MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑04‑27 | 97 | 323.1 | Target: Toul/Croix de Metz Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France |
Airfield Targeted: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing on the second of two missions today. Hazy conditions at the target did not hinder good bombing. |
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 | 42‑31211 ⇗ | 546th | BK*H | RENO'S RAIDER | Pierce, Howard Bundy |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Castleman, Milton Eugene⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Hickey, Jack Franklin⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Hepp, Eugene Francis⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Merkley, Ronald Charles⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Schepers, Bob Eugene⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Swift, Kenneth Gilbert⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Allen, John Samuel, Jr⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Cook, Herbert Arno⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Stevens, Howard Orville⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Fitch, John Gilmore⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |