| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑04‑13 | 89 | 301 | Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
| Primary Attacked, Huge Losses: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 41st Combat Wing on today's mission. Vicious fighter attacks knocked down nine of our aircraft - the greatest one mission loss for the Group during the war - but the bombers were able to attack the assigned target with good results. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Failed To Return Comments: High group lead. Shot down by enemy aircraft at 1350 hrs; hits scored on #3 engine, which was immediately feathered, and gas tank; entire right wing broke into a mass of flames; crashed near Gumpen, Germany. MACR 3867 |
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| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑31433 ⇗ | 547th | SO*V | RUM POT II |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Commander | Bedsole, Joseph Linyer, Jr⇗ | 547 | KIA |
| Pilot | Stearns, Clarence Grover⇗ | 547 | POW |
| Navigator | Hock, Robert Edward⇗ | 547 | POW |
| Bombardier | Ackerson, Donald Richard⇗ | 547 | POW |
| Radio Operator | Hill, Edward Theodore⇗ | 547 | POW/Wounded |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Barkhurst, David Luther⇗ | 547 | POW |
| Ball Turret | Joseph, Pierre (NMI)⇗ | 547 | POW |
| Tail Gunner | Martell, Warren Harding⇗ | 547 | POW |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Robison, John Timothy⇗ | 547 | POW/Wounded |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Corrigan, Theodore Bernard⇗ | 547 | POW |
| SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS: | |
| TYPE | IDENTIFICATION |
| MACR | Missing Air Crew Report # 3867⇗ |