Segars, Arthur Woodrow

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Segars, Arthur Woodrow ‡ ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-719159 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #140 dated 17 July 1944, effective 17 July 1944.
Duty	Navigator
MOS	1034 - Navigator
Last Duty Date	12 September 1944
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
Decorations	Awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 12 September 1944 per General Orders #27, Headquarters, Miami District, AAF Personnel Distribution Command dated 7 September 1945.
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 26 October 1920
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 8901⇓ (26.004 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Henderson, William Vincent⇗	Pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Oosterhof, Franklin Gerald⇗	Co-pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Segars, Arthur Woodrow	Navigator	POW
2nd Lt. Smith, George Kitchen⇗	Bombardier	CT
S/SGT. Owens, Buddy Louis⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Rodgers, William Mack⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
SGT. Tobman, Milton (NMI)⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
SGT. Woodruff, Walker Ace⇗	Tail Gunner	POW
SGT. Austin, Ralph Earl⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT
PVT. O'Malley, Herbert Mathew⇗	Flexible Gunner	TR

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 11 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
167⇗	29 July 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Navigator	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
168⇗	31 July 1944	Target: Aero Engine Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Munich / München, Germany	Navigator	42‑102620⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Group, High Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗
169⇗	1 August 1944	Target: Railroad Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Chartres, France	Navigator	42‑102620⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Group Hot Camera Ship. Sortie Report⇗
170⇗	3 August 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Fleury, Flers, Fiefs, France	Navigator	42‑102620⇗	Combat Mission Credit H Group. Sortie Report⇗
172⇗	4 August 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Crepieul, France	Navigator	42‑37982⇗	Combat Mission Credit This aircraft carried delayed-action bombs which were jettisoned in the Channel. Sortie Report⇗
181⇗	16 August 1944	Target: Delitzsch Air Field and Air Equipment Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Delitzsch, Germany	Navigator	42‑102620⇗	Combat Mission Credit High section lead, low group. Sortie Report⇗
183⇗	24 August 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Navigator	42‑97142⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
185⇗	26 August 1944	Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Navigator	42‑97282⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗
188⇗	5 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Navigator	42‑102620⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
190⇗	9 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Navigator	42‑97251⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
193⇗	12 September 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Brüx, Czechoslovakia	Navigator	42‑97142⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return At 1105 near Wittenburg, aircraft was hit by ME-109s on first attack in #3 engine; could not climb back to formation and continuously drifted behind until lost sight of; right wing fell off at 1109 and aircraft went down on fire in a steep glide; 3 chutes; crashed in Grünfelde, immediately west of Kyritz, Germany; MACR 8901 Sortie Report⇗

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