| 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 |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: Turned back at 1201 hrs because #1 engine went out and was running rough and losing oil. This occurred at a point about 100 miles inside Belgium, approaching the German border; since they were well within enemy territory, combat credit was awarded the crew for this mission. |
N/A |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑38208 ⇗ | 547th | SO*A | LILLY BELLE |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Johnson, William T⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Co-pilot | Koehne, George Henry, Jr⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Navigator | Schmidtke, George Emory⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Bombardier | Hertel, Wallace Howard⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Radio Operator | Purdy, Alan Bradford⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Faux, Roy Sherman⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Ball Turret | Hachmann, Vincent Carl⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Tail Gunner | Nielsen, Erling (NMI)⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Breen, John Francis, Jr⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Harrington, Joseph Francis⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Observer | Watson, Thomas Forrest, Jr⇗ | 547 | Aborted |