Bayne, William Davis

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Bayne, William Davis ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-767730
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #148 dated 26 July 1944, effective 26 July 1944.
Duty	Co-pilot / Pilot
MOS	1091 - Pilot, B-17
Last Duty Date	27 December 1944
Results	Completed Combat Tour
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 5 March 1921 Placed on seven days Temporary Duty (TD) to Palace Hotel, Southport, AAF Station 524 (a Flak house) on 19 November 1944 to carry out the instructions of the Commanding General per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #228 dated 19 November 1944 Granted a three day operational leave of absence effective 25 November 1944 per AAF Station 106 Special orders #228 dated 19 November 1944. Bayne's name appears on loading lists as 'WALTER D' until the end of November 1944, and thereafter as 'JOHN B'.
Related Documents	Accident Report # 44-09-27-510⇓ (2.530 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Brown, Bert Oliver, Jr⇗	Pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Bayne, William Davis	Co-pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Scherer, Raymond Julius⇗	Navigator	CT
2nd Lt. Furiga, Frank Dominic⇗	Bombardier	POW
SGT. Ondrusek, Marvin John⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
SGT. Regan, Richard George⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
CPL. Jones, William Jesse⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
CPL. Palmer, Raymond George⇗	Tail Gunner	CT
CPL. Chalkus, Joseph William⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT
CPL. Franklin, Walter Dewitt⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 35 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
174⇗	7 August 1944	Target: Aircraft Fuel Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dugny (Paris), France	Co-pilot	44‑6105⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗
176⇗	9 August 1944	Target: Erding Airdrome & Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Erding, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗
177⇗	11 August 1944	Target: Tactical: Coastal Artillery Emplacements Type: Military Location: Brest, France	Co-pilot	44‑6105⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
178⇗	12 August 1944	Target: "Landing Ground" Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: La Perthe, France	Co-pilot	42‑37788⇗	Combat Mission Credit High group. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97150. On return, arrived over two hours late, possibly due to landing elsewhere to refuel. Sortie Report⇗
182⇗	18 August 1944	Target: Tactical: Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Vise, Belgium	Co-pilot	44‑6135⇗	Combat Mission Credit Returned Early Low group hot camera ship. Salvoed bombs in an open field in Belgium. Sortie Report⇗
183⇗	24 August 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑97204⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
186⇗	30 August 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Crepieul, France	Co-pilot	42‑38013⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
187⇗	3 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑38013⇗	Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship, low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
188⇗	5 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑37788⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed with wounded aboard. Sortie Report⇗
190⇗	9 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Bombs not released; bomb bay doors could not be opened. Sortie Report⇗
191⇗	10 September 1944	Target: BMW Motor Component Parts Plant Type: Industry Location: Sindelfingen, Germany	Co-pilot	44‑6135⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
196⇗	19 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany	Co-pilot	44‑6105⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
198⇗	25 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑38208⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
200⇗	27 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (PFF Aiming Points) Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Co-pilot	44‑6080⇗	Taxi accident prior to takeoff. Salvaged 9/27/44 Sortie Report⇗
201⇗	28 September 1944	Target: Steelworks Type: Industry Location: Magdeburg, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑38208⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
205⇗	5 October 1944	Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Co-pilot	44‑6135⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
208⇗	9 October 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38542⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
209⇗	11 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Wesseling, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑97150⇗	Combat Mission Credit First Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
213⇗	18 October 1944	Target: Ford Motor Works Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed in allied territory due to battle damage and low fuel. Sortie Report⇗
215⇗	25 October 1944	Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Co-pilot	44‑6135⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
216⇗	30 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38757⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
218⇗	2 November 1944	Target: Ruhr-Chemie A.G. Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Sterkrade (Holten), Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
219⇗	4 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany	Co-pilot	42‑37788⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 43‑38542. High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
221⇗	6 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38542⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
225⇗	11 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑97263⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
226⇗	16 November 1944	Target: Tactical - Artillery Positions Type: Military Location: Eschweiler, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑38208⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗
232⇗	29 November 1944	Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
233⇗	30 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
234⇗	2 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Oberlahnstein, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
235⇗	4 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Soest, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Boreham, Essex, due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗
236⇗	6 December 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Co-pilot	44‑6592⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed High Squadron Sortie Report⇗
237⇗	9 December 1944	Target: Airfield and Daimler Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Böblingen (Stuttgart area), Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38630⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
238⇗	11 December 1944	Target: Road & Rail Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron, D Group. Sortie Report⇗
239⇗	12 December 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
240⇗	18 December 1944	Target: Road Junction Type: Transportation Location: Gemünd, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑97309⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 42‑38013. Low Squadron Flying Spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
241⇗	19 December 1944	Target: Railway Junction Type: Transportation Location: Glaadt, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑37843⇗	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off Did not take off due to weather which deteriorated after lead aircraft took off. Sortie Report⇗
242⇗	23 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ehrang, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Woodbridge due to weather. Sortie Report⇗
244⇗	27 December 1944	Target: Bridge (Tactical) Type: Transportation Location: Altenahr, Germany	Pilot	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗

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