Corbett, Thomas Walter

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Corbett, Thomas Walter ‡ ⇗
Rank	Staff Sergeant / Technical Sergeant
Serial Number	12211633 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #146 dated 17 November 1943, effective 17 November 1943.
Duty	Radio Operator / Gunner
MOS	756 - Radio Operator, AAF (Army Air Forces Radio Operator)
Last Duty Date	8 May 1944
Results	Killed In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Middletown, New Jersey
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 21 August 1923 Reclassified from MOS 756 to MOS 757 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #13 dated 19 January 1944. Promoted to Technical Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #19 dated 27 January 1944.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 4561⇓ (4.362 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Foster, James Everett⇗	Pilot	KIA
2nd Lt. Duffy, John H⇗	Co-pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Vernon, Sheldon Ira⇗	Navigator	CT
2nd Lt. Ferazzi, Gabriel Ernest⇗	Bombardier	CT
S/SGT. Corbett, Thomas Walter	Radio Operator / Gunner	KIA
S/SGT. Birch, Frank Austin⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
SGT. Overcash, Jimmy Lee, Jr⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	KIA
SGT. Matthijetz, Carl Walter⇗	Tail Gunner	CT
SGT. Corfield, Robert Milton⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Cochran, Thomas Tidwell⇗	Flexible Gunner	KIA

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 28 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
42⇗	13 December 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑31274⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗
53⇗	14 January 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Meillard, France	Radio Operator	42‑37848⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
54⇗	21 January 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France	Radio Operator	42‑39888⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41A Group. FLIGHT TIME 4:30 Sortie Report⇗
55⇗	29 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Parts Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑39888⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Lead group Sortie Report⇗
56⇗	30 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑39888⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group. FLIGHT TIME 6:45 Sortie Report⇗
57⇗	3 February 1944	Target: Submarines (under construction) Type: Submarine Facility Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑39888⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group. FLIGHT TIME 7:30 Sortie Report⇗
60⇗	6 February 1944	Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France	Radio Operator	42‑39888⇗	Combat Mission Credit FLIGHT TIME 7:30 Sortie Report⇗
61⇗	8 February 1944	Target: Piston Ring Factory Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑39888⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
64⇗	21 February 1944	Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Werl, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑39888⇗	Combat Mission Credit Released 25 parcels of G-27 'nickles' (propaganda leaflets) and six 500-pound general-purpose bombs on the target. Sortie Report⇗
65⇗	22 February 1944	Target: Aircraft Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑39888⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off 41A Group. Sortie Report⇗
66⇗	24 February 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑39888⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron, lead group. Sortie Report⇗
67⇗	25 February 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly & Ball Bearings Plants Type: Industry Location: Augsburg & Stuttgart, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑31235⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41A Group, High Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗
69⇗	2 March 1944	Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant and Machine Shop Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑39888⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
70⇗	3 March 1944	Target: Roller-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑39888⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back because of severe vibration in #3 engine. Sortie Report⇗
79⇗	22 March 1944	Target: Heinkel Aircraft Assembly Plant at Annahof Airfield Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑39888⇗	Combat Mission Credit Dropped 25 parcels of G-31 'Nickles' (propaganda leaflets), in addition to bombs. Sortie Report⇗
80⇗	23 March 1944	Target: Airdrome and Airpark Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Gütersloh, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑39888⇗	Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined the lead group. Sortie Report⇗
81⇗	24 March 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑39888⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
82⇗	26 March 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Grismont, Rebecques, France	Radio Operator	42‑31495⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
83⇗	27 March 1944	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Tours & Chartres, France	Radio Operator	42‑39888⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off 94 Group. Turned back over Kettering at 1210 hrs because #3 prop ran away. Sortie Report⇗
85⇗	29 March 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑3440⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
86⇗	9 April 1944	Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Marienburg, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑39888⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
87⇗	10 April 1944	Target: Evere Airfield (50°54'3"N 4°20'9"E) Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium	Radio Operator	42‑39888⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
90⇗	18 April 1944	Target: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑39888⇗	Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
91⇗	19 April 1944	Target: Fieseler Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel (Waldau), Germany	Radio Operator	42‑39888⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Landed to correct loose gas cap problem, then took off and joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
92⇗	20 April 1944	Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France	Radio Operator	42‑31435⇗	Combat Mission Credit B Wing, High Group. Sortie Report⇗
93⇗	22 April 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑97136⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report⇗
94⇗	24 April 1944	Target: Dornier-Werke GMBH Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑3441⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑39888. Sustained 20mm cannon damage. Sortie Report⇗
95⇗	25 April 1944	Target: Metz-Frescaty Airdrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Metz, France	Radio Operator	42‑97521⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
97⇗	27 April 1944	Target: Toul/Croix de Metz Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France	Radio Operator	42‑97251⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
99⇗	1 May 1944	Target: Launch Site in Foret Nationale de Tournehem Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Foret Nationale de Tournehem, France	Radio Operator	42‑97404⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron Lead. Sortie Report⇗
100⇗	4 May 1944	Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑97282⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
101⇗	7 May 1944	Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑102459⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
103⇗	8 May 1944	Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France	Radio Operator	42‑31495⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Hit by continuously tracking flak about one minute before bombs away; aircraft hit by burst between tail and waist doors and went into very steep uncontrollable dive; was seen to hit the ground still burning; tail gunner seemed to be blown out with no chutes observed; crashed near Le Foyer, France. MACR 4561 Sortie Report⇗

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