Polansky, Herbert (NMI)

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Polansky, Herbert (NMI) ‡ ⇗
Rank	Flight Officer
Serial Number	T-124955 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #81 dated 1 May 1944, effective 1 May 1944.
Duty	Navigator
MOS	1034 - Navigator
Last Duty Date	13 May 1944
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 28 May 1918
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 4813⇓ (49.016 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Seamon, Grover Lawrence, Jr⇗	Pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Kohlston, Herbert Francis⇗	Co-pilot	POW
Flt. Ofcr. Polansky, Herbert (NMI)	Navigator	POW
2nd Lt. Robertson, Avon Vern⇗	Bombardier	INT
S/SGT. Ramos, Manuel Mazon⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	KIA
SGT. Loving, Elmer Hill, Jr⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	POW
SGT. Thompson, Raymond Archie⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	POW
SGT. Housh, Leonard Jess⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	POW
SGT. Altstaetter, Herbert Emerson⇗	Tail Gunner	KIA
S/SGT. Settlemyre, James Walter⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 2 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
105⇗	11 May 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Saarbrücken and Ehrang, Germany	Navigator	42‑97404⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41A Group. Jettisoned incendiaries. Sortie Report⇗
107⇗	13 May 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly Components Factory. Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Poznań, Poland	Navigator	42‑97404⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑39888. While formation was under enemy aircraft attack, pulled out of formation to the left and was seen circling under control, with fires under inboard sections and both wings; five chutes emerged; crashed near Loitz, Germany. MACR 4813 Sortie Report⇗

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