SORTIE REPORT #6312
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
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