| 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 |
Secondary (PFF) Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Münster, Germany |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑37788 ⇗ | 547th | SO*N | HELL'S MESSENGER |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Chamberlin, Myron⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Hammond, Jerrold Eugene⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Togglier | Fordham, Howard Calvert⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Manolio, Albert Thomas⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Ortiz, Ralph Gregory⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | McKinney, Roy Willard⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Bauer, Lawrence Martin⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Stevens, Sam Stanley⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |