| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1945‑03‑17 | 290 | 892 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen (Leipzig), Germany |
| Weather and Equipment Failures: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Combat Wing B Group on todays mission. Multiple equipment failures and adverse weather conditions forced the Group to bypass the primary (and various other) targets, finally attacking the #6 briefed target, with poor results. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes | Completed Mission |
#6 (PFF) Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Erfurt, Germany |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 43‑38974 ⇗ | 544th | SU*H | not known |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Milligan, George Robert, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Hastings, David Shove⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Adams, John H⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Togglier | Morpeth, Clarence Robinson, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Brooks, William Ralph⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Dunn, William Stanley⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Horvath, Emil Louis⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Cline, Ellis Wallace⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Finstad, Berton Robert⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |