| 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) |
| No |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: Turned back with #4 engine out. |
N/A |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 43‑39164 ⇗ | 544th | SU*F | not known |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Magleby, Calvin Charles⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Co-pilot | Ellis, William H⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Navigator | Kindl, Rudolph W⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Togglier | Adams, Arthur William⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Radio Operator | Daning, Bernard L⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Campbell, Franklin R⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Ball Turret | Estrin, Leonard (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Tail Gunner | Burns, Harry Worren ⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Hamblin, Robert George⇗ | 546 | Aborted |