MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑04‑19 | 91 | 308 | Target: Fieseler Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel (Waldau), Germany |
Aircraft Industry Targeted: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the lead group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Weather again was a challenge for the bombardier, but a good visual bomb run was accomplished and bombs were placed on the target. |
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 | 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 |