| 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) |
| Yes | Completed Mission | Primary (Visual) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑37822 ⇗ | 544th | SU*C | THE 'LEAD BANANA' |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Buslee, John Oliver⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Albrecht, David Franklin⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Rybarczyk, Chester Anthony⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Davis, James Buford⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Peluso, Sebastiano Joseph⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Bryant, Lenard Leroy⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Foster, Erwin Vernon⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Lucynski, Eugene Daniel⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Farrar, George Edwin⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |