| 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 |
Failed To Return Comments: At 1105 near Wittenburg, aircraft was hit by ME-109s on first attack in #3 engine; could not climb back to formation and continuously drifted behind until lost sight of; right wing fell off at 1109 and aircraft went down on fire in a steep glide; 3 chutes; crashed in Grünfelde, immediately west of Kyritz, Germany; MACR 8901 |
Primary (Visual) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
| B-17G | 42‑97142 ⇗ | 546th | BK*N | THOR, GOD OF THUNDER | Francis, Percy Tom |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Hanlon, Ernest Edward⇗ | 546 | KIA |
| Co-pilot | Vallere, Harold Thomas⇗ | 546 | KIA |
| Navigator | Segars, Arthur Woodrow⇗ | 546 | POW/Wounded |
| Bombardier | Corcoran, Stephen Martin⇗ | 546 | POW |
| Radio Operator | McCarthy, Eugene (NMI)⇗ | 546 | POW |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Blasingame, Willis Anderson, Jr⇗ | 546 | KIA |
| Ball Turret | Titell, Jacques (NMI)⇗ | 546 | KIA |
| Tail Gunner | Brennan, James Joseph⇗ | 546 | KIA |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Wiethop, Richard George⇗ | 546 | KIA |
| SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS: | |
| TYPE | IDENTIFICATION |
| MACR | Missing Air Crew Report # 8901⇗ |