| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1943‑09‑06 | 21 | 91 | Type: Industry Location: Stuttgart, Germany |
| Target Of Opportunity Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group had 21 aircraft airborne as scheduled. From the IP until leaving the target area, there was a complete undercast except for small sparse patches of farmland. This group followed the lead group over the target area twice without dropping the bombs. Bombs were finally dropped on a small town in Germany. Fuel ran short for many aircraft, many landing away at US and RAF airfields. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Failed To Return Comments: Two bomb runs due to overcast at target; enemy aircraft and flak knocked out two engines; insufficient fuel to reach England, crashed near Étrépagny, France; MACR 772. |
TOO (Visual) Target: Unidentified Farm Community Type: Non-Military Location: Unnamed, Germany |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
| B-17F | 41‑24507 ⇗ | 546th | BK*B | YANKEE RAIDER | Kishel, Stanley John |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Armstrong, James Edwin⇗ | 546 | Evaded/Wounded |
| Co-pilot | Stoner, Robert L⇗ | 546 | POW |
| Navigator | Carlin, Charles Creighton⇗ | 546 | POW |
| Bombardier | Yee, Wilbert Y K⇗ | 546 | POW/Wounded |
| Radio Operator | House, Walter Lafayette⇗ | 546 | Evaded/Wounded |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Edman, Bruno Edwin⇗ | 546 | POW |
| Ball Turret | Redwing, James Hardy⇗ | 546 | KIA |
| Tail Gunner | Hammock, Clifford (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Evaded |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Daudelin, Eldore Leo⇗ | 545 | POW |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Grant, Olen (NMI)⇗ | 545 | POW |
| SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS: | |
| TYPE | IDENTIFICATION |
| MACR | Missing Air Crew Report # 772⇗ |
| ESCAPE | Escape & Evasion Report # 299⇗ |
| ESCAPE | Escape & Evasion Report # 339⇗ |
| ESCAPE | Escape & Evasion Report # 391⇗ |