| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑03‑16 | 75 | 262 | Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany |
| Bad Day At Augsburg: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew two formations on today's mission. A group-sized formation was assigned to the 40th Composite Combat Wing; it could not find its assigned Wing, so it tacked on to the 1st Combat Wing and completed the mission. Also, a single squadron formation was assigned as the low squadron of the Composite High Group of the 41st Combat Wing. The formations were unable to attack the primary target because it was obscured by clouds, so the bombers unloaded on the secondary target, Augsburg, using PFF (RADAR) aiming. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Spare, Completed Mission Comments: Flying spare; joined formation. |
Secondary (PFF) Target: City Type: Non-Military Location: Augsburg, Germany |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17F | 42‑3441 ⇗ | 547th | SO*E | PATCHES II / SPOTTED COW |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Kravet, Marvin Robert⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Tollison, Verlyn Chance⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Devine, Wray Thomas⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Pearson, Clarence Marshall⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Hitchcock, Carl Edwin⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Westrick, Urban William⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Schmit, William Phillip⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Murawski, Joseph Casmer⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Knecht, Wilbert Charles⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Patton, Regene Irvin⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |