| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1945‑02‑15 | 267 | 832 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany |
| Weather Reduces Force: Heavy fog closed in quickly during takeoff operations, preventing almost half of the force from flying. The 384th Bombardment Group (H), initially ordered to provide all three squadrons of the 41st B group, formed itself into two reduced squadrons - lead and low - during assembly. They also picked up some aircraft from the 379th BG. The primary target was 'visual only' so the secondary was attacked using radar aiming. Weather at the home base remained bad on their return, so all but one aircraft landed elsewhere. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| No |
Did Not Take Off Comments: Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Did not take off because bad weather halted flight operations. |
N/A |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 43‑38801 ⇗ | 544th | SU*M | RUTH |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Tuck, Sam Gail⇗ | 544 | Scrubbed |
| Co-pilot | Culhane, Emmett Patrick⇗ | 544 | Scrubbed |
| Navigator | Gay, Joseph Bates, Jr⇗ | 544 | Scrubbed |
| Bombardier | Forristal, John Joseph⇗ | 544 | Scrubbed |
| Radio Operator | Fictum, Blair Eugene⇗ | 544 | Scrubbed |
| Engineer/Top Turret | DeMesquita, Seymour Aron⇗ | 544 | Scrubbed |
| Ball Turret | Work, Robert Elijah⇗ | 544 | Scrubbed |
| Tail Gunner | Albro, Bernard Thomas⇗ | 544 | Scrubbed |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | McDonald, Donald Thomas⇗ | 544 | Scrubbed |