| 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 deputy. PFF ship. |
Primary (Visual) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 44‑8007 ⇗ | 545th | JD*Z | SCREAMING EAGLE |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Peterson, John Wright⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | McClelland, Robert Cornelius⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Williams, Evan Letcher⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Van Etten, Lawrence Edward⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Rarick, Harold Linwood⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Matthiesen, Carl Rolf⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Wick, Andrew Oliver⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Lentz, Kenneth Melvin⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Rabe, William Arthur, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Schlising, Roger Evan⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |