| 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) |
| No | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed | N/A |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
| B-17G | 42‑97081 ⇗ | 546th | BK*K | not known | Watterson, Arnold (NMI) |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Corcoran, John Joseph⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
| Co-pilot | Stewart, Gilman Carter⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
| Navigator | Fitzsimmons, Willis Ray⇗ | 547 | Spare, Returned |
| Bombardier | Murphy, David Williams⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
| Radio Operator | Bowles, Charles Percy⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Hailey, Harold Charles⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
| Ball Turret | Tenborg, George Laurence⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
| Tail Gunner | Mock, Melvin Bert⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Slife, Harry Frances⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Leonard, Frank Valentine⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |