MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑11‑20 | 227 | 718 | Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Marshalling Yards Bombed: A combination of equipment failures prevented the planned Gee-H attack on the primary target. Therefore, all squadrons of the 384th attacked the secondary PFF target. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Composite Squadron 41st Bomb Wing D group. |
Secondary (PFF) Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Münster, Germany |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 44‑6514 ⇗ | 547th | SO*Q | DANNY |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Rowe, George B⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Bakkom, Clifford Norris⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Gullekson, Leslie C⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | McDaniel, Oscar Kenneth⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Chernitsky, Thomas William⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Hill, John R⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Hammack, William Glenn⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Boyd, Lester Ross⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Matthews, Franklin Waller⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |