MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑04‑25 | 95 | 317 | Target: Metz-Frescaty Airdrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Metz, France |
Traffic and Weather Prevent Attack: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Bombs were held at the primary target because another group was below the 384th. An attampt to attack the secondary target was thwarted by cloud cover, as was an attempt to bomb the airfield at Abbeville. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Landed away at RAF Pershore, Worcestershire, on return due to low fuel. |
No Target Attacked |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 42‑32106 ⇗ | 545th | JD*R | WORRY BIRD / VOAN |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Goller, Theodore (NMI), Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Martin, Gregory Leon⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Donehoo, William Montgomery⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Walton, Horace Murphy⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Snead, William Austin⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Reed, Clarence Eugene⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Houston, Samuel Vance⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Huggins, Kenneth B⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Way, Arthur Harold⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Howell, Roy Foster⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |