| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1945‑01‑22 | 259 | 805 | Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Sterkrade, Germany |
| Visual Bombing!: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided the lead and low squadrons of the 41st Combat Wing C Group on today's mission. Although prepared for blind bombing with PFF (radar) and Gee-H, the target was clearly visible. Bombing was reported to be excellent. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Landed at Grafton Underwood with a locked right main wheel (caused by battle damage) and was struck from behind by the next aircraft. The locked tire blew out making the aircraft difficult to taxi. The Pilot started to taxi aircraft onto the grass to clear the runway but was struck by 43‑38721 which had landed long. |
Primary (Visual) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑102620 ⇗ | 544th | SU*F | DE RUMBLE IZER |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Milligan, George Robert, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Dabney, William L⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Britt, Leo Thomas⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Miller, Leland Edward⇗ | 544 | Wounded |
| Radio Operator | Brooks, William Ralph⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Ray, Virgie Newton⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Horvath, Emil Louis⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Cline, Ellis Wallace⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Finstad, Berton Robert⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS: | |
| TYPE | IDENTIFICATION |
| ACCIREP | Accident Report # 45-01-22-526⇗ |