| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑08‑11 | 177 | 541 | Target: Tactical: Coastal Artillery Emplacements Type: Military Location: Brest, France |
| More Troop Support: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three groups of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Little opposition and good weather conditions permitted each group formation to bomb their assigned targets in the Brest area accurately. Note that each group was assigned a different aiming point for this mission. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| No |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: High group flying spare. Turned back because he couldn't locate formation. A contributing factor was a broken radiocompass antenna. |
N/A |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
| B-17G | 42‑107058 ⇗ | 546th | BK*C | WHITE ANGEL | Jacobs, Gilbert Oren |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Plowman, Noel Elwin⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
| Co-pilot | Ferguson, Lawrence Winston⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
| Navigator | Flowers, James Richard⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
| Bombardier | Hart, Carl Johnston⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
| Radio Operator | Maxa, Gordon Raymond⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Cameron, Robert Allen⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
| Ball Turret | Oliva, Armando (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
| Tail Gunner | Grams, Melvin Joseph⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Anderson, Frank Julius⇗ | 546 | Spare, Returned |