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 |
Completed Mission Comments: High Squadron Deputy |
Tertiary (PFF) Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Halle, Germany |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 43‑38747 ⇗ | 546th | BK*N | not known | Flynn, James Francis |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Turner, Willard Jerome, III⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Smith, George W, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Naum, Robert Edwin⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Forristal, John Joseph⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Ruderman, Joshua Herman⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Jaeger, Melvin George⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Mollica, John Palmer, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Apedaile, Vernon Bernard⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Stover, Robert Harry⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |