MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑05‑25 | 115 | 370 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Sarreguemines and Blainville-sur-l'Eau, France |
Focus on Transportation: The 384th Bombardment Group (Heavy) provided two group formations for today's mission attacking transportation targets. The first group flew as the high group of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing (41A Group) to Sarreguemines, and the second group flew as the high group of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing (41B Group) to Blainville-sur-l'Eau. Excellent bombing was possible in the CAVU conditions, and the bombers really hit their targets accurately. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
No |
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Comments: 41A Group. |
N/A |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 42‑97309 ⇗ | 545th | JD*C | KATHLEEN LADY OF VICTORY |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Van Every, Russell Meredith⇗ | 545 | Spare, Returned |
Co-pilot | Olson, Norman (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Spare, Returned |
Navigator | Nelson, Dale Dunlop⇗ | 545 | Spare, Returned |
Togglier | Kalinsky, Morris (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Spare, Returned |
Radio Operator | Jelmberg, George Olof⇗ | 545 | Spare, Returned |
Engineer/Top Turret | Darling, Gale Lewis⇗ | 545 | Spare, Returned |
Ball Turret | D'Apice, Elmer Louie⇗ | 545 | Spare, Returned |
Tail Gunner | Doohan, Hugh Anthony⇗ | 545 | Spare, Returned |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | D'Amico, Mario Gabriel⇗ | 545 | Spare, Returned |