| 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 |
Spare, Completed Mission Comments: Flying Spare; filled in and flew mission, but landed at Woodbridge due to low fuel and difficulty with #1 engine |
Primary (Visual) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
| B-17G | 42‑102620 ⇗ | 546th | BK*P | DE RUMBLE IZER | Clayton, Alfred George |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Tracy, Edward Hanks⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Hancock, Harry Carleton⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Sheppard, Ralph Bartlett⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Vlaun, Richard Joseph⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Hopkins, Robert Lee⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Veal, Connally Hammond⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Powell, Fredrick Howard⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Balacek, Richard William⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Surowiec, Joseph (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |