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: Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Landed away at RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire. |
PFF Primary (PFF) Target: Marshalling Yard Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 43‑38630 ⇗ | 547th | SO*G | not known |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Whitesides, John Boyce⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Moxley, John Carper⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Weckerly, John Benjamin⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Steinberg, William Herman⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Dube, Roland Raymond⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Sayers, Francis Asbury, Jr⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Shields, Howard Earl⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Sobers, Charles James⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Matthews, Franklin Waller⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |