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 | Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 44‑6294 ⇗ | 545th | JD*N | SCOTTY |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Kass, Robert Hiler⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Backman, Glenn Elmer⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Potter, Richard Selstrom⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Hogan, David Hiram, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Bombino, Joseph (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Poulton, Robert Harry⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Simmons, Thomas Howard⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Wilde, Albert George⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Payne, Omar Eston⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |