MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑10‑25 | 215 | 688 | Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Primary & Secondary Attacked: The 384th Bomb Group (Heavy) flew four squadrons to form the entire 41st B Combat Bomb Wing, the second wing of three, of Air Task Force 4 on today's mission. The low squadron attacked the primary target using Gee-H aiming, but cloud obscuration and equipment failure forced the remaining squadrons attack the secondary target using PFF aiming. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Fourth Squadron. |
Secondary (PFF) Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 43‑38750 ⇗ | 544th | SU*D | not known |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Evans, Hugh Legar⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Drake, William Bright⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Dunning, Leonard Francis⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Hart, Daniel Alphonso⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Kennebeck, Edwin Eugene⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Pire, Irwin Joseph, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Owen, Robert Ralph⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Ozyjowski, Eugene (NMI)⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Lewis, Richard Lowell⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |