| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑03‑04 | 71 | 247 | Type: Military Location: Berlin, Germany |
| Weather Alters Mission: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the low group of the 41st Combat Wing on today's mission. The Group had difficulty attaining its position in the wing formation because the wing leader used speeds greater than SOP, finally catching up near the Ruhr Valley. With the ground completely obscured by dense cloud cover, the wing commander informed his formation that they would bomb a target of opportunity (TOO), initially thought to be Cologne (Köln), Germany, but later determined to be Bonn. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| No |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: Turned back at 0955 hrs; oxygen failure; dropped from 350 lbs to 250 lbs in 30 minutes without use. |
N/A |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑37801 ⇗ | 547th | SO*G | DYNAMITE EXPRESS |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Smith, Roger Clement⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
| Co-pilot | Kravet, Marvin Robert⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
| Navigator | McCafferty, John Andrew⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
| Togglier | Dudla, John Richard⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
| Radio Operator | Kendall, Earl Frank⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Kaminski, Bruno (NMI)⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
| Ball Turret | Danko, Charles Gabriel⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
| Tail Gunner | Green, Jesse Britten⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Nichols, Melvin Allen⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Hubbard, Warren Emmett⇗ | 547 | Aborted |