MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑02‑25 | 67 | 235 | Target: Aircraft Assembly & Ball Bearings Plants Type: Industry Location: Augsburg & Stuttgart, Germany |
Big Week, Last Day: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided aircraft and crews to two separate combat wings for today's mission. One formation flew as the high group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing (41A Group), and another small contingent flew as portions of the lead and low groups of the 41st Composite Combat Wing (41C Group). Weather at the 41A Group's target area near Augsburg was CAVU and visual bombing results were good. During assembly, one aircraft was forced out of the 41A Group while avoiding a mid-air collision and ended up joining the 41C Group and bombing a ball bearing plant with them. Weather at the 41C Group's target area near Stuttgart was CAVU and visual bombing results were good. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Failed To Return Comments: 41C Group, High Squadron, Lead Group. Feathered #2 engine at 1325 hrs but continued on towards target; at 1420, three minutes before target was reached, jettisoned bombs and peeled off from formation, perhaps heading for Switzerland; crash-landed near Bruchsal, Germany. MACR 2774 |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17F | 42‑29717 ⇗ | 544th | SU*M | MR. FIVE BY FIVE |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Larsen, Jack Kirby⇗ | 544 | POW |
Co-pilot | Donovan, Warren Francis⇗ | 544 | POW |
Navigator | Fallon, John James⇗ | 544 | POW |
Bombardier | Murray, Edward Joseph⇗ | 544 | POW |
Radio Operator | Cole, Robert Lester⇗ | 544 | POW |
Engineer/Top Turret | Barnes, Karl Francis⇗ | 544 | POW |
Ball Turret | Haverlah, Alton Bernhard⇗ | 544 | POW |
Tail Gunner | Moore, John William⇗ | 544 | POW |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Holler, Edward Ralph⇗ | 544 | POW |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Simon, Edward (NMI)⇗ | 544 | POW |
SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS: | |
TYPE | IDENTIFICATION |
MACR | Missing Air Crew Report # 2774⇗ |