MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1945‑03‑08 | 283 | 872 | Target: Oil Refinery - 'Benzol Plant' Type: Oil Industry Location: Essen, Germany |
More Oil Pressure: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Bomb Wing C Group on today's mission. Clouds covered the target so the attack was accomplished using Gee-H sighting. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes | Completed Mission | Primary (PFF) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 43‑39197 ⇗ | 546th | BK*K | BABY JUDY / SCHOOL MARM | Kahn, Arthur William |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Burroughs, Edwin Carlton⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Stoecker, John George, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Smoot, Gene W⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Vienna, Howard Bartel, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Misch, Henry Conrad⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Bittke, Carl Frederic⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Sandbek, Phillip Elmore⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Albrandt, Waldemar Reinholt⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Newberry, Donald Eugene⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |