| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1945‑04‑11 | 309 | 941 | Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Freiham, Germany |
| Underground Oil Storage Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing 'B' Group on today's mission. It was a long haul to the target near Munich, but the bombers were met with clear skies, and bombing results were good. The lead and low squadrons bombed on the first run, but the bomb bay door motors in the lead aircraft of the high squadron failed, and the doors could not be hand-cranked open in time to drop, so the high squadron returned to the I.P. and completed a successful visual bomb run. Because of that, the high squadron had to tack on to another formation on the return to home base. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Spare, Completed Mission Comments: Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Landed away at A-97, Sandweiler, Luxemburg, with major battle damage and two engines out. Crew remained there overnight; aircraft salvaged. |
Primary (Visual) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 43‑38678 ⇗ | 545th | JD*F | not known |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Dott, Donald Shropshire⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Swarts, Richard Pearl⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Rouse, Roscoe (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Togglier | Perrong, Henry James⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Haines, Robert Glenn⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Barber, Raymond Clifford⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Barrett, Robert Byandt⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Buczynski, Stephen Stanislaus⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |