MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1943‑10‑10 | 31 | 114 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Münster, Germany |
Coesfeld Mistaken for Münster: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided 21 aircraft for today's mission. Aborting aircraft reduced the number attacking to fifteen. At the start of the bomb run, 'we observed a town burning and, mistaking it for the target, made the bomb run. The town was later identified as Coesfeld [Germany].' On the return, weather interfered with recovery operations, forcing seve to land at other fields, and one crew to bail out, leaving their aircraft to crash near Eye. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes | Completed Mission |
Other (Visual) Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Coesfeld, Germany |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17F | 42‑3037 ⇗ | 544th | SU*Z | WINDY CITY AVENGER |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Jorgenson, Henry (NMI), Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Lucas, Hoyt Coltman⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Sparrow, Harry Ira⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Plummer, Frederick Wayne⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Buller, Elwood Ellis⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Grant, George Vaughn, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Finkelstein, Raymond Louis⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Hall, Lawrence Marion⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Loughlin, Edmund Henry⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Jordan, Edward Allan⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |