| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1945‑04‑14 | 310 | 948 | Target: Gun Battery Type: Military Location: Royan (Bordeaux), France |
| Primary Target Clobbered: Weather at target was clear with about 2/10ths scattered clouds. Lead squadron bombed on a second run; high and low squadrons bombed on their first runs, and returned to base without waiting for lead squadron. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Deputy Wing Lead. Originally assigned to 44‑8401, changed to this aircraft when displaced by Col Milton, due to his original aircraft becoming unservicable. |
Primary (Visual) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
| B-17G | 44‑8541 ⇗ | 546th | BK*Y | BUCKEYE BELLE | Stachon, John Joseph |
| 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 |
| Navigator | Lydic, Robert Clayton⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Brockett, Wendell Greene⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Ruderman, Joshua Herman⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Neubauer, Robert Paul⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Apedaile, Vernon Bernard⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |