Irwin, Donald Jesse

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Irwin, Donald Jesse ‡ ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-736862 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Special Orders #70 dated 11 March 1943, effective 11 March 1943.
Duty	Navigator
MOS	1034 - Navigator
Last Duty Date	25 June 1943
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
Decorations	Awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 25 June 1943 per General Orders #10, Headquarters, Miami District, AAF Personnel Distribution Command dated 13 August 1945.
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 13 November 1917
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 16378⇓ (0.477 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Original 384^th Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Riches, George William⇗	Pilot	KIA
Flt. Ofcr. Waugh, Colby Arthur⇗	Co-pilot	TR
2nd Lt. Irwin, Donald Jesse	Navigator	POW
2nd Lt. Boomhower, William (NMI)⇗	Bombardier	POW
S/SGT. Penney, Freeman Seth, "Buzz"⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Anderson, Bernard Herman⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Smith, Guy Edwin⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Lavoie, Ralph Edmund⇗	Tail Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Martin, Stanley Schoffield⇗	Tail Gunner	KIA
S/SGT. Waller, William Theodore⇗	Flexible Gunner	KIA

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 2 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
1⇗	22 June 1943	Target: General Motors Truck Factory Type: Industry Location: Antwerp, Belgium	Navigator	42‑5849⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
2⇗	25 June 1943	Target: Industrial Area & Submarine Pens Type: Military Location: Hamburg, Germany	Navigator	42‑30143⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Damaged by flak, crashed near Oldenburg, Germany. MACR 16378. 1Lt. George Riches posthumously awarded Silver Star (Owens p. 200) Sortie Report⇗

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