Atkins, Byron Leverne

Individual Personnel Data
Name Atkins, Byron Leverne, "BUD"   ‡
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Rank Corporal / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number 35146697   ‡
Unit Assignments Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #157 dated 5 August 1944, effective 5 August 1944.
Duty Flexible Gunner / Togglier
MOS612 - Airplane Armorer / Gunner
Last Duty Date 28 September 1944
Results Killed In Action
Final Resting Place or Memorial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lebanon, Indiana
Additional Information
  • Date of Birth: 10 November 1924
  • Promoted to Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #165 dated 17 August 1944.
  • Promoted to Staff Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #186 dated 20 September 1944.
Related Documents Missing Air Crew Report # 9366⇓ (11.899 MB)
Photo Album:Crew Photo Album⇗
Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER POSITION RESULTS
2nd Lt. Chadwick, James Woodrow⇗PilotKIA
2nd Lt. Grantham, Edgar Harry⇗Co-pilotKIA
2nd Lt. White, Leslie Comer⇗NavigatorPOW
2nd Lt. Verbryke, Robert Merrill⇗BombardierKIA
CPL. Mulvey, Lawrence Vernon⇗Radio Operator / GunnerCT
CPL. Brown, Virgil Darrah⇗Engineer / Top Turret GunnerKIA
CPL. Schoonover, Henry Kermit⇗Ball Turret GunnerKIA
CPL. Klumpp, Kenneth Bernard⇗Tail GunnerPOW
CPL. Merfeld, Louis Leonard⇗Flexible GunnerKIA
CPL. Atkins, Byron Leverne, "BUD"Flexible GunnerKIA
Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 6 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
190⇗ 9 September 1944 Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany 		Ball Turret 44‑6109⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
191⇗ 10 September 1944 Target: BMW Motor Component Parts Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Sindelfingen, Germany 		Ball Turret 43‑37917⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Hot camera ship.
Sortie Report⇗
194⇗ 13 September 1944 Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany 		Ball Turret 42‑97941⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
197⇗ 21 September 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Mainz, Germany 		Togglier 42‑97309⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Hot camera ship.
Sortie Report⇗
198⇗ 25 September 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑97941⇗ Combat Mission Credit
B Wing, low group lead. Did not bomb because unable to see wing lead release bombs.
Sortie Report⇗
201⇗ 28 September 1944 Target: Steelworks
Type: Industry
Location: Magdeburg, Germany 		Togglier 42‑31222⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Failed To Return
Collided with 43‑37822 over target: Wallace Storey related details of the collision in Decker's Memories (2nd edition, page 169). Both ships went down on fire and out of control; no chutes observed; crashed near Erxleben, Germany; MACR 9366.
Sortie Report⇗

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