| 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 |
Spare, Completed Mission Comments: Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation. One of only three aircraft to land at Grafton Underwood. On its return to base, this aircraft suffered damage of an unknown nature during a taxi accident (per B&P), and was out of commission for over a month. |
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 | 44‑8430 ⇗ | 546th | BK*P | RECALL | Clayton, Alfred George |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Rush, Joseph Henry⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Schneider, Andrew J⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Slivka, William J⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Togglier | Parker, Kenneth J⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Fleming, John William, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Stockstill, Thomas J, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Harris, Robert B⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Didion, Gilbert William⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Miller, Oscar Colquitt⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |