Palmer, Raymond George

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Palmer, Raymond George ‡ ⇗
Rank	Corporal / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	35235645 ‡
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	Tail Gunner
MOS	611 - Aerial Gunner
Last Duty Date	27 December 1944
Results	Completed Combat Tour
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 6 April 1925 Promoted to Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #163 dated 14 August 1944. Promoted to Staff Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #185 dated 19 September 1944.
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	Tail Gunner	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	Tail Gunner	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗
177⇗	11 August 1944	Target: Tactical: Coastal Artillery Emplacements Type: Military Location: Brest, France	Tail Gunner	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	Tail Gunner	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	Tail Gunner	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	Tail Gunner	42‑97204⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
187⇗	3 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Tail Gunner	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	Tail Gunner	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	Tail Gunner	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	Tail Gunner	44‑6135⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
196⇗	19 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6105⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
198⇗	25 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑38208⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
200⇗	27 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (PFF Aiming Points) Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6080⇗	Taxi accident prior to takeoff. Salvaged 9/27/44 Sortie Report⇗
201⇗	28 September 1944	Target: Steelworks Type: Industry Location: Magdeburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑38208⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
202⇗	30 September 1944	Target: Handorf Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Münster, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6105⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
203⇗	2 October 1944	Target: Ford Motor Works Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
205⇗	5 October 1944	Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6135⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
208⇗	9 October 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38542⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
213⇗	18 October 1944	Target: Ford Motor Works Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Tail Gunner	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	Tail Gunner	44‑6135⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
216⇗	30 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Tail Gunner	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	Tail Gunner	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	Tail Gunner	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	Tail Gunner	43‑38542⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
225⇗	11 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97263⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
226⇗	16 November 1944	Target: Tactical - Artillery Positions Type: Military Location: Eschweiler, Germany	Tail Gunner	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	Tail Gunner	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
233⇗	30 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
234⇗	2 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Oberlahnstein, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
235⇗	4 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Soest, Germany	Tail Gunner	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	Tail Gunner	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	Tail Gunner	43‑38630⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
238⇗	11 December 1944	Target: Road & Rail Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany	Tail Gunner	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	Tail Gunner	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
240⇗	18 December 1944	Target: Road Junction Type: Transportation Location: Gemünd, Germany	Tail Gunner	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	Tail Gunner	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	Tail Gunner	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	Tail Gunner	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗

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