MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑09‑12 | 193 | 626 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Brüx, Czechoslovakia |
Synthetic Oil Plant Destroyed: The 384th Bomb Group, flying as the High Section of the 41st CBW, attacked the primary target, a synthetic oil plant, in Brux, Czechoslovakia. A good visual bomb run was made and results are believed good, although 'a patch of clouds came over the target at the time bombs hit,' so results were unobserved. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Landed with wounded aboard. |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 42‑102500 ⇗ | 546th | BK*L | not known | Flynn, Roland (NMI) |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Plowman, Noel Elwin⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Ferguson, Lawrence Winston⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Cheresnik, Edward John⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Hart, Carl Johnston⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Maxa, Gordon Raymond⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Cameron, Robert Allen⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Oliva, Armando (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Grams, Melvin Joseph⇗ | 546 | Seriously Wounded |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Anderson, Frank Julius⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |