MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1945‑02‑25 | 274 | 847 | Target: Tank & Submarine Engine Factory Type: Industry Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany |
Squadrons Attack Separately: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Bomb Wing B Group. The lead squadron encountered equipment problems at the primary target, and elected to attack the secondary target. The high and low squadrons bombed the primary, but the high squadron found it necessary to make two bomb runs. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: High Squadron. |
Primary (Gee-H) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 43‑38062 ⇗ | 544th | SU*A | PLEASURE BENT |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Turner, Willard Jerome, III⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Smith, George W, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Naum, Robert Edwin⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Robinson, Coit McLean, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Ruderman, Joshua Herman⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Davenport, Robert Walter⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Mollica, John Palmer, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Apedaile, Vernon Bernard⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Stover, Robert Harry⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |