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: High 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 | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 43‑39203 ⇗ | 546th | BK*L | GLOBE TROTTER | Watterson, Arnold (NMI) |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Montgomery, Robert W⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Hammerstein, Lester Eugene⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Goldsmith, Alan E⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Brockett, Wendell Greene⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | O'Brien, Robert E⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Knapp, Thomas Henry⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Baird, Robert Samuel⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Glass, Lois, Vernon⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Dufour, Ralph Kenneth⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |