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: Turned back at 0942 hrs because of a leak in the glycol system behind #2 engine, which pilot thought was an excessive gas leak. |
N/A |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 42‑107064 ⇗ | 547th | SO*S | MISS FITT |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Stevens, Raymond Robert⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
Co-pilot | Bullitt, Edward James⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
Navigator | Burke, Thomas Henry⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
Bombardier | Zabel, Wendell William⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
Radio Operator | Pratt, John Butler⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
Engineer/Top Turret | Mayo, Lewis Graham⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
Ball Turret | Waltrip, Dale LeRoy⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
Tail Gunner | Manus, Donald Lee⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Sorice, Dominic (NMI)⇗ | 547 | Aborted |