MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1943‑06‑22 | 1 | 65 | Target: General Motors Truck Factory Type: Industry Location: Antwerp, Belgium |
First 384th Combat Mission: Col Budd J. Peaslee led the 384th Bombardment Group (H) on this mission, a "Secondary Effort" for the day, consisting of the 384th followed by the 381st BG. The 384th put up 20 aircraft for this mission; two B-17s failed to return, 10 crewmembers were KIA, 1 was MIA, 9 became POW, and 4 were wounded. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Failed To Return Comments: Shot down by enemy aircraft; crashed near Wilhelminadoorp, The Netherlands. MACR 2165 |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17F | 42‑30076 ⇗ | 545th | JD*V | not known |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Olbinski, Robert James⇗ | 545 | POW |
Co-pilot | Swift, Harry R⇗ | 545 | POW |
Navigator | Grandpre, Richard Elias⇗ | 545 | POW |
Bombardier | Turner, Douglas Haig⇗ | 545 | KIA |
Radio Operator | Reed, Oliver Eugene⇗ | 545 | POW |
Engineer/Top Turret | Trickett, Ernest Milton⇗ | 545 | KIA |
Ball Turret | Werbanec, George Frank⇗ | 545 | POW |
Tail Gunner | Cooke, Harold Joseph⇗ | 545 | KIA |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Waterman, George W⇗ | 545 | KIA |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Counihan, William Joseph, Jr⇗ | 545 | POW/Wounded |
SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS: | |
TYPE | IDENTIFICATION |
MACR | Missing Air Crew Report # 2165⇗ |