| 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) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission, Some Crew Bailed Out Comments: Low group. Turned back at the IP and jettisoned bombs at some point because ship was on fire due to enemy aircraft. All of the enlisted men except top turret gunner bailed out at the IP, due to a misunderstanding between the radio operator and bombardier after ship caught fire; crash-landed at base. 1st Lt. Edward Fioretti, pilot, and 2nd Lt. Scott Briley, co-pilot, both awarded Silver Stars, Owens p. 199. Aircraft salvaged. |
Primary (PFF) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑31415 ⇗ | 545th | JD*R | HAM ON RYE |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Fioretti, Edward Anthony⇗ | 545 | Wounded |
| Co-pilot | Briley, Scott Andrew⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Merlo, Samuel Joseph⇗ | 545 | Wounded |
| Bombardier | Griffith, Leonard Raymond⇗ | 545 | Wounded |
| Radio Operator | Sylvia, Joseph Herbert⇗ | 545 | POW |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Stuhl, Walter Edward⇗ | 545 | Wounded |
| Ball Turret | House, Horace Doster, Jr⇗ | 545 | POW |
| Tail Gunner | Day, Huley Newton⇗ | 545 | POW |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Wolfe, Clark Benjamin, Jr⇗ | 545 | POW/Wounded |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Wallo, Andrew (NMI)⇗ | 545 | POW |
| SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS: | |
| TYPE | IDENTIFICATION |
| MACR | Missing Air Crew Report # 14416⇗ |