MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑07‑16 | 158 | 476 | Target: Aero Engine Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Munich / München, Germany |
Again to Munich: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing, the fifth of seven wings of Air Task Force #1, on today's mission. Again the weather required the use of PFF aiming for dropping the bomb loads. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Landed away at RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, due to low fuel. |
Primary (PFF) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 42‑97320 ⇗ | 544th | SU*G | HOT ROCK |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Melzar, Raymond Augustus, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Seidlein, George Harold⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Borgia, Joseph Francis⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Ross, Ralph Kessler⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Sherriff, Albert Keith⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Ronquist, Reuben Jacob⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Walker, Charles Junior⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Wilson, Clarence Eugene⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Broussard, Joseph Ellis⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |