| 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) |
| No |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 42‑97309. Originally intended to fly deputy lead position in high C group (with Gee-H equipment); aborted, unable to catch formation after very late takeoff. |
N/A |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑107148 ⇗ | 545th | JD*P | DARK ANGEL |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Co-pilot | Vaden, Kenneth Underwood⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Navigator | Williams, Samuel Brown⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Bombardier | Chadwick, Ronald H⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Radio Operator | Lee, Van (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Brooker, Cameron Hutchison⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Ball Turret | Browne, Erle Royden⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Tail Gunner | Hoechst, Joseph Frederick⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Surowiec, Joseph (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Aborted |