| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1945‑01‑28 | 261 | 809 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
| Transportation Targeted: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st B Combat Wing on today's mission. At takeoff, a snowstorm prevented three aircraft from taking off. However, once airborne, assembly was accomplished without difficulty. Nearing the IP, the group commander found the target area cloud covered, and his Gee-H equipment was inoperative. Therefore he chose to bomb the designated secondary (the city center) using PFF. The low squadron's Gee-H was working, so they bombed the primary with good results. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| No |
Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off Comments: Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38757 when displaced by Ruckman. Did not take off due to snowstorm. |
N/A |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑38013 ⇗ | 547th | SO*C | NEVADA AVENGER |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Whitesides, John B⇗ | 547 | Scrubbed |
| Co-pilot | Moxley, John C⇗ | 547 | Scrubbed |
| Navigator | Hightshoe, Clarence Cecil⇗ | 546 | Scrubbed |
| Navigator | Weckerly, John Benjamin⇗ | 547 | Scrubbed |
| Togglier | Steinberg, William Herman⇗ | 547 | Scrubbed |
| Radio Operator | Dube, Roland Raymond⇗ | 547 | Scrubbed |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Sayers, Francis Asbury, Jr⇗ | 547 | Scrubbed |
| Ball Turret | Shields, Howard Earl⇗ | 547 | Scrubbed |
| Tail Gunner | Dupas, Emmett George⇗ | 547 | Scrubbed |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Bergner, Lee Ray⇗ | 547 | Scrubbed |