| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑05‑12 | 106 | 353 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany |
| First 384th Oil Industry Attack: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing, and supplied an additional group for the low position of the wing formation for today's mission - the first 384th attack on oil industry targets. Clear weather at the target permitted accurate visual bombing. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Low group deputy. |
Primary (Visual) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
| B-17G | 42‑97139 ⇗ | 546th | BK*M | FLAK HOPPER | McKinney, Lauren Lee |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Courtemanche, Ralph Eudor⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Hartness, Joseph George, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Dolson, Henry James⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Thaxter, Floyd Wilson⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Turner, Claude Murphy⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Geronemo, James Anthony⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Aronson, Isadore Irving⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Hosmer, Richard Clyde⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Zieba, Edmund (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Duddy, Martin Joseph⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |