| 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: Wing lead. PFF ship. |
Primary (Visual) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑97986 ⇗ | 544th | SU*Z | not known |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Commander | Koehne, George Henry, Jr⇗ | GpHQ | Completed, Uninjured |
| Pilot | Vinnedge, Roy Alan⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Singer, William Andrew⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Umstattd, James McNutt⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Lucyshyn, John (NMI)⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Mechling, Robert Paul⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Burek, Stanley Thomas⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Walcott, Lester Allen⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Mickle, Don Albert⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Rock, Frank Willis⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Barnett, Gene Henry⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |