MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1943‑06‑22 | 1 | 65 | Target: General Motors Truck Factory Type: Industry Location: Antwerp, Belgium |
First 384th Combat Mission: Col Budd J. Peaslee led the 384th Bombardment Group (H) on this mission, a "Secondary Effort" for the day, consisting of the 384th followed by the 381st BG. The 384th put up 20 aircraft for this mission; two B-17s failed to return, 10 crewmembers were KIA, 1 was MIA, 9 became POW, and 4 were wounded. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Tail gunner's feet were frostbitten. |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17F | 42‑3216 ⇗ | 545th | JD*S | THE JOKER |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Edwards, Floyd Clinton⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Gordy, Paul Pate⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Koenig, Robert Martin⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Kelly, Victor Thomas⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Goldman, Robert Phillip⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Miller, Walter Amos⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Billingsley, James Rudolph⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Ratkiewicz, Louis Lawrence⇗ | 545 | Frostbite |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Meyer, Alfred (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Tate, Charles Forest, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |