MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑01‑05 | 50 | 176 | Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Kiel, Germany |
Smokescreen Not Effective: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the lead group of the 41st Composite Combat Wing on today's mission. Weather at the target was CAVU, and a defensive smokescreen failed to hide the target, permitting a successful visual attack. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Low Squadron lead; apparently took lead position after assigned low Squadron lead, Robinson, did not take off. |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 42‑39888 ⇗ | 544th | SU*B | HOTNUTS |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Harvey, Walter Lewis⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Clayton, John Earl⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Uniszkiewicz, Joseph Kenneth⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Dolf, Richard Merle⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Lisenby, Miles Frederick⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Watenpool, Jerome Francis⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Cameron, Francis Raymond⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Boydston, Elmer Dean⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Lewandowski, Thomas Michael⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Koscheski, Clyde Anderson⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |