MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1945‑04‑17 | 313 | 957 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany |
Transportation Attacked Again: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Combat Wing B Group on today's mission. CAVU conditions at the target enabled accurate visual aiming, which produced excellent bombing results. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: High 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 | Brockett, Wendell Greene⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Ruderman, Joshua Herman⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Davenport, Robert Walter⇗ | 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 |