Thompson, LeDru Myron

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Thompson, LeDru Myron ‡ ⇗
Rank	Corporal / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	37358839 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #208 dated 20 October 1944, effective 20 October 1944. Transferred to the Casual Pool, 70th Reinforcement depot, AAF Station 591, per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 1 April 1945, effective 23 March 1945.
Duty	Tail Gunner
MOS	611 - Aerial Gunner
Last Duty Date	23 March 1945
Results	Completed Combat Tour
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 26 March 1918 Promoted to Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #213 dated 28 October 1944. Reclassified from MOS 611 to MOS 612 effective 5 February 1945 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #29 dated 5 February 1945. Promoted to Staff Sergeant effective 12 February 1945 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #35 dated 12 February 1945. Ordered to Palace Hotel, Southport, AAF Station 5524 (a Flak house) on 27 February 1945 for seven days temporary duty, purpose to carry out instructions of the Commanding General per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #44 dated 23 February 1945.

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
1st Lt. Hicks, Kenneth Delmont⇗	Pilot	MIA
2nd Lt. Welsh, James H⇗	Co-pilot	FCMEW
2nd Lt. Bierman, Robert (NMI)⇗	Navigator	CT
CPL. Loffarelli, Clarence Peter⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
CPL. Werner, Edwin J (IO)⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
CPL. Kotnik, Robert Rudolph⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
CPL. Thompson, LeDru Myron	Tail Gunner	CT
SGT. Adams, Jack Colvin⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT
CPL. Strutz, La Verne Herman⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 35 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
220⇗	5 November 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38678⇗	Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship. Landed away at Stratishall due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗
221⇗	6 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6109⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
222⇗	8 November 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant (visual aim point) Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑8409⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
223⇗	9 November 1944	Target: Ground Installations Type: Military Location: Ouvrages de Sorbey (Metz), France	Tail Gunner	42‑97309⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
224⇗	10 November 1944	Target: Ostheim Airfield & Butzweilerhof Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97309⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41C Group, Lead Squadron. Hot Camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
226⇗	16 November 1944	Target: Tactical - Artillery Positions Type: Military Location: Eschweiler, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑37917⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗
228⇗	23 November 1944	Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38678⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
229⇗	25 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6109⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed High Squadron Sortie Report⇗
230⇗	26 November 1944	Target: Railroad Viaduct Type: Transportation Location: Altenbeken, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6109⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
231⇗	27 November 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Offenburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38673⇗	Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
232⇗	29 November 1944	Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38673⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
234⇗	2 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Oberlahnstein, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑107148. High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
235⇗	4 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Soest, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38673⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
238⇗	11 December 1944	Target: Road & Rail Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38673⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
239⇗	12 December 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38673⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
241⇗	19 December 1944	Target: Railway Junction Type: Transportation Location: Glaadt, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38673⇗	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	43‑38678⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Horham due to weather. Sortie Report⇗
243⇗	24 December 1944	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Kirch Göns, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38678⇗	Combat Mission Credit 13F Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
246⇗	30 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Limburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38721⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
249⇗	2 January 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gerolstein, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑37717⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
251⇗	5 January 1945	Target: Landing Ground Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Neiderbreisig, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑32106⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
252⇗	7 January 1945	Target: Enemy Strong Point Type: Military Location: Blankenheim, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑38013⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
255⇗	15 January 1945	Target: Neuburg Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Neuburg an der Donau, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102518⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
256⇗	17 January 1945	Target: Railroad Viaduct Type: Transportation Location: Bielefeld, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102518⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
257⇗	20 January 1945	Target: Rail and Road Bridges Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38673⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire. Sortie Report⇗
264⇗	3 February 1945	Target: Tempelhof Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑8679⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron Flying Spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
267⇗	15 February 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102518⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Bassingbourn Airfield, AAF Station 121. Sortie Report⇗
268⇗	19 February 1945	Target: Coking Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38673⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
270⇗	21 February 1945	Target: Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑8008⇗	Combat Mission Credit Wing deputy; PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗
271⇗	22 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ülzen, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
272⇗	23 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Plauen, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
274⇗	25 February 1945	Target: Tank & Submarine Engine Factory Type: Industry Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑8007⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group deputy; PFF and Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗
287⇗	12 March 1945	Target: Railway Center Type: Transportation Location: Betzdorf, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
288⇗	14 March 1945	Target: Railroad Bridge, Weser River Type: Transportation Location: Bad Oeynhausen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑98027⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead; PFF and Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗
290⇗	17 March 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen (Leipzig), Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38678⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
291⇗	18 March 1945	Target: Schlesischer Railway Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑8789⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗
292⇗	19 March 1945	Target: Braunkohle-Benzin Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑37971⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41C Group, High Squadron Deputy and Hot Camera ship. Sortie Report⇗

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