Manners, Dale Melvin

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Manners, Dale Melvin ⇗
Rank	Corporal / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	37460745
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #140 dated 17 July 1944, effective 17 July 1944.
Duty	Tail Gunner
MOS	611 - Aerial Gunner
Last Duty Date	2 January 1945
Results	Completed Combat Tour
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 28 March 1923 Promoted to Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #149 dated 27 July 1944. Promoted to Staff Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #163 dated 14 August 1944. Placed on seven days Temporary duty (TD) on 26 October 1944 to Spetchley Park, Dorchester, AAF Station 562 (a Flak house) to carry out the instructions of the Commanding General per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #211 dated 25 October 1944.
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Hicks, Ralph Benjamin⇗	Pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Niederlitz, Donald Edward⇗	Co-pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Miller, Dan Owens⇗	Navigator	CT
Flt. Ofcr. Scheanwald, Richard James⇗	Bombardier	CT
S/SGT. Frerichs, Earl Edward⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Townsend, Perry Houston, Jr⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
SGT. Laine, William Jewel⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	TBD
CPL. Manners, Dale Melvin	Tail Gunner	CT
SGT. Weeks, Melvin Francis⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT
SGT. Snyder, Norman Anderson⇗	Flexible Gunner	TBD

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 35 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
167⇗	29 July 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97204⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
168⇗	31 July 1944	Target: Aero Engine Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Munich / München, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑31222⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
169⇗	1 August 1944	Target: Railroad Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Chartres, France	Tail Gunner	42‑38208⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Group, High Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗
170⇗	3 August 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Fleury, Flers, Fiefs, France	Tail Gunner	42‑38208⇗	Combat Mission Credit I Group, Low Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗
171⇗	4 August 1944	Target: Rocket Research & Development Complex Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Peenemünde, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑38208⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
176⇗	9 August 1944	Target: Erding Airdrome & Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Erding, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑8011⇗	Combat Mission Credit High section deputy, lead group. Sortie Report⇗
177⇗	11 August 1944	Target: Tactical: Coastal Artillery Emplacements Type: Military Location: Brest, France	Tail Gunner	42‑97150⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
178⇗	12 August 1944	Target: "Landing Ground" Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: La Perthe, France	Tail Gunner	44‑6105⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗
180⇗	14 August 1944	Target: Echterdingen Airdrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Stuttgart, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑38208⇗	Combat Mission Credit High group. Sortie Report⇗
186⇗	30 August 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Crepieul, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑97263⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
188⇗	5 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑37713⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 44‑8011. Sortie Report⇗
189⇗	8 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑38208⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
190⇗	9 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑38208⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
192⇗	11 September 1944	Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf & Merseburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑37843⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41A Group. Sortie Report⇗
194⇗	13 September 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6080⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
195⇗	17 September 1944	Target: Tank and Gun Concentrations, Tactical Type: Military Location: Eindhoven & 's‑Hertogenbosch (den Bosch), The Netherlands	Tail Gunner	42‑31222⇗	Combat Mission Credit F Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
198⇗	25 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6149⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
199⇗	26 September 1944	Target: Steelworks Type: Industry Location: Osnabrück, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑37990⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
205⇗	5 October 1944	Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑107148⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 42‑37822. High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
206⇗	6 October 1944	Target: M/T Factory Type: Industry Location: Stettin / Szczecin, Poland	Tail Gunner	42‑38013⇗	Combat Mission Credit D group. Sortie Report⇗
212⇗	17 October 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38262⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
215⇗	25 October 1944	Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102449⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Gee-H ship. Took lead at IP and guided Squadron to an attack on the primary target using Gee-H. Sortie Report⇗
222⇗	8 November 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant (visual aim point) Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102449⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Gee-H and 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	42‑102449⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41C Group, High Squadron Deputy. Gee-H ship. Landed away at Brussels, Belgium, due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗
227⇗	20 November 1944	Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑107125⇗	Combat Mission Credit Gee-H ship; low Squadron deputy, 41st Bomb Wing C group. Sortie Report⇗
228⇗	23 November 1944	Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑107125⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy, B group; Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗
232⇗	29 November 1944	Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
234⇗	2 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Oberlahnstein, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑107125⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
237⇗	9 December 1944	Target: Airfield and Daimler Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Böblingen (Stuttgart area), Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38800⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group deputy and lead Squadron hot camera ship. Assumed lead after the lead aaircraft developed engine trouble and cound not keep up with formation. Sortie Report⇗
239⇗	12 December 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38800⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
243⇗	24 December 1944	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Kirch Göns, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38757⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41C Group. Landed away at Sudbury Airfield, AAF Station 174, due to inclement weather. Sortie Report⇗
245⇗	28 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Brühl, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38757⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
246⇗	30 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Limburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38800⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
247⇗	31 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Neuss, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38757⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
249⇗	2 January 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gerolstein, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38800⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. Sortie Report⇗

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