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: PFF ship; C group lead. |
Secondary (PFF) Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Münster, Germany |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 44‑8008 ⇗ | 544th | SU*Y | not known |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Commander | Frink, Horace Everett⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Pilot | Neville, Harry Walter⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Hobdey, Cecil Delwin⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Lucyshyn, John (NMI)⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Monaco, Armand Michael⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Morris, Arthur Joseph⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Lay, Obert Merle⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | DeLauri, Angelo (NMI)⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Horan, William Paul⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Kania, Stanley Joseph⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Harper, Jack Rollin⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |