MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑04‑22 | 93 | 311 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany |
Transportation Targeted: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided two elements of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing B for today's mission: these were the low group, and the high squadron of the high composite group. Clear weather enabled good visual bombing results. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Landed away at RAF Manston, Kent, on return due to battle damage. |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 42‑97320 ⇗ | 544th | SU*G | HOT ROCK |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Harvey, Walter Lewis⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Brown, Robert Harold⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Rule, Johnson William⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Rader, Richard Eugene⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Sturak, Stanley John⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Smith, Dewey Carlyle⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Roberson, Charles William⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Vann, George Daniel, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Atkins, James Asa⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | McManus, Cornelius Patrick⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |