| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑02‑20 | 63 | 226 | Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany |
| Big Week Begins!: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided two group formations for today's operation as part of 8th Air Force Mission 226, Task Force 1. One group led the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing (41A Group), while the other flew as the low group of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing (41B Group). Despite cloudy weather most of the way to the targets, they were bombed visually. The 41A Group bombed their assigned primary target, an aircraft assembly and repair facility near Leipzig, Germany. The 41B Group Bombed their assigned target, an aircraft assembly plant near Bernberg, Germany. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| No |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: 41A Group. Turned back; waist gunner's heated suit failed. Mission report states: 'Aircraft 42-37885 returned early due to a failure of waist gunner's heated suit. An extra suit was not taken along but was requested of and denied by equipment. |
N/A |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑37885 ⇗ | 544th | SU*L | MRS. F.D.R. / FROSTIE |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Lotz, William Henry, Jr⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Co-pilot | Hall, Barney Marcus, Jr⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Navigator | McKinney, David Webster⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Bombardier | Oyler, Ernest Renwick⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Radio Operator | Fallesen, Wayne Peter⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Biederman, Harold Leroy⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Ball Turret | Arnold, Walter Howard⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Tail Gunner | Clark, Alfred Albert⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Bonanza, John Joseph, Jr⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Harper, William Lester⇗ | 544 | Aborted |