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; group lead, 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 | 42‑98027 ⇗ | 544th | SU*Z | SWAMP ANGEL |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Commander | Laboda, Joseph Stanley⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Pilot | Gross, Kenneth Eugene⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Schwob, Carl Warren⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Sharp, Paul Howard⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Sturgess, James Alfred⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Cox, Frank LeRoy, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Howe, Vernon Bullock⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Baer, Robert (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Guy, Roderick Melbourne⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Van Britson, Raymond Jules⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Guider, Robert Harwood⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |