McCafferty, John Andrew

Individual Personnel Data
Name	McCafferty, John Andrew ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-748100
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #121 dated 18 October 1943, effective 18 October 1943.
Duty	Navigator
MOS	1034 - Navigator
Last Duty Date	5 January 1945
Results	Completed Combat Tour
Decorations	Awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 26 November 1943 per General Orders #29, Headquarters 1st Bomb Division dated 2 December 1943.
Additional Information	Placed on seven days Temporary Duty to Coombe House Hotel, Semley Dorsey (a FLAK House) on or about 18 January 1944 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #9 dated 14 January 1944.
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Stearns, Clarence Grover, "Stearnie"⇗	Pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Urton, Raymond Lee⇗	Co-pilot	CT
2nd Lt. McCafferty, John Andrew	Navigator	CT
2nd Lt. Deniro, Francis Raymond⇗	Bombardier	WIA
T/SGT. Householder, Allen (NMI)⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	WIA
T/SGT. Barkhurst, David Luther⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Fulwider, Albert Clayton, Jr⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Martell, Warren Harding⇗	Tail Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Corrigan, Theodore Bernard⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Robison, John Timothy⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 28 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
35⇗	5 November 1943	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Navigator	41‑24578⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
36⇗	16 November 1943	Target: Knaben II Molybdenum Mine Type: Industry Location: Knaben, Norway	Navigator	42‑37848⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
37⇗	26 November 1943	Target: City Center Type: Non-Military Location: Bremen, Germany	Navigator	42‑37788⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Warboys. Sortie Report⇗
40⇗	5 December 1943	Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France	Navigator	42‑29733⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report⇗
42⇗	13 December 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany	Navigator	42‑37924⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗
43⇗	16 December 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany	Navigator	42‑37924⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Alconbury Sortie Report⇗
47⇗	30 December 1943	Target: I. G. Farben Industrie, Chemical/Synthetic Rubber Plants Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Navigator	42‑37924⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
48⇗	31 December 1943	Target: Blockade Runner 'Orsone' (name of ship) Type: Transportation Location: [Mouth of River Garonne], France	Navigator	42‑37924⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Molesworth; bombs jettisoned. Sortie Report⇗
49⇗	4 January 1944	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Kiel, Germany	Navigator	42‑37924⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
51⇗	7 January 1944	Target: Powerhouse Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Navigator	42‑37924⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron #4; assumed Squadron lead after assigned Squadron lead aircraft failed to take off; then led remaining group aircraft on the mission after weather broke up the group formation, causing most (including assigned group lead) to turn back. Sortie Report⇗
52⇗	11 January 1944	Target: Ju-88 Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt, Germany	Navigator	42‑37801⇗	Combat Mission Credit Joined formation of the 401st BG and completed the mission. Landed away at RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire, on return due to weather. Sortie Report⇗
53⇗	14 January 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Meillard, France	Navigator	42‑31606⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
56⇗	30 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany	Navigator	42‑38013⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
57⇗	3 February 1944	Target: Submarines (under construction) Type: Submarine Facility Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany	Navigator	42‑38013⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Group Deputy. Sortie Report⇗
58⇗	4 February 1944	Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Navigator	42‑38013⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead, high group, 41st A Combat Wing. Sortie Report⇗
60⇗	6 February 1944	Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France	Navigator	42‑38013⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group deputy. Sortie Report⇗
61⇗	8 February 1944	Target: Piston Ring Factory Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Navigator	42‑38013⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
63⇗	20 February 1944	Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany	Navigator	42‑29703⇗	41B Group. Did not take off. Sortie Report⇗
69⇗	2 March 1944	Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant and Machine Shop Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Navigator	42‑37785⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
70⇗	3 March 1944	Target: Roller-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany	Navigator	42‑31871⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
71⇗	4 March 1944	Type: Military Location: Berlin, Germany	Navigator	42‑37801⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back at 0955 hrs; oxygen failure; dropped from 350 lbs to 250 lbs in 30 minutes without use. Sortie Report⇗
72⇗	6 March 1944	Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany	Navigator	42‑37801⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off High group deputy, 40th Composite Combat Wing. 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	Navigator	42‑37801⇗	Combat Mission Credit Wing deputy. Sortie Report⇗
81⇗	24 March 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Navigator	42‑3440⇗	Combat Mission Credit FLIGHT TIME 6:35 Sortie Report⇗
82⇗	26 March 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Grismont, Rebecques, France	Navigator	42‑38158⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
86⇗	9 April 1944	Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Marienburg, Germany	Navigator	42‑97231⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead, low group. 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	Navigator	42‑97237⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
88⇗	11 April 1944	Target: FW Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Sorau, Germany	Navigator	42‑97204⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead, lead group. Sortie Report⇗
90⇗	18 April 1944	Target: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany	Navigator	42‑97367⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
93⇗	22 April 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany	Navigator	42‑97237⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead, low group. Sortie Report⇗
94⇗	24 April 1944	Target: Dornier-Werke GMBH Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany	Navigator	42‑97204⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
95⇗	25 April 1944	Target: Metz-Frescaty Airdrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Metz, France	Navigator	42‑97237⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗

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