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: Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 44‑6514. |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 43‑39236 ⇗ | 547th | SO*A | BLINKIN' BETSY |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Miller, John C, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Gray, Harold Reginald⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Courtney, Cy David Francis⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Myers, Ben Rice, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Minter, Louis Arlington⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | DeMattei, Laurence Charles⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Volpe, Roland (NMI)⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Vermillion, Eugene Carroll⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Payne, Albert M⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |