| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑02‑22 | 65 | 230 | Target: Aircraft Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany |
| Big Week, Day Three: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided two group formations for today's missions. One formed the high group of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing (41A Group), and the other formed the high group of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing (41B Group).The 41A Group lost its formation when forced to fly into clouds during assembly: the entire group aborted, and all bombs were returned to base rather than being dropped at Halberstadt. The 41B Group attacked their primary target at Aschersleben, but while bombs appeared to strike in the target area, heavy smoke from prior groups made assessment difficult. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| No |
Crashed In Allied Territory Comments: 41B Group. Collided with 42‑38041 from 303rd BG, Molesworth, while forming up at 0956; crashed near Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire; only survivors were bombardier and navigator who parachuted to safety. |
N/A |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
| B-17G | 42‑31516 ⇗ | 546th | BK*M | not known | McKinney, Lauren Lee |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Jeter, Sydney Ryland, Jr⇗ | 546 | KIA |
| Co-pilot | Schutz, George Frederick, Jr⇗ | 546 | KIA |
| Navigator | Bailey, William Eugene⇗ | 546 | Bailed Out Over England |
| Bombardier | Swanson, Kenneth John⇗ | 546 | Bailed Out Over England |
| Radio Operator | Dupuis, George Edward⇗ | 546 | KIA |
| Engineer/Top Turret | MacDonald, Donald Van Buskirk⇗ | 546 | KIA |
| Ball Turret | Lisch, John Robert⇗ | 546 | KIA |
| Tail Gunner | Scheffer, Edgar A (IO)⇗ | 546 | KIA |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Madl, Ferdinand Jacob⇗ | 546 | KIA |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Persoskie, Metro (NMI)⇗ | 546 | KIA |
| SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS: | |
| TYPE | IDENTIFICATION |
| ACCIREP | Accident Report # 44-02-22-511⇗ |