| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑09‑13 | 194 | 628 | Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany |
| The 'Oil Campaign' Continues: The 384th Bombardment Group (Heavy) led the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission, supplying all planes and crews, except for the high section of the high group which was filled by three aircraft from the 303rd BG. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Spare, Completed Mission Comments: Low group flying spare; assigned to replace Gross in 1484 when that aircraft was scrubbed. |
Primary (Visual) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑38013 ⇗ | 547th | SO*C | NEVADA AVENGER |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Hunt, John Hardy, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Touton, William Frank⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Perry, Edward Clarke, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Hofmann, Ernest H⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Fuerstenau, Paul William⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Ramos, Jesus Guadalupe Trevino⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Schultz, Blaine Shelvy⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Vargas, Juan Pacheco⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Linn, Clifford LeRoy⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |