MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑01‑30 | 56 | 200 | Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany |
Aircraft Plant Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) supplied two group formations for today's mission, which flew as the lead and low groups of the 41st Combat Wing A Wing on today's mission. The target was attacked by PFF. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
No |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: Lead group. Turned back at Sleaford at 1000 hrs because of runaway prop on #2 engine. |
N/A |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 42‑31222 ⇗ | 546th | BK*D | LAZY DAISY | Flynn, James Francis |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Reed, Merlin Howard⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Co-pilot | Rininsland, Bruce Martin⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Navigator | Gudyka, Peter (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Bombardier | Heiss, John Lawrence⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Radio Operator | Wellman, Robert Francis⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Engineer/Top Turret | Johnson, Robert O (1943)⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Ball Turret | Osepchook, Arthur John⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Tail Gunner | Hardy, Emmet Francis⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Plotz, John James⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Casey, Robert Joseph⇗ | 546 | Aborted |