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 lead. |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 42‑38014 ⇗ | 546th | BK*G | LITTLE AMERICA II | Foster, Ewing H |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Decker, Charles Edgar⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Maahs, Robert Edward⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Kobes, Eugene Paul⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Barber, Ruffin Frank⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Blocksidge, Charles Russell⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | O'Cain, Billy Eklund⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Reedy, Delbert Rudolph⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Smith, William Henry, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Rubinson, Harold David⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Bratko, John (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |