| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑11‑11 | 225 | 712 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
| Synthetic Oil Plant Bombed: Two squadrons, plus two spare aircraft, attacked the synthetic oil plant at Gelsenkirchen, despite equipment failures. The formation was led on the Gee-H bomb run by the low group deputy, | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| No |
Flight Completed Comments: Weather aircraft. |
Non-Combat Sortie |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
| B-17G | 42‑102501 ⇗ | 546th | BK*H | THE CHALLENGER | Watterson, Arnold (NMI) |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Blankenmeyer, William J⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Jamison, Joseph F⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Obermeyer, Robert Henry⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Fictum, Blair Eugene⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | DeMesquita, Seymour Aron⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |