| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1943‑10‑10 | 31 | 114 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Münster, Germany |
| Coesfeld Mistaken for Münster: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided 21 aircraft for today's mission. Aborting aircraft reduced the number attacking to fifteen. At the start of the bomb run, 'we observed a town burning and, mistaking it for the target, made the bomb run. The town was later identified as Coesfeld [Germany].' On the return, weather interfered with recovery operations, forcing seve to land at other fields, and one crew to bail out, leaving their aircraft to crash near Eye. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Group lead. |
Other (Visual) Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Coesfeld, Germany |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17F | 42‑3441 ⇗ | 547th | SO*E | PATCHES II / SPOTTED COW |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Commander | Beckett, Thomas Pope⇗ | GpHQ | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Frink, Horace Everett⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Martin-Vegue, James Raymond⇗ | GpHQ | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Hegstad, Lester Olaf⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Carlson, Clyde Pemberton⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Griffith, Roy Wesley⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Ralston, William Clark⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Shelton, William Abner, Jr⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Savage, Clyde Henry⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | McNutt, Julius Frederick⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Observer | Fields, Leon (NMI)⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS: | |
| TYPE | IDENTIFICATION |
| Photo | 1943-10-10, Group Lead, T. Beckett, H. Frink |