MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑05‑30 | 120 | 380 | Target: Aircraft Hangars and Repair Sheds Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt, Germany |
Airfield Targeted: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the Lead and Low Groups of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing, the last of six Wings in Air Task Force 1, on today's mission. With good conditions for visual bombing, the target was hit hard. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Low Group, High Squadron Lead. |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 42‑102661 ⇗ | 544th | SU*L | BIG DOG |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Sammons, Gerald Busby⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Shwery, Arthur John⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Dashev, Jack Saul⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Cooper, Leo Lee⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Feyerabend, Lawrence Lenard⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Schneider, Walter Joseph⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Placer, James Jackson⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Schwartz, Stanley (NMI)⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Kilpatrick, Redin Robert⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |