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 |
Returned Early Comments: B Group, Low Squadron. Turned back due to multiple technical failures. Bombed unidentified target-of-opportunity (TOO). Landed away at AAF Metfield, Station 366, |
TOO (Visual) Target: Railroad Marshalling Yard Type: Transportation Location: Lingen, Germany |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17F | 42‑29651 ⇗ | 544th | SU*G | STELLA |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Clayton, John Earl⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Jackson, Winthrop Alsop, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Uniszkiewicz, Joseph Kenneth⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Grauer, James Edward⇗ | 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 |