| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1943‑10‑14 | 32 | 115 | Target: Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
| "Second Schweinfurt" aka "Black Thursday": The 384th Bombardment Group (H) put up three squadrons on today's mission. However, six aircraft aborted, reducing the number that bombed the primary target. A further six aircraft were knocked out by enemy action. An all-too-familiar situation faced the returning crews - bad weather over East Anglia. Three Aircraft were lost when the crews, unable to locate a suitable place to land in England, bailed out and abandoned them, while most of the remainder landed at other airfields. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Landed away at Molesworth. |
Primary (Visual) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17F | 42‑29703 ⇗ | 544th | SU*E | KATHY JANE |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Robinson, Robert Lawrence⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Baylor, Robert Bledsoe⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Holzbaur, Frederick Morris⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Kramer, Herman Drummond⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Stumpf, Howard Martin⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Hutchison, William Wilds⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Maziarka, Stanley Walter⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Ripley, Carlyle David⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Porter, Edward Eugene⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Johnston, Thomas Theadora, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |