| 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 |
| B-17G | 43‑38800 ⇗ | 547th | SO*K | BUSY BUZZARD |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Owens, Robert Clare⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Buswell, Richard Grant⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Gronemeyer, Lyle Jacob⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Cresto, John Anthony⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Munro, William David⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Squier, Vanny DeForest⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Horan, Albert Sherwood⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | King, Carleton William⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Gardner, Vernon Percy⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |