| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑08‑16 | 181 | 556 | Target: Delitzsch Air Field and Air Equipment Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Delitzsch, Germany |
| Airfield Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three groups of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Good visibility in the target area contributed to good bombing of this large Luftaffe facility near Leipzig. Although the lead aircraft of the low group ran into propwash on the bomb run, which caused an upset to the bombsight, overall results for the 42st B wing were good. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: High section deputy, high group. Landed away at Horsham St. Faith, AAF Station 123, on return due to low fuel and oil leak in #4 engine. |
Primary (Visual) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
| B-17G | 42‑38014 ⇗ | 546th | BK*G | LITTLE AMERICA II | Foster, Ewing H |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Duesler, Donald Barton⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Cook, Chandler Boyd⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Rasmussen, Bernard Gerard⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Fainberg, Seymour Allen⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Stewart, John Spencer⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Weckerly, Neuland Edwin⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Carriere, Joseph Herley⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Buis, Robert Eugene⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Downing, Everett Joseph⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |