⇗	23 November 1944	Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38016⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy, A group; Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗
233⇗	30 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38542⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed with wheels up due to confusion in the cockpit during final approach. Sortie Report⇗
234⇗	2 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Oberlahnstein, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38016⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
236⇗	6 December 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97824⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Gee-H ship (but no Gee-H navigator on this mission). Sortie Report⇗
239⇗	12 December 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑8008⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗
240⇗	18 December 1944	Target: Road Junction Type: Transportation Location: Gemünd, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑8008⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Because an inverter went out in the PFF equipment on the first run, they were forced to make a second PFF run which was completed without difficulty. Sortie Report⇗
244⇗	27 December 1944	Target: Bridge (Tactical) Type: Transportation Location: Altenahr, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑8401⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Low Squadron lead. Aborted over base due to instrument failure; bombs jettisoned. Sortie Report⇗
248⇗	1 January 1945	Target: Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Derben, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	43‑38016⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗
249⇗	2 January 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gerolstein, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑98027⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Led formation on two bomb runs. Sortie Report⇗
252⇗	7 January 1945	Target: Enemy Strong Point Type: Military Location: Blankenheim, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97986⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗

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