| 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 Comments: High Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. |
Primary (Visual) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 43‑39138 ⇗ | 544th | SU*G | not known |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Pierce, Oscar William⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Espey, Albert Nolan⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Claflin, Richard Edwin⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Forristal, John Joseph⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Palmer, Eldo L⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Taylor, Charles E⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| RADAR Countermeasures | Groom, William Emmett, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Read, Alfred J⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Polowy, Thaddeus (NMI)⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Neubauer, Robert Paul⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |