| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑11‑01 | 217 | 696 | Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
| Two Squadrons Hit Primary: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 1st Air Division and the 41st CBW Wing formation in the A Group position. The Lead and high squadrons completed a Gee-H attack on the primary as planned. The low group's Gee-H equipment failed prior to arriving at the primary IP, so it flew directly to the secondary target IP and attacked that target using PFF. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Low Squadron hot camera ship. |
Secondary (PFF) Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 43‑38721 ⇗ | 545th | JD*J | not known |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Green, Loren Lester⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Zink, Joseph Darrell⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Haas, Jack Irvin⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Togglier | Trimble, Frederick Cushing⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Palecek, George Frank⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Bordelon, Nolan Joseph⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Sutphin, Richard Eugene⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Zager, Donald Arthur⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | McAnally, Edmon Molene⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |