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 |
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 | 42‑97510 ⇗ | 546th | BK*A | SATAN'S PLAYMATE | Riley, Winston Eugene |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Salley, Thomas Raysor, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Barnett, William Alexander⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | McCaffrey, William Henry⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Hosmer, Richard Clyde⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Deen, Allen Jay⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Brown, Oakley Wayne⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Rogerson, Harold William⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Sievert, Clifford Leroy⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Anderson, Emmitt Eugene⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | O'Hare, Richard Walter⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |