| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1945‑03‑14 | 288 | 886 | Target: Railroad Bridge, Weser River Type: Transportation Location: Bad Oeynhausen, Germany |
| Railroad Bridge Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st Bomb Wing as the A Group on today's mission. Because of ground haze and a smoke screen, the bomb run was started using Gee-H guidance. However, shortly before the target, the lead bombardiers of each squadron picked it up in the bombsight and released their bombs using visual sighting. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes | Completed Mission | Primary (Visual) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑97309 ⇗ | 545th | JD*C | KATHLEEN LADY OF VICTORY |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Lucas, Roy E⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Swarts, Richard Pearl⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Stern, Harold M⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Togglier | Perrong, Henry James⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | DePeri, Charles Francis⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Reinhardt, Charles L, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Barrett, Robert Byandt⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Deal, Burr Winton, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | O'Bryan, William Herbert, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |