MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑08‑25 | 184 | 570 | Target: Airfield & Airpark Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Anklam, Germany |
Luftwaffe Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided lead and low groups of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission, the high group being supplied by the 303rd BG from Molesworth, Station 107. Visibility was good in the target area, and visual bombing results were excellent. Our lead bombardier, 1st Lt. Robert P. Mechling, finding his assigned aim point obliterated, wisely shifted his sights to the next untouched group of facilities and destroyed them. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Low Squadron lead, lead group. |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 42‑97142 ⇗ | 546th | BK*N | THOR, GOD OF THUNDER | Francis, Percy Tom |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Vaden, Kenneth Underwood⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Brooks, James Joseph⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Wolf, Charles Elmer, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Neyer, Ralph Richard⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Brooker, Cameron Hutchison⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Browne, Erle Royden⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Hosmer, Richard Clyde⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Stephens, Herbert Arthur⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Price, William Robert⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |