| 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) |
| No |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: Turned back ten miles from the English coast due to 'high cylinder head temperatures and rough No. 2 engine.' |
N/A |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17F | 42‑29985 ⇗ | 545th | JD*Y | KATHLEEN / BARREL HOUSE BESSIE |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Swank, Robert Dale⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Co-pilot | Hoffmeyer, William Alfred⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Navigator | Bolin, Harold Andrew⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Bombardier | Perkins, Newell Edward⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Radio Operator | Mattoon, William Earl⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Kosse, Russel Jerome⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Ball Turret | Johnson, Carl Benjamin⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Tail Gunner | Martin, J D (IO)⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Smith, William James⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Richey, Charles Virgil⇗ | 545 | Aborted |