| 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) |
| No |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: Turned back; engineer's arm crushed in top turret mechanism. |
N/A |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 44‑6141 ⇗ | 544th | SU*F | SNEAKIN DEACON |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Carlson, Walter Elmer⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Co-pilot | Baker, Dale Richard⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Navigator | Gary, Joseph Shirley⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Togglier | Curtin, Paul Robert⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Radio Operator | Nieters, George Henry, Jr⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Schulz, Russell Lloyd⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Ball Turret | Fox, Fred Calvin⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Tail Gunner | Northrup, Robert Louis⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Luciano, Fred Joseph⇗ | 544 | Aborted |