| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1943‑07‑30 | 13 | 80 | Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany |
| Bombers Plaster Kassel: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew with the 303rd BG and 379th BG in wing formation on today's mission. Opposition stiffened as they neared the target, but they were able to drop their bombs on the primary target area (it is not known whether the Waldau or the Bettenhausen works were attacked by this group). Flak over Kassel, and subsequent vigorous fighter attacks wounded several crew members and damaged many of the Group's aircraft, but all managed to return to England, although not all made it to Grafton Underwood that day. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: Turned back 62 miles into Belgium because hydraulic fluid was coming down into the ball turret, which was inoperative, the left waist gun and left top turret gun were out of order, and the tachometer on one engine was oscillating wildly. |
N/A |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
| B-17F | 42‑30196 ⇗ | 546th | BK*Y | SAD SACK | Flynn, James Francis |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Bishop, Charles W⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Co-pilot | Ulrey, Edgar Ellsworth⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Navigator | Grimaldi, Anthony Joseph⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Bombardier | Yee, Wilbert Y K⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Radio Operator | Boehm, Richard John⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Edman, Bruno Edwin⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Ball Turret | Kalas, Joseph Markus⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Tail Gunner | Parks, Howard David⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Humphrey, Edward James⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Miller, Floyd Oliver⇗ | 546 | Aborted |