| 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 |
Spare, Completed Mission Comments: Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97263. Flying spare; joined formation. |
Primary (Visual) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑97188 ⇗ | 544th | SU*A | not known |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Wortman, Marshall (NMI)⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Mulvehill, Edmund Whelan⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Leverette, James Harold⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Shoolbred, Charles Ewen⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Van Natter, William Burton⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Radtke, Hilbert Robert⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Irwin, Robert Tait⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Malone, George Martin⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Radde, Gerhardt Carl⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Simeone, Frank Joseph⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |