| 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: Low Squadron lead, lead group. Landed away at Thorpe Abbotts, AAF Station 139, on return due to battle damage. |
Primary (Visual) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑38208 ⇗ | 547th | SO*A | LILLY BELLE |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Bean, Donald W⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Peterson, Harlan Dale ⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Jones, Albert Eugene⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Frazier, William Edward, Jr⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Albro, Paul Willard⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Nastick, Henry Pete⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Casper, Delmar Rulon⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Benefiel, Orville Eugene⇗ | 547 | KIA |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Steinberg, William Herman⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Gordon, Omar Leslie, Jr⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |