Getty, Darrell Clark

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Getty, Darrell Clark ‡ ⇗
Rank	Flight Officer
Serial Number	T-1699 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #34 dated 20 February 1944, effective 20 February 1944. Transferred to a non-384th unit, per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report - 305th Bomb Group, effective 20 March 1944. Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #61, effective 30 March 1944.
Duty	Bombardier
MOS	1035 - Bombardier
Last Duty Date	13 April 1944
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Not identified in National Archives POW database.
Decorations	Awarded the Air Medal for completing five combat missions.
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 11 March 1918 Graduated from Bombardier School at Kirtland AAF, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Class #43-13, 11 September 1943.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 3866⇓ (16.978 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Cole, Richard Eugene⇗	Pilot	TR
1st Lt. LeTourneau, Marcel Laurent⇗	Co-pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Warren, Dexter Holt⇗	Navigator	KIA
Flt. Ofcr. Getty, Darrell Clark	Bombardier	POW
S/SGT. Romano, Vincent Peter⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Ward, Jack Paxton⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	POW
SGT. Orean, Clinton Herman⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	EV
SGT. Consoli, Vincent Sam⇗	Tail Gunner	POW
SGT. Allen, John Rutland⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW
SGT. McLain, James Wallace⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 7 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
70⇗	3 March 1944	Target: Roller-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany	Bombardier	42‑31926⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
72⇗	6 March 1944	Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany	Bombardier	42‑97477⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Returned to base after group leader abandoned attempt to join assigned combat wing. Sortie Report⇗
73⇗	8 March 1944	Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany	Bombardier	42‑31484⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
74⇗	9 March 1944	Target: Heinkel Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany	Bombardier	42‑31484⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
86⇗	9 April 1944	Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Marienburg, Germany	Bombardier	42‑97477⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Attlebridge, Norfolk, on return because of low fuel. Sortie Report⇗
87⇗	10 April 1944	Target: Evere Airfield (50°54'3"N 4°20'9"E) Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium	Bombardier	42‑32106⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
88⇗	11 April 1944	Target: FW Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Sorau, Germany	Bombardier	42‑97309⇗	Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
89⇗	13 April 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Bombardier	42‑31048⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Shot down during fighter attacks which lasted from 1354 to 1357 hrs; crashed near Mannheim, Germany. MACR 3866 Sortie Report⇗

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