MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑02‑21 | 64 | 228 | Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Werl, Germany |
Big Week: Day Two: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided two group formations for todays missions. They flew as the lead and low groups of the 41st B Combat Wing. Finding the primary target covered with clouds, they reversed course and sought targets-of-opportunity through breaks in the clouds. Eventually, a visual attack was made on the city of Lingen, Germany, focused on the marshalling yards and surrounding industrial area. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: High Squadron lead, lead group. |
TOO (Visual) Target: Railroad Marshalling Yard Type: Transportation Location: Lingen, Germany |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 42‑37848 ⇗ | 546th | BK*E | SISSY | Jacobs, Gilbert Oren |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | MacPhail, Philip Ray⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Schock, George William⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Grimaldi, Anthony Joseph⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Garrett, James Patrick⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Hawkins, Charles Joseph⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Herrera, Presciliano Silva⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Van Gorkom, Lester Wilson⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Mitchell, Charles Floyd⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Hamm, Morton Washington⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Benker, Patrick Dennis⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |