| 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 |
Failed To Return Comments: Group lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Left formation 20 minutes prior to the IP, apparently due to flak damage. No communication was received from this aircraft regarding the abort. Crash site and fate of crew are unknown. MACR 11578 |
Secondary (Visual) Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne, Germany |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
| B-17G | 44‑8216 ⇗ | 545th | JD*Y | not known | Priesnitz, Frank Joseph, Jr |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Commander | Stone, Arthur Martin, Jr⇗ | 545 | MIA |
| Pilot | Hicks, Kenneth Delmont⇗ | 545 | MIA |
| Navigator | Barry, William Rudisill⇗ | 547 | MIA |
| Navigator | Kampel, Edward Joseph⇗ | 545 | MIA |
| Navigator | Wilson, Eugene Theodore⇗ | 545 | MIA |
| Bombardier | Fornear, Thomas Southern⇗ | 545 | MIA |
| Radio Operator | Palecek, George Frank⇗ | 545 | MIA |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Harfman, Lavern Frank⇗ | 545 | MIA |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Carter, James Kane⇗ | 545 | MIA |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Guider, Robert Harwood⇗ | 545 | MIA |
| Observer | Pluhar, Emil Edward⇗ | 545 | MIA |
| SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS: | |
| TYPE | IDENTIFICATION |
| MACR | Missing Air Crew Report # 11578⇗ |