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 | 43‑38801 ⇗ | 544th | SU*M | RUTH |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Martin, Byron L⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Montgomery, Robert W⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Goldsmith, Alan E⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Brockett, Wendell Greene⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | O'Brien, Robert E⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Knapp, Thomas Henry⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Baird, Robert Samuel⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Glass, Lois, Vernon⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Dufour, Ralph Kenneth⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |