| 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 |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: Turned back at 1325 hrs due to #2 supercharger going up to 60 inches at 23000ft; forced to feather #2 prop; returned bombs. |
N/A |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑37792 ⇗ | 545th | JD*B | ELEANOR MAUREEN / BERMONDSEY |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Cosentino, George (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Co-pilot | Kass, Robert Hiler⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Navigator | Beinar, Theophilus Edward⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Bombardier | Malcolm, George Sawyer⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Radio Operator | Cason, Alfred Gibbs⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Vorisek, Donald Thomas⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Ball Turret | Curtis, William Stanley⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Tail Gunner | Faust, Glenn Millard⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Stanley, James Farrell⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Butman, Frank Henry⇗ | 545 | Aborted |