| 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 due to pilot illness. |
N/A |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 43‑38213 ⇗ | 544th | SU*D | not known |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Patella, Joseph David⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Co-pilot | Perchik, Simon (NMI)⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Navigator | Schmitzer, William James⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Bombardier | Tierney, Francis Samuel⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Radio Operator | Hudson, Harold Edgar⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Stensby, Erling John⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Ball Turret | French, Lorin Leroy⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Tail Gunner | Hammer, Loyd Lee⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Marshall, Charles (NMI)⇗ | 544 | Aborted |