MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1945‑01‑20 | 257 | 801 | Target: Rail and Road Bridges Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany |
Transportation Bombed: The 384th Bombardment Group (Heavy) formed the 41st B group on today's mission. Weather prevented visual bombing, and the formation was unable to use Gee-H guidance to the target, so the PFF Primary target was bombed, with unobserved results. Upon the Group's return to Grafton Underwood, a heavy snowstorm forced nearly all aircraft to land elsewhere. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Landed away at Cheddington Airfield, AAF Station 113. |
PFF Primary (PFF) Target: Marshalling Yard Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 42‑97510 ⇗ | 546th | BK*A | SATAN'S PLAYMATE | Schuyler, Charles Robert |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Peterson, Calvin James⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Burroughs, Edwin Carlton⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Rouse, Roscoe (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Means, Bert George⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Magilson, Raymond Howard, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Harting, Lester Elias⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Biedrzycki, Theodore (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Kitzmiller, Richard Gorgas⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Sutphin, Richard Eugene⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |