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: High Squadron deputy. |
Secondary (PFF) Target: City Type: Non-Military Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 42‑37885 ⇗ | 544th | SU*L | MRS. F.D.R. / FROSTIE |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Harvey, Walter Lewis⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Yount, Donald Laverne⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Earle, Guy Harmon, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Grilli, Eugene Philip⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Pizzi, Frank Benjamin⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Duncan, Sam Park, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Piemonte, Guiseppe Mario⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Robertson, James Roman⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Wilkins, John Robert⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Massengale, Arnold Lee⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |