MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑04‑18 | 90 | 306 | Target: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany |
Attack on Aircraft Plant: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing A Wing on today's mission. Clouds in the target area complicated the bombardier's job, but the group was able to drop its bombs on target on the first bomb run. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Spare, Completed Mission Comments: Flying spare; joined formation. |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 42‑97320 ⇗ | 544th | SU*G | HOT ROCK |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Humbles, Alfred Thomas⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Blackburn, Keith Monroe⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Milne, Dale Thomas⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Barton, John Isaac⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Wardell, Raymond Arthur⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Keith, William Bernie⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Molitor, Thomas George⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | McBride, Charles Eugene⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Kalinowski, Carl Martin⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Fetty, Samuel Lee⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |