MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑05‑23 | 113 | 364 | Target: Nancy/Essey Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France |
Weather "NOT AS BRIEFED": The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew two group formations on today's mission, as the high groups of the 41st A and B Combat Bombardment Wings (41A Group and 41B Group). Both wings were assigned the same targets, and both Wing Leaders decided not to bomb the visual primary, electing to attack the briefed secondary using PFF aiming. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: 41B Group Low Squadron Deputy. |
Secondary (PFF) Target: Railroad Marshaling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Saarbrücken, Germany |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 42‑107121 ⇗ | 546th | BK*J | KENTUCKY COLONEL / HELENA II | Stachon, John Joseph |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Malone, John James⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Donohue, William Roberts⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Boreiko, John Vincent⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Toboz, Benny (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Weissenbach, Kenneth August⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Smith, Kenneth Elwood⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Tow, Douglas Uane⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Millhouse, Clarence Laverne⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | McGuire, James Francis⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |