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 |
Tertiary (PFF) Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Halle, Germany |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 43‑38974 ⇗ | 544th | SU*H | not known |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Van Pelt, Charles A⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Hastings, David Shove⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Adams, John Howard⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Slack, Raymond Carl⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Guentzel, Otto William⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Secrest, Marvin Victor⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
RADAR Countermeasures | Groom, William Emmett, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Spradlin, Clifford Wright⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Den Herder, Edward (NMI)⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Payne, Albert M⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |