| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑02‑21 | 64 | 228 | Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Werl, Germany |
| Big Week: Day Two: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided two group formations for todays missions. They flew as the lead and low groups of the 41st B Combat Wing. Finding the primary target covered with clouds, they reversed course and sought targets-of-opportunity through breaks in the clouds. Eventually, a visual attack was made on the city of Lingen, Germany, focused on the marshalling yards and surrounding industrial area. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes | Completed Mission |
TOO (Visual) Target: Railroad Marshalling Yard Type: Transportation Location: Lingen, Germany |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17F | 42‑3259 ⇗ | 545th | JD*T | SNAFU / ALABAMA WHIRLWIND |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Laboda, Joseph Stanley⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Bush, Sidney Lewis⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Crist, Vern Warren⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Fornear, Thomas Southern⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Flynn, James Edward⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Hardtmann, Arnold John⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Smart, Samuel Hayes⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Nutt, Oliver Wayne⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Kerr, Robert Eugene⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Marshall, Milford (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |