MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1945‑03‑24 | 296 | 911 | Target: Vechta Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Vechta, Germany |
Weather Cooperates: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew two missions today. For the early morning mission, thirty-seven 384th aircraft and crews formed the 41st Bomb Wing A Group. Weather at the target was CAVU permitting visual sighting: bombing results were pretty good. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: High Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H aircraft. |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 44‑8211 ⇗ | 546th | BK*Z | not known | Foster, Ewing H |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Commander | Parker, George Frederick⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Pilot | Warner, Henry L⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Zeligson, Robert Lee⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Newman, David E⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Warner, Stanley E⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Mathis, Charles Eugene⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Jenkins, Ernest Norman⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Seidel, John Clarence⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Portwood, Ray S⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Taliaferro, Philip Andrew⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |