| 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) |
| No | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed | N/A |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑97178 ⇗ | 545th | JD*N | SWEET MAMA |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Helmley, Loyd Elmer⇗ | 545 | Spare, Returned |
| Co-pilot | Bouvier, James Andrew⇗ | 545 | Spare, Returned |
| Navigator | Kranick, Martin Everett⇗ | 545 | Spare, Returned |
| Bombardier | Morris, Richard William⇗ | 545 | Spare, Returned |
| Radio Operator | Flynn, James Edward⇗ | 545 | Spare, Returned |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Orth, Jay Shaffer⇗ | 545 | Spare, Returned |
| Ball Turret | Ordaz, Armando Noriega⇗ | 545 | Spare, Returned |
| Tail Gunner | Edwards, William Leroy⇗ | 545 | Spare, Returned |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Pelkey, Arthur Symonds, Jr⇗ | 545 | Spare, Returned |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | LaBelle, Joseph Adrian⇗ | 545 | Spare, Returned |