Bartels, William Gilbert

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Bartels, William Gilbert ‡ ⇗
Rank	Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	35363696 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #50 dated 17 July 1943, effective 17 July 1943.
Duty	Radio Operator / Gunner
Last Duty Date	12 August 1943
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 13 March 1921
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 290⇓ (35.283 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Bigelow, William Horace⇗	Pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Price, Earl H (IO)⇗	Co-pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Hill, Richard Corliss, Jr⇗	Navigator	POW
2nd Lt. Humphreys, Walter (NMI)⇗	Bombardier	KIA
S/SGT. Bartels, William Gilbert	Radio Operator / Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Hamilton, William Lyle⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	KIA
S/SGT. Fulton, George Morton⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Parisot, Martin Louis⇗	Tail Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Lome, Michael (NMI)⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Nowotny, Walter (NMI)⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 2 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
13⇗	30 July 1943	Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑29686⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
14⇗	12 August 1943	Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑29686⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Damaged by enemy aircraft; exploded in mid-air and crashed east of Königswinter, Germany, at Heisterbacherrott; MACR 290 Sortie Report⇗

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