MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1945‑04‑10 | 308 | 938 | Target: Ordnance Depot Workshop Area Type: Military Location: Oranienburg, Germany |
SS Depot Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Bomb Wing C Group on today's mission. The target, which was to be attacked by visual means only, was described as: 'S.S. Main Ordnance, Motor Transport and Equipment Depot ... is the largest motor transport depot in Germany [and] the administrative and supply center for the Waffen S.S.' Favorable weather conditions enabled accurate bombing. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Returned four bombs to base. |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 43‑37917 ⇗ | 545th | JD*B | PAULINE |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Burroughs, Edwin Carlton⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Stoecker, John George, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Smoot, Gene W⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Vienna, Howard Bartel, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Misch, Henry Conrad⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Bittke, Carl Frederic⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Sandbek, Phillip Elmore⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Newberry, Donald Eugene⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |