Gatlin, Maurice Brooks

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Gatlin, Maurice Brooks ⇗
Rank	Flight Officer
Serial Number	T-4558
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #239 dated 5 December 1944, effective 5 December 1944.
Duty	Bombardier
MOS	1035 - Bombardier
Last Duty Date	23 April 1945
Results	Completed Combat Tour
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 26 July 1924 Graduated from Bombardier School at Carlsbad AAF, Carlsbad, New Mexico, Class #44-08, 10 June 1944. Granted a seven day operational leave of absence effective 14 March 1945 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #56 dated 13 March 1945.

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 35 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
239⇗	12 December 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Bombardier	44‑8430⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
240⇗	18 December 1944	Target: Road Junction Type: Transportation Location: Gemünd, Germany	Bombardier	44‑8430⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
243⇗	24 December 1944	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Kirch Göns, Germany	Bombardier	42‑97251⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41C Group. Sortie Report⇗
244⇗	27 December 1944	Target: Bridge (Tactical) Type: Transportation Location: Altenahr, Germany	Bombardier	43‑38994⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
245⇗	28 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Brühl, Germany	Bombardier	44‑6592⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38994. Sortie Report⇗
246⇗	30 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Limburg, Germany	Bombardier	43‑38994⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
247⇗	31 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Neuss, Germany	Bombardier	43‑38994⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
248⇗	1 January 1945	Target: Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Derben, Germany	Bombardier	43‑38994⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
249⇗	2 January 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gerolstein, Germany	Bombardier	43‑38994⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
250⇗	3 January 1945	Target: Enemy Strong Point & Transportation Hub Type: Military Location: St Vith, Belgium	Bombardier	43‑38994⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
251⇗	5 January 1945	Target: Landing Ground Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Neiderbreisig, Germany	Bombardier	43‑38994⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed on the continent in allied territory. Sortie Report⇗
255⇗	15 January 1945	Target: Neuburg Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Neuburg an der Donau, Germany	Bombardier	43‑39060⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Lead Squadron Sortie Report⇗
256⇗	17 January 1945	Target: Railroad Viaduct Type: Transportation Location: Bielefeld, Germany	Bombardier	44‑6476⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
257⇗	20 January 1945	Target: Rail and Road Bridges Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany	Bombardier	43‑39053⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38747. Landed away at RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire). Sortie Report⇗
260⇗	23 January 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Neuss, Germany	Bombardier	44‑6476⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at North Pickenham Airfield, AAF Station 143. Sortie Report⇗
262⇗	29 January 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Siegen, Germany	Bombardier	42‑97510⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 44‑6476. Aborted with a runaway prop. Sortie Report⇗
263⇗	1 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany	Bombardier	43‑38747⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
264⇗	3 February 1945	Target: Tempelhof Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Bombardier	43‑38747⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
265⇗	9 February 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Bombardier	44‑6476⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
266⇗	14 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany	Bombardier	43‑38747⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back with #4 supercharger trouble. Sortie Report⇗
267⇗	15 February 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany	Bombardier	43‑38747⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Deenethorpe Airfield, AAF Station 128. Sortie Report⇗
271⇗	22 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ülzen, Germany	Bombardier	43‑38747⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
272⇗	23 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Plauen, Germany	Bombardier	43‑38747⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
273⇗	24 February 1945	Target: Submarine Construction Shipyard Type: Shipyards Location: Hamburg, Germany	Bombardier	43‑38747⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
275⇗	26 February 1945	Target: Schlesicher Railroad Station (Bahnhof) Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Bombardier	43‑39236⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
276⇗	27 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Wahren (Leipzig area), Germany	Bombardier	43‑39203⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
280⇗	3 March 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany	Bombardier	43‑38747⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
287⇗	12 March 1945	Target: Railway Center Type: Transportation Location: Betzdorf, Germany	Bombardier	43‑38548⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
294⇗	22 March 1945	Target: German Hutted Camps (Barracks) at 51°36'N,7°06'E Type: Military Location: Westerholt, Germany	Bombardier	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
296⇗	24 March 1945	Target: Vechta Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Vechta, Germany	Bombardier	43‑38747⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
298⇗	26 March 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany	Bombardier	43‑38747⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
299⇗	28 March 1945	Target: Berlin/Spandau Motor Transport Works Type: Industry Location: Spandau (Berlin), Germany	Bombardier	43‑38747⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
300⇗	30 March 1945	Target: Deutsche Schiff- u. Maschinenbau A.G. (DESCHIMAG) Submarine and Warship Yard Machine Shop Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany	Bombardier	43‑38747⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
302⇗	3 April 1945	Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Kiel, Germany	Bombardier	43‑38747⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
303⇗	4 April 1945	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Fassberg, Germany	Bombardier	43‑38747⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
304⇗	5 April 1945	Target: Ordnance Depot Type: Military Location: Ingolstadt, Germany	Bombardier	43‑38747⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
306⇗	7 April 1945	Target: Underground Oil Storage Plant Type: Military Location: Hitzacker, Germany	Bombardier	43‑38747⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
307⇗	9 April 1945	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany	Bombardier	43‑38747⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗

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