MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑03‑18 | 76 | 264 | Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany |
Two Targets Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided two formations for today's mission. A group size formation led the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing, while a squadron size formation led the high composite group of the same wing. All targets were attacked by visual means.
Five aircraft of High Composite Group, led by Capt J M Merritt, bombed an airfield in the vicinity of Memmingen, Germany as a Last Resort Target: they were unable to drop on the primary target because another formation was below them. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Dropped ten parcels of 'nickles' (propaganda leaflets) in addition to bombs. |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 42‑38208 ⇗ | 547th | SO*A | LILLY BELLE |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Bennett, Phillip Nathan, Jr⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Haley, Ralph Bernard⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Monfort, Robert Hugh⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Pastorella, John Paul⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | House, Harland Francis⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Whitley, William Martin⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Hughes, Richard Bland, Jr⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Golka, Larry John⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Smith, Otto (NMI)⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Zanetti, James John⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |