MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑09‑25 | 198 | 647 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Primary Target Attacked By PFF: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st CBW B Wing, and as the lead and high groups of the 41st CBW C Wing. In all, 53 aircraft took off between 0700 and 0736. All formations bombed the primary target using PFF aiming, with unobserved results. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Collided with B-24, but was able to return to base; left wing damaged. |
Primary (PFF) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 42‑107083 ⇗ | 546th | BK*B | not known | Schiebel, Harold Arthur |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Causa, Raymond (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Kimberlin, Grover Jasper⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Dowling, James John⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Roberts, Jack Deighton⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Cortez, Jonathan Hernandez⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Siegenthaler, Robert Joseph⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Bertsch, Robert Lawrence⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Kreuscher, Robert Edward⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Molea, Joseph (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |