MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑01‑05 | 50 | 176 | Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Kiel, Germany |
Smokescreen Not Effective: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the lead group of the 41st Composite Combat Wing on today's mission. Weather at the target was CAVU, and a defensive smokescreen failed to hide the target, permitting a successful visual attack. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
No |
Did Not Take Off Comments: Low Squadron lead; did not takeoff. This was the first mission this aircraft was assigned following a taxiing accident on 18 November, which apparently caused significant damage. |
N/A |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17F | 42‑3440 ⇗ | 544th | SU*P | BROADWAY ROSE |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Robinson, Robert Lawrence⇗ | 544 | Scrubbed |
Co-pilot | Baylor, Robert Bledsoe⇗ | 544 | Scrubbed |
Navigator | Holzbaur, Frederick Morris⇗ | 544 | Scrubbed |
Bombardier | Kramer, Herman Drummond⇗ | 544 | Scrubbed |
Radio Operator | Stumpf, Howard Martin⇗ | 544 | Scrubbed |
Engineer/Top Turret | Hutchison, William Wilds⇗ | 544 | Scrubbed |
Ball Turret | Maziarka, Stanley Walter⇗ | 544 | Scrubbed |
Tail Gunner | Ripley, Carlyle David⇗ | 544 | Scrubbed |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Porter, Edward Eugene⇗ | 544 | Scrubbed |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Johnston, Thomas Theadora, Jr⇗ | 544 | Scrubbed |