| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑05‑12 | 106 | 353 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany |
| First 384th Oil Industry Attack: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing, and supplied an additional group for the low position of the wing formation for today's mission - the first 384th attack on oil industry targets. Clear weather at the target permitted accurate visual bombing. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes | Completed Mission | Primary (Visual) |
| 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 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Smigelsky, Horace Joseph⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Giles, John Porter, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Togglier | Long, Thomas Nelson⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Ellis, Edwin Robert⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | McKeon, Francis Peter⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Hart, George Thurman⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Hartranft, Landis Grant⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Artessa, Carmen Alex⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Connors, Albert William⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |