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) |
No |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: Turned back, #3 engine failure. |
N/A |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17F | 42‑3259 ⇗ | 545th | JD*T | SNAFU / ALABAMA WHIRLWIND |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Bedsole, Joseph Linyer, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Cosentino, George (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Groh, Harold Chester⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Wismann, William Charles⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Woodall, Arthur James, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Maruszak, Karol Leonard⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Hotis, Leo Constantine⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | McMichael, Marion Louis⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Mazewski, Michael Henry, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Ward, Clarence Howard⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |