| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑10‑05 | 205 | 665 | Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
| Cologne / Köln Bombed: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st CBW B Group on today's mission. Each of the three squadrons comprising the group formation were assigned a different primary target. Bombing was planned to be by Gee-H aiming, but the targets were apparently beyond the range of the Gee-H signals. The lead group's target was a factory in Cologne, the High group's was an oil refinery in Monheim (near Cologne) and the low group's was the M.T. Factory of Ford Motor AG in Cologne. In the end, the city of Cologne itself felt the weight of the attack. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: High Squadron. |
Secondary (PFF) Type: Non-Military Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 43‑38615 ⇗ | 544th | SU*D | not known |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Patella, Joseph David⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Culhane, Emmett Patrick⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Schmitzer, William James⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Togglier | Marshall, Charles (NMI)⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Hudson, Harold Edgar⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Stensby, Erling John⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | French, Lorin Leroy⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Fadda, John Stanley⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Dvorak, Frank Joseph, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |