MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1945‑03‑31 | 301 | 920 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Lützkendorf, Germany |
Division Bombs Tertiary Target: Due to adverse weather conditions, Division ordered our formations to bomb the tertiary target. Leaving the target area as briefed, they encountered the 3rd division making a bomb run on Merseburg, but avoided mishap. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Spare, Completed Mission Comments: Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. |
Tertiary (PFF) Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Halle, Germany |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 42‑107125 ⇗ | 545th | JD*G | DOASY DOATS |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Carpenter, Dean Edward⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Norskog, Vincent Lee⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Ladendorff, Edmund (NMI), Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Cobb, Raymond Bruce⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | King, Paul Ralph⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Fulcher, Harold Quillian⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Calhoun, William Ernest, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Franks, Herbert Hassell⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Bronzetti, Warren John⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |