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 | 43‑39019 ⇗ | 545th | JD*A | not known |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Murphy, William Carey⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Clower, Jack Edwin⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Gilbert, William Theodore⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Staub, Richard William⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Haines, Robert Glenn⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Kelley, John Thomas⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Spot Jammer | Eastell, Harry Theodore⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Chaknis, John Manuel⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | LaRue, James Russell⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Stolte, Kenneth Louis⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |