MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑09‑30 | 202 | 655 | Target: Handorf Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Münster, Germany |
Münster Bombed: The 384th Bomb Group (H) flew as the 41st CBW B Wing on today's mission. Clouds obscured the primary target resulting in a decision to release the bombs on the center of the city. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: High group deputy. Hot camera ship. |
Secondary (Visual) Target: City Type: Non-Military Location: Münster, Germany |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 43‑38616 ⇗ | 546th | BK*K | not known | Pierce, Howard Bundy |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Vaden, Kenneth Underwood⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Williams, Samuel Brown⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Smith, George Kitchen⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Owens, Buddy Louis⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Brooker, Cameron Hutchison⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Browne, Erle Royden⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Thornburg, Joseph Austin⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Price, William Robert⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |