| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑12‑23 | 242 | 757 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ehrang, Germany |
| Primary Target Attacked: A normal Gee-H run was started from the IP, but before bombs away, the bombardier picked up the target visually and released bombs on the primary target. On arriving back at Grafton Underwood, bad weather forced diversion of most aircraft to other airfields. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 43‑37917. Landed away at RAF Wethersfield, Essex, due to weather. Apparently ferried to Ridgewell prior to 24 December mission. |
Primary (Visual) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑97592 ⇗ | 547th | SO*Y | not known |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Commander | Minor, Henry W, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Pilot | Kinnaird, William Robert⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Rovero, Aldo John⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Kampel, Edward Joseph⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Burcham, Eugene Emmons⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Palecek, George Frank⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Bauer, Henry (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Euting, Carl Richard⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Brown, Robert Frank⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Cates, Clay Franklin⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |