| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1945‑02‑20 | 269 | 836 | Target: Main Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany |
| Weather Challenges: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st C Bomb Wing on today's mission. Weather conditions all the way to the I.P. caused the squadrons to lose contact with each other, and prevented attacking the primary target by visual means. The lead squadron made a normal PFF run. The high squadron followed a 303rd BG formation into the target: they were hemmed in by traffic and eventually dropped their bombs on the smoke markers of prior groups. The low squadron followed a 303rd BG squadron and released their bombs on their smoke marker. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: High Squadron hot camera ship. Note: actual positions: Ball Turret - George Cramer; Tail Gunner - Joseph Britton; Flexible (Waist) Gunner - George Lesko. Per George Cramer, January 2014. |
PFF Secondary (PFF) Target: Main Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 43‑38800 ⇗ | 547th | SO*K | BUSY BUZZARD |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Shuff, Charles Bernard⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | White, William F⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Birney, Robert Charles⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Abbott, Charles R⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Harrison, Erwin Jack⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Henricks, Bernard Joseph⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Lesko, George Joseph⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Cramer, George Edward⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Britton, Joseph Rodman⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |