Richardson, Frederick Madison

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Richardson, Frederick Madison ⇗
Rank	Flight Officer
Serial Number	T-125891
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #144 dated 22 July 1944, effective 22 July 1944.
Duty	Navigator
MOS	1034 - Navigator
Last Duty Date	27 November 1944
Results	Completed Combat Tour
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 22 September 1922 Placed on seven days Temporary Duty (TD) to Stanbridge Earls, AAF Station 503 on 8 November 1944 to carry out the instructions of the Commanding General per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #220 dated 7 November 1944.
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
Flt. Ofcr. Wood, Rodney J⇗	Pilot	TR
Flt. Ofcr. Sczygiel, Frank Adam⇗	Co-pilot	TR
Flt. Ofcr. Richardson, Frederick Madison	Navigator	CT
2nd Lt. Pommering, Robert Frank⇗	Bombardier	TR
SGT. Skibinski, James Thomas⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	TR
SGT. Barbalish, John George⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	TR
CPL. Bretz, Clifford Thomas⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	TR
CPL. Seyler, Irvin Joseph⇗	Tail Gunner	TR
SGT. O'Neill, Michael John⇗	Flexible Gunner	TR
SGT. Robertie, Francis Damian⇗	Flexible Gunner	TR

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 34 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
169⇗	1 August 1944	Target: Railroad Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Chartres, France	Navigator	42‑32106⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Group. Sortie Report⇗
170⇗	3 August 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Fleury, Flers, Fiefs, France	Navigator	44‑6135⇗	Combat Mission Credit I Group, High Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗
171⇗	4 August 1944	Target: Rocket Research & Development Complex Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Peenemünde, Germany	Navigator	43‑37717⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
173⇗	5 August 1944	Target: Luftwaffe Controlling Station Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Langenhagen, Germany	Navigator	42‑102566⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
174⇗	7 August 1944	Target: Aircraft Fuel Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dugny (Paris), France	Navigator	44‑6135⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗
180⇗	14 August 1944	Target: Echterdingen Airdrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Stuttgart, Germany	Navigator	42‑102566⇗	Combat Mission Credit High section deputy, lead group. Sortie Report⇗
183⇗	24 August 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Navigator	43‑37717⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
184⇗	25 August 1944	Target: Airfield & Airpark Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Anklam, Germany	Navigator	43‑37971⇗	Combat Mission Credit High section lead, lead group. Sortie Report⇗
186⇗	30 August 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Crepieul, France	Navigator	42‑97309⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
187⇗	3 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Navigator	44‑6109⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
190⇗	9 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Navigator	42‑102566⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
191⇗	10 September 1944	Target: BMW Motor Component Parts Plant Type: Industry Location: Sindelfingen, Germany	Navigator	44‑6109⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
192⇗	11 September 1944	Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf & Merseburg, Germany	Navigator	42‑102566⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41B Group. The #2 regulator went out and the prop would not feather. It started vibrating badly and became detached from the engine, striking the side of the Navigator/Bombardier compartment and finally lodging in the wing as shown in the attached photographs. The Pilot slowed to 100MPH and landed at home base about one-and-one-half hours after the rest of the Group. Sortie Report⇗
195⇗	17 September 1944	Target: Tank and Gun Concentrations, Tactical Type: Military Location: Eindhoven & 's‑Hertogenbosch (den Bosch), The Netherlands	Navigator	43‑37717⇗	Combat Mission Credit E Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
196⇗	19 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany	Navigator	43‑37971⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
198⇗	25 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Navigator	44‑6294⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
199⇗	26 September 1944	Target: Steelworks Type: Industry Location: Osnabrück, Germany	Navigator	44‑6109⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed with #4 feathered. Sortie Report⇗
200⇗	27 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (PFF Aiming Points) Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Navigator	42‑97309⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
201⇗	28 September 1944	Target: Steelworks Type: Industry Location: Magdeburg, Germany	Navigator	44‑6294⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
202⇗	30 September 1944	Target: Handorf Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Münster, Germany	Navigator	42‑97309⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
203⇗	2 October 1944	Target: Ford Motor Works Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Navigator	42‑97309⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
205⇗	5 October 1944	Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Navigator	42‑97309⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
207⇗	7 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Leipzig, Germany	Navigator	42‑107148⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Turned back, reason unknown. Sortie Report⇗
208⇗	9 October 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Navigator	42‑97309⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
213⇗	18 October 1944	Target: Ford Motor Works Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Navigator	42‑102518⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
214⇗	19 October 1944	Target: Heinrich Lanz Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Mannheim, Germany	Navigator	44‑6109⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
215⇗	25 October 1944	Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Navigator	42‑32106⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
216⇗	30 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Navigator	44‑6109⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
217⇗	1 November 1944	Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Navigator	44‑6109⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
218⇗	2 November 1944	Target: Ruhr-Chemie A.G. Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Sterkrade (Holten), Germany	Navigator	44‑6109⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
219⇗	4 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany	Navigator	44‑6109⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
227⇗	20 November 1944	Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Navigator	42‑97271⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group. Sortie Report⇗
228⇗	23 November 1944	Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Navigator	44‑8409⇗	Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
229⇗	25 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Navigator	43‑37717⇗	Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship; landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗
231⇗	27 November 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Offenburg, Germany	Navigator	42‑102933⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 44‑6109. Sortie Report⇗

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