| 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 Comments: High Squadron deputy, low group. Landed away at Rattlesden due to technical failures. |
TOO (Visual) Target: Railroad Marshalling Yard Type: Transportation Location: Lingen, Germany |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17F | 42‑29703 ⇗ | 544th | SU*E | KATHY JANE |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | West, George Berry⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Yount, Donald Laverne⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | DeWitt, Robert Courtney⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Credidio, Anthony Joseph⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Anderson, Charles LeRoy⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Crippen, Creig B⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Skerko, John (NMI)⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Graeb, William Louis⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Figley, Wilbert Guy⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Ray, William Charles⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |