| 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 High Squadron Lead. |
Secondary (PFF) Target: Railroad Marshaling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Saarbrücken, Germany |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑97237 ⇗ | 547th | SO*G | ROYAL FLUSH II |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Humbles, Alfred Thomas⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Blackburn, Keith Monroe⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Milne, Dale Thomas⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Barton, John Isaac⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Wardell, Raymond Arthur⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Keith, William Bernie⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Foster, Rayford Leo⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | McBride, Charles Eugene⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Kalinowski, Carl Martin⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |