| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1945‑01‑01 | 248 | 774 | Target: Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Derben, Germany |
| Two Targets Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew today's mission as the 41st Combat Wing C Group. Weather at the primary forced the decision to attack elsewhere. The lead squadron attacked a target of opportunity (TOO) and the high and low squadrons attacked the briefed PFF secondary target in visual mode. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Group lead. PFF ship. Prevented from attacking the primary target by weather, led an attack on the secondary PFF target, but did not attack when PFF equipment failed. After several additional failed attempts to attack the secondary and last resort targets, finally attacked a target of opportunity (TOO). |
TOO (Visual) Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards. Type: Transportation Location: Wetzlar, Germany |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
| B-17G | 44‑8216 ⇗ | 545th | JD*Y | not known | Priesnitz, Frank Joseph, Jr |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Commander | Koehne, George Henry, Jr⇗ | GpHQ | Completed, Uninjured |
| Pilot | Gilmore, James Robson⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Chapin, Robert Charles⇗ | GpHQ | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Benjamin, Alfred David⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Visual (Pilotage) Navigator | Sarto, Joseph Michael⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | McClure, Oscar Milton⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | London, Albert (NMI)⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Bierowski, Mitchell Stephen⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Dameron, Fred (NMI)⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Dobson, Roy E⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Gibson, Vergil LeRoy⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |