| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1943‑11‑05 | 35 | 121 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
| PFF Attack: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the attack today, with a PFF aircraft borrowed from the 482nd BG at Alconbury. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Returned Early Comments: Turned back because of oxygen failure and #3 engine not operating properly; bombed a target of opportunity with unobserved results. |
TOO (Visual) Target: Convoy of 30-40 ships. Type: Transportation Location: 52°28'N, 4°33'E, On the Open Sea |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
| B-17F | 42‑30033 ⇗ | 546th | BK*G | LITTLE AMERICA | Foster, Ewing H |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Van der Haeghen, Joseph Albert⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Co-pilot | Furber, Donald Wilson⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Navigator | Wilson, Eugene Theodore⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Bombardier | Kinney, William Brownie⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Radio Operator | Carroll, George Henry⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Estes, Lloyd Stack⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Ball Turret | Thurman, Fillman Clifton⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Tail Gunner | Renfro, Alvin Everette⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Voorhees, Ralph Warner⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Polito, Michael John⇗ | 545 | Aborted |