| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑03‑24 | 81 | 277 | Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
| Ball Bearing Plant Spared: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the low group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. The primary target was hidden by heavy clouds, so the Wing bombed the city of Frankfurt. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: FLIGHT TIME 6:35 |
Secondary (PFF) Target: City Type: Non-Military Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17F | 42‑3440 ⇗ | 544th | SU*P | BROADWAY ROSE |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Jorgenson, Henry (NMI), Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Lotz, William Henry, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | McCafferty, John Andrew⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Togglier | Harper, William Lester⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Owens, John Ralph⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Biederman, Harold Leroy⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Arnold, Walter Howard⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Clark, Alfred Albert⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Ray, William Charles⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Bonanza, John Joseph, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |