MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1945‑03‑28 | 299 | 917 | Target: Berlin/Spandau Motor Transport Works Type: Industry Location: Spandau (Berlin), Germany |
Industrial Plant Attacked: Weather prevented attack on the primary target so the secondary target was attacked using PFF. This plant produced machine tools, small arms gun components, and control apparatus for V-1 and V-2 weapons. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Spare, Completed Mission Comments: High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. |
Secondary (PFF) Target: Deutsche Industrie Werke Type: Industry Location: Spandau, Germany |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 43‑39203 ⇗ | 546th | BK*L | GLOBE TROTTER | Watterson, Arnold (NMI) |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Hatch, William Alva, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Wiley, Vernon Lee⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Troiano, Frank Anthony⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Summers, William Richard⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Garner, William Perry⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Henderson, Ralph A⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Worley, John Thornton, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Lady, Manfred Henry⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Tidwell, Eldes Dee⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |