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 | 42‑98000 ⇗ | 544th | SU*J | FIGHTIN' HEBE |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Fleshman, Warren Gray⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Laney, John Neal⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Cochran, John Edward, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Decker, Floyd Virgil⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Richardson, William Harrison⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Woodruff, Walter Charles, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Mitchell, Oreal Hugh⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Galetto, Anthony J⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Baumann, Frederick Herman⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |