MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑11‑29 | 232 | 729 | Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany |
Refinery Bombed: The 384th provided three squadrons of the lead group of the 41st Bomb Wing C Wing. Advised that the primary target was covered by 10/10ths clouds, the group attacked the secondary (PFF aiming point) target in the same area. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
No |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: Hot camera ship. Aborted due to mechanical failure; landed away at Halesworth; jettisoned bombs in Channel. |
N/A |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 43‑38062 ⇗ | 544th | SU*A | PLEASURE BENT |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Orr, James Wallace⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Co-pilot | Jackson, Taylor Hall⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Navigator | Green, Billy A⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Bombardier | Long, Noal Edward⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Radio Operator | Kennebeck, Edwin Eugene⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Engineer/Top Turret | Goode, Joseph Edward⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Ball Turret | Rauch, John (NMI), Jr⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Tail Gunner | Spafford, Kenneth Culver⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Reed, Gordon Wilbur⇗ | 544 | Aborted |