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: High Squadron deputy. |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 42‑97142 ⇗ | 546th | BK*N | THOR, GOD OF THUNDER | Francis, Percy Tom |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Cole, Howard Woodrow⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
Co-pilot | Smigelsky, Horace Joseph⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
Navigator | Dolson, Henry James⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
Togglier | Iverson, Bennie Franklin⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
Radio Operator | Ellis, Edwin Robert⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
Engineer/Top Turret | McKeon, Francis Peter⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
Ball Turret | Hart, George Thurman⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
Tail Gunner | Hartranft, Landis Grant⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Artessa, Carmen Alex⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Long, Thomas Nelson⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |