MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1943‑12‑22 | 45 | 161 | Target: Steel Shops/Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Osnabrück, Germany |
Unknown Location Bombed: Due to the lead (PFF) aircraft having aborted, the deputy lead (without PFF) attempted to release bombs based on formation ahead of them. Location of the target attacked is approximate, based on dead-reckoning navigation over 10/10 cloud cover. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
No | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed | N/A |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 42‑31045 ⇗ | 546th | BK*M | not known | McKinney, Lauren Lee |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Rich, John (NMI), Jr⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
Co-pilot | Wehry, George Ellsworth⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
Navigator | Indest, Joseph Albert⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
Bombardier | Marvin, William Vern⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
Radio Operator | Montagne, Henry Julien Louis⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
Engineer/Top Turret | Eklund, Howard Joseph⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
Ball Turret | Henken, Norman (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
Tail Gunner | Goddard, Kenneth Douglas⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Jacobson, Donald Roger⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Louden, Jack Elmer⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |