MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑10‑06 | 206 | 667 | Target: M/T Factory Type: Industry Location: Stettin / Szczecin, Poland |
Primary Targets Not Attacked: Aircraft of the 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as composite of 40th D Combat Wing (high squadron) and 41st A Combat Wing (low section of high squadron) on the mission flown today. Weather obscured the primary targets for both formations (A group primary was a Synthetic Oil Plant in 'Politz, Germany' - Police, Occupied Poland). The high squadron of the 40th D Combat Wing attacked the secondary target at Stargard, Germany (Occupied Poland): aiming was accomplished visually and bombs were away after an eight minute bomb run. The low section of the high squadron of the 41st A Combat Wing attacked the last resort target at Stralsund, Germany: aiming was accomplished visually and bombs were away after a twenty-four minute bomb run. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: D group lead. |
Secondary (Visual) Target: Airfield - Hangars Type: Military Location: Stargard, Poland |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 44‑8211 ⇗ | 546th | BK*Z | not known | Foster, Ewing H |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Commander | Johnson, William T⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Pilot | Durdin, Larkin Clayton⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Mathers, John Bowers⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Van Etten, Lawrence Edward⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | McClure, Oscar Milton⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Klanke, Edward Franklin⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Randall, Frank Abbott⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Rafeld, Richard Eugene⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Thulin, Theodore Clemence⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Flower, Merlin Lee⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS: | |
TYPE | IDENTIFICATION |
Photo | 1944-10-06, Group Lead, W. Johnson, L. Durdin |