MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑12‑23 | 242 | 757 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ehrang, Germany |
Primary Target Attacked: A normal Gee-H run was started from the IP, but before bombs away, the bombardier picked up the target visually and released bombs on the primary target. On arriving back at Grafton Underwood, bad weather forced diversion of most aircraft to other airfields. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Landed away at RAF Castle Camps, Cambs., due to weather. |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 42‑102518 ⇗ | 545th | JD*K | DAMN YANKEE |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Rex, Kenneth Monroe⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | MacDonald, Ranald Hugh, III⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Carr, Robert John⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Slachetka, Henry Joseph⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Mulvey, Lawrence Vernon⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Werner, Edwin J⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Holmes, Edwin Lamar⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Hughes, Ralph B⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Casagrande, Mario Joseph⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |