MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑04‑18 | 90 | 306 | Target: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany |
Attack on Aircraft Plant: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing A Wing on today's mission. Clouds in the target area complicated the bombardier's job, but the group was able to drop its bombs on target on the first bomb run. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Landed away at Attlebridge Airfield, AAF Station 120, on return due to low fuel. |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 42‑107083 ⇗ | 546th | BK*B | not known | Jacobs, Gilbert Oren |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Horton, Lloyd (NMI), Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Thoma, Edward Paul⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Messer, Joseph Louis, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Pavlisko, John Arthur⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Cicci, Joseph Leonard⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Hunt, Leo Albert⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Couture, Clement Adrian⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Warshawsky, Morris (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Philippi, Norbert Francis⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Shukaitis, George Joseph⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |