| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1945‑01‑10 | 254 | 789 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bonn, Germany |
| Two Marshalling Yards Bombed: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Combat Wing B Group on today's mission. As the result of the loss of the group leader, as well as multiple equipment failures, portions of the group attacked the primary and secondary targets: low squadron attacked the primary, high squadron attacked the secondary on the first run, and the lead squadron attacked the secondary on the second run. All attacks were visual. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| No |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: Turned back due to personnel illness (Hughes). |
N/A |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 43‑38673 ⇗ | 545th | JD*L | not known |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Hewes, Charles Pershing⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Co-pilot | Murray, John Phillip⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Navigator | Hollenbeck, Leonard Avenel⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Togglier | Elliott, William Richard⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Radio Operator | Cogan, Joseph Dean⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Wilcher, Charles Nelson⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Ball Turret | Farrell, Richard Cornwall⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Tail Gunner | Hughes, Ralph B⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Mutchler, James Charles⇗ | 545 | Aborted |