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 42‑97150. Aborted, unable to locate formation after taking off late. |
N/A |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 42‑38013 ⇗ | 547th | SO*C | NEVADA AVENGER |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Jackson, Oakley Homer, Jr⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Calkins, John Bartlett⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Lucas, Leonard Edmond⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Senchuk, Paul Sam⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Ziner, Allen Edward⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Cappiello, Gaetano Thomas⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Phelps, James Norman⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Kelly, Vincent Joseph Leo⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Haight, Keith Rodney⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |