MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1945‑03‑24 | 296 | 911 | Target: Vechta Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Vechta, Germany |
Weather Cooperates: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew two missions today. For the early morning mission, thirty-seven 384th aircraft and crews formed the 41st Bomb Wing A Group. Weather at the target was CAVU permitting visual sighting: bombing results were pretty good. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes | Completed Mission | Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 44‑8408 ⇗ | 545th | JD*C | not known |
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 |
Spot Jammer | Oberski, Richard Michael⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Sandbek, Phillip Elmore⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Hanrahan, John E⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Newberry, Donald Eugene⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |