| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑11‑30 | 233 | 731 | Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany |
| Traffic and Weather: The initial bomb run using PFF was terminated when traffic congestion forced the formation to alter course. A second (visual) bomb run was made after sighting the target, but it turned out to be the towns of Meuselwitz and Wintersdorf, Germany, about 5 miles southeast of the primary target. The high squadron bombed the 'Last Resort Target' of Fulda, Germany, using PFF. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Failed To Return Comments: Damaged by flak, force-landed near Rebgeshain, Hesse, Germany. Crew survived combat, but four members were murdered by the local Nazi Ortsgruppenleiter in Beltershain, the others became POW. MACR 11129 |
Last Resort Target (PFF) Location: Fulda, Germany |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
| B-17G | 43‑37713 ⇗ | 546th | BK*S | GREWSOME CREWSOME | Kraus, Alvin C |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Evans, Hugh Legar⇗ | 544 | KIA |
| Co-pilot | Kohlhaas, Thomas Knapp⇗ | 544 | KIA |
| Navigator | Rinkovsky, Charles (NMI)⇗ | 544 | POW |
| Togglier | Norstrom, John Julius⇗ | 544 | POW |
| Radio Operator | Gwin, Reginald (NMI)⇗ | 544 | POW |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Erich, Milton Benjamin⇗ | 544 | KIA |
| Ball Turret | Bellovary, John Joseph, Jr⇗ | 544 | KIA |
| Tail Gunner | Russell, Lester Hebran, Jr⇗ | 544 | POW |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Haskell, William Hilton⇗ | 544 | POW |
| SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS: | |
| TYPE | IDENTIFICATION |
| MACR | Missing Air Crew Report # 11129⇗ |