| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑12‑31 | 247 | 772 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Neuss, Germany |
| Railroad Target Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 1st Air Division on todays mission. All three squadrons of the 384th Bomb Group formation - 41st Combat Wing B Group - attacked the marshalling yards in Neuss, Germany. Although the weather at the IP was fairly clear, 'Buckeye-Red' advised 10/10ths cloud cover at the target, thus necessitating an instrument assisted bomb run using Gee-H. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Spare, Completed Mission Comments: High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. |
Primary (Gee-H) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
| B-17G | 42‑97251 ⇗ | 546th | BK*O | SNUFFY | Kahn, Arthur William |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Cook, Raymond D⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Leavitt, Philip Neldon⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Walker, Roy J⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Togglier | Gustitus, Clarence Charles⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Newman, Leslie Dallas⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Dossett, Huston Robert⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Kangas, James Kermit⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Green, Forest Raymond⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Krupsky, Howard Clarence⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |