MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1943‑12‑22 | 45 | 161 | Target: Steel Shops/Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Osnabrück, Germany |
Unknown Location Bombed: Due to the lead (PFF) aircraft having aborted, the deputy lead (without PFF) attempted to release bombs based on formation ahead of them. Location of the target attacked is approximate, based on dead-reckoning navigation over 10/10 cloud cover. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
No | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed | N/A |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 42‑37776 ⇗ | 546th | BK*R | LADY DREW | Coon, Lawrence John |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Wilson, William Monroe⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
Co-pilot | Rabby, Carlos James, Jr⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
Navigator | Schwartz, Julius Sol⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
Bombardier | Alles, William George⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
Radio Operator | Compton, James Harold⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
Engineer/Top Turret | Birnbaum, Lester (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
Ball Turret | Heintzelman, David Leroy⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
Tail Gunner | Greene, Frank Palmer⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Stamm, Murray Raymond⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Yaskow, Peter Thomas⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |