Nielsen, Robert Earl

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Nielsen, Robert Earl, "Bob" ‡ ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-717486 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #159 dated 9 August 1944, effective 9 August 1944.
Duty	Navigator
MOS	1034 - Navigator
Last Duty Date	12 December 1944
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 1 October 1924 Ordered on seven days Temporary Duty to Palace Hotel, Southport, AAF Station 524 on 27 November 1944 (a Flak house) to carry out the instructions of the Commanding General per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #232 dated 24 November 1944.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 11340⇓ (14.540 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Hale, Kenneth Oliver⇗	Pilot	POW
Flt. Ofcr. Morgan, Norman Gail⇗	Co-pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Nielsen, Robert Earl, "Bob"	Navigator	POW
2nd Lt. Zinser, Frank Valentine, Jr⇗	Bombardier	CT
SGT. Musgrave, Richard Britton⇗	Togglier	POW
SGT. Goetz, Carl Harry, Jr⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Caulfield, Patrick Joseph⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	POW
CPL. Uebel, Harold Frederick⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	POW
CPL. Roach, Harrison William, "Mickey"⇗	Tail Gunner	POW
SGT. Allen, Dale Richard⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 32 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
184⇗	25 August 1944	Target: Airfield & Airpark Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Anklam, Germany	Navigator	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
185⇗	26 August 1944	Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Navigator	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit High section deputy, low group. Sortie Report⇗
187⇗	3 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Navigator	42‑97142⇗	Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship, high Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
189⇗	8 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Navigator	42‑107058⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
191⇗	10 September 1944	Target: BMW Motor Component Parts Plant Type: Industry Location: Sindelfingen, Germany	Navigator	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
194⇗	13 September 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Navigator	42‑102933⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
196⇗	19 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany	Navigator	42‑102933⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
199⇗	26 September 1944	Target: Steelworks Type: Industry Location: Osnabrück, Germany	Navigator	42‑102933⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗
200⇗	27 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (PFF Aiming Points) Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Navigator	42‑102933⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
201⇗	28 September 1944	Target: Steelworks Type: Industry Location: Magdeburg, Germany	Navigator	43‑38501⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group flying spare. Filled in for Rice in the high group. Sortie Report⇗
202⇗	30 September 1944	Target: Handorf Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Münster, Germany	Navigator	42‑102933⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
204⇗	3 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Wesseling, Germany	Navigator	42‑102933⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
205⇗	5 October 1944	Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Navigator	42‑102933⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
207⇗	7 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Leipzig, Germany	Navigator	43‑38588⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
209⇗	11 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Wesseling, Germany	Navigator	42‑102933⇗	Combat Mission Credit Fourth Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
210⇗	14 October 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Saarbrücken, Germany	Navigator	42‑102933⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
214⇗	19 October 1944	Target: Heinrich Lanz Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Mannheim, Germany	Navigator	43‑38766⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
215⇗	25 October 1944	Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Navigator	42‑102933⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
218⇗	2 November 1944	Target: Ruhr-Chemie A.G. Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Sterkrade (Holten), Germany	Navigator	42‑107121⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
219⇗	4 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany	Navigator	43‑38501⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
220⇗	5 November 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Navigator	43‑38588⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
221⇗	6 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany	Navigator	42‑102933⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
223⇗	9 November 1944	Target: Ground Installations Type: Military Location: Ouvrages de Sorbey (Metz), France	Navigator	42‑102933⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
224⇗	10 November 1944	Target: Ostheim Airfield & Butzweilerhof Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Navigator	42‑102933⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41C Group, Low Squadron. Hot Camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
226⇗	16 November 1944	Target: Tactical - Artillery Positions Type: Military Location: Eschweiler, Germany	Navigator	42‑102933⇗	Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗
227⇗	20 November 1944	Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Navigator	43‑38747⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
228⇗	23 November 1944	Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Navigator	44‑6141⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
230⇗	26 November 1944	Target: Railroad Viaduct Type: Transportation Location: Altenbeken, Germany	Navigator	42‑107083⇗	Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
236⇗	6 December 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Navigator	43‑38747⇗	Combat Mission Credit Crashed while landing at base: flak damaged #2 engine and left main landing gear, which folded up on touchdown. This aircraft was repaired and returned to combat by 1 January 1945. Sortie Report⇗
237⇗	9 December 1944	Target: Airfield and Daimler Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Böblingen (Stuttgart area), Germany	Navigator	42‑102933⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
238⇗	11 December 1944	Target: Road & Rail Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany	Navigator	42‑102933⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
239⇗	12 December 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Navigator	42‑102933⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return At 1206 hrs, aircraft dropped down out of formation and trailed the group, under control with no damage observed; at 1230 hrs he called group leader for fighter support, which he received, but he continued to trail group; crash-landed on the Continent. Sortie Report⇗

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