MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1945‑01‑10 | 254 | 789 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bonn, Germany |
Two Marshalling Yards Bombed: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Combat Wing B Group on today's mission. As the result of the loss of the group leader, as well as multiple equipment failures, portions of the group attacked the primary and secondary targets: low squadron attacked the primary, high squadron attacked the secondary on the first run, and the lead squadron attacked the secondary on the second run. All attacks were visual. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes | Completed Mission |
Secondary (Visual) Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne, Germany |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 43‑37703 ⇗ | 544th | SU*P | TREMBLIN GREMLIN (II) |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Kramer, William Leo⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Wolfe, Jack S⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Burk, Paul E⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Morpeth, Clarence Robinson, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Jenkins, Ernest Norman⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Scrivner, Dwight Arnold⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Pfeiffer, Jack Edward⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Krauss, Keith A⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Lukosavich, Francis J⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |