MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑11‑20 | 227 | 718 | Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Marshalling Yards Bombed: A combination of equipment failures prevented the planned Gee-H attack on the primary target. Therefore, all squadrons of the 384th attacked the secondary PFF target. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 42‑102500. Composite Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group. |
Secondary (PFF) Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Münster, Germany |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 42‑31484 ⇗ | 545th | JD*F | MAIRSY DOATS | Coon, Lawrence John |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Duesler, Donald Barton⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Cook, Chandler Boyd⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Rasmussen, Bernard Gerard⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Timmons, David Wesley⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Stewart, John Spencer⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Weckerly, Neuland Edwin⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Carriere, Joseph Herley⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Buis, Robert Eugene⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Downing, Everett Joseph⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |