MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1943‑09‑07 | 22 | 92 | Target: Bruxelles-Evere Airfield/Repair Depot Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium |
384th Leads Composite Group: The 384th Bomb Group provided the lead and low squadrons of a composite group (high squadron provided by 303rd BG). Conditions at the primary target permitted a visual attack, and good results were reported. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Group deputy lead. |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17F | 42‑3216 ⇗ | 545th | JD*S | THE JOKER |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Estes, Thomas Jefferson⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Merritt, James Melvin⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | DuBois, John Jay⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Davis, David Harold⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Wagner, Fred S⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Cochran, David Leon⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Ursta, George (NMI)⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | McDuffie, Burton Curtis⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Self, James Melvin, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Bumpers, Frederick Scott⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |