MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑05‑30 | 120 | 380 | Target: Aircraft Hangars and Repair Sheds Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt, Germany |
Airfield Targeted: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the Lead and Low Groups of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing, the last of six Wings in Air Task Force 1, on today's mission. With good conditions for visual bombing, the target was hit hard. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
No |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: Lead Group, original Low Squadron Deputy. Turned back at 0952 hrs due to illness of tail gunner. |
N/A |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 42‑102500 ⇗ | 546th | BK*L | not known | Flynn, Roland (NMI) |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Gowder, Charles Fred⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Co-pilot | Thompson, Willard Hayes⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Navigator | Cohen, Joseph Meyer⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
Togglier | Hosmer, Richard Clyde⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Radio Operator | Barnes, Francis Eugene⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Engineer/Top Turret | Beaugh, George (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Ball Turret | Bugaj, Steve (NMI), Jr⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Tail Gunner | Williamson, James Edward⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Leber, Richard Edward⇗ | 546 | Aborted |