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 | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 43‑38747 ⇗ | 546th | BK*N | not known | Flynn, James Francis |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Festersen, John Carl⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Miller, LaVerne Sayre⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Sullivan, William R⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Gatlin, Maurice Brooks⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | McNabb, Frederick J⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Cobb, Roy D⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Titsworth, Charles Wayne⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Hunt, Harry B⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Sobota, John Edward⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |