Chaknis, John Manuel

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Chaknis, John Manuel ‡ ⇗
Rank	Private First Class / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	14166823 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #28 dated 4 February 1945, effective 4 February 1945. Transferred to the 385th Bomb group for return to Zone of the Interior (ZOI), per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report (reference to 1st Air Division Special Orders #176 EXTRACT) dated 26 June 1945, effective 28 June 1945.
Duty	Ball Turret Gunner
MOS	611 - Aerial Gunner
Last Duty Date	28 June 1945
Results	Completed Combat Tour
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 14 February 1920 Promoted to Sergeant effective 10 February 1945 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #33 dated 10 February 1945. Reclassified from MOS 611 to MOS 612 effective 24 April 1945 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #89 dated 24 April 1945. Promoted to Staff Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #95 dated 1 May 1945.
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Murphy, William Carey⇗	Pilot	CT
Flt. Ofcr. Clower, Jack Edwin⇗	Co-pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Gilbert, William Theodore⇗	Navigator	CT
CPL. Staub, Richard William⇗	Togglier	TR
CPL. Haines, Robert Glenn⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
CPL. Kelley, John Thomas⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	TBD
PFC. Chaknis, John Manuel	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
PFC. LaRue, James Russell⇗	Tail Gunner	CT
PFC. Stolte, Kenneth Louis⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 25 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
268⇗	19 February 1945	Target: Coking Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
270⇗	21 February 1945	Target: Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38974⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
271⇗	22 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ülzen, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑107125⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
272⇗	23 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Plauen, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑37971⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
273⇗	24 February 1945	Target: Submarine Construction Shipyard Type: Shipyards Location: Hamburg, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38678⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
278⇗	1 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bruchsal, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
279⇗	2 March 1945	Target: Low Temperature Carbonization Plant and Refinery of Deutsche Petroleum A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Rositz, Germany	Ball Turret	44‑8408⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
280⇗	3 March 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany	Ball Turret	44‑8679⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
282⇗	7 March 1945	Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Bochum, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
283⇗	8 March 1945	Target: Oil Refinery - 'Benzol Plant' Type: Oil Industry Location: Essen, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
284⇗	9 March 1945	Target: Henschel Tank and Locomotive Works Type: Industry Location: Kassel, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
286⇗	11 March 1945	Target: Vacuum Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bremen, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑37971⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
287⇗	12 March 1945	Target: Railway Center Type: Transportation Location: Betzdorf, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑107148⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
288⇗	14 March 1945	Target: Railroad Bridge, Weser River Type: Transportation Location: Bad Oeynhausen, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
290⇗	17 March 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen (Leipzig), Germany	Ball Turret	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
291⇗	18 March 1945	Target: Schlesischer Railway Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
292⇗	19 March 1945	Target: Braunkohle-Benzin Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41C Group. Sortie Report⇗
293⇗	20 March 1945	Target: Deutsche Werft Submarine Shipyard Type: Submarine Facility Location: Hamburg, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
296⇗	24 March 1945	Target: Vechta Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Vechta, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
298⇗	26 March 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑37717⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at B-24 on continent (Bazenville, France) on return due to low fuel. Crew and aircraft remained there overnight. Sortie Report⇗
301⇗	31 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
302⇗	3 April 1945	Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Kiel, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
303⇗	4 April 1945	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Fassberg, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38062⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑39019. Sortie Report⇗
305⇗	6 April 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (Visual Primary) Type: Transportation Location: Leipzig, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
313⇗	17 April 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑37971⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗

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