MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1945‑04‑10 | 308 | 938 | Target: Ordnance Depot Workshop Area Type: Military Location: Oranienburg, Germany |
SS Depot Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Bomb Wing C Group on today's mission. The target, which was to be attacked by visual means only, was described as: 'S.S. Main Ordnance, Motor Transport and Equipment Depot ... is the largest motor transport depot in Germany [and] the administrative and supply center for the Waffen S.S.' Favorable weather conditions enabled accurate bombing. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Low Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 43‑39138 ⇗ | 544th | SU*G | not known |
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 | Bobbitt, Charles Rufus⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
RADAR Countermeasures | Knagg, John A⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Mollica, John Palmer, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Apedaile, Vernon Bernard⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |