MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑10‑06 | 206 | 667 | Target: M/T Factory Type: Industry Location: Stettin / Szczecin, Poland |
Primary Targets Not Attacked: Aircraft of the 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as composite of 40th D Combat Wing (high squadron) and 41st A Combat Wing (low section of high squadron) on the mission flown today. Weather obscured the primary targets for both formations (A group primary was a Synthetic Oil Plant in 'Politz, Germany' - Police, Occupied Poland). The high squadron of the 40th D Combat Wing attacked the secondary target at Stargard, Germany (Occupied Poland): aiming was accomplished visually and bombs were away after an eight minute bomb run. The low section of the high squadron of the 41st A Combat Wing attacked the last resort target at Stralsund, Germany: aiming was accomplished visually and bombs were away after a twenty-four minute bomb run. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: A group. Returned one 500# bomb. |
Secondary (Visual) Target: Airfield - Hangars Type: Military Location: Stargard, Poland |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 43‑37917 ⇗ | 545th | JD*B | PAULINE |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Cepits, Francis Frederick⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | McGahey, Thomas Levert⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Hance, Horace (NMI), Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Henderson, Frank William, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Finley, Carl Eugene⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Shannon, James Brent⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Campbell, Donald Rudolph⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Haden, Levi Baldwin⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Okert, Fred Harry, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |