MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1945‑02‑01 | 263 | 814 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany |
Secondary Target Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the entire 41st B Combat Wing on today's mission. When near the IP, the leader found his 'Micro-H' equipment (apparently a version of Gee-H) was inoperative, so the PFF Primary target was attacked. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
No |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: Turned back with #3 leaking oil. |
N/A |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 43‑37917 ⇗ | 545th | JD*B | PAULINE |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Milligan, George Robert, Jr⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Co-pilot | Hastings, David Shove⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Navigator | Bink, Howard Hill⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Togglier | Maguire, John H⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Radio Operator | Brooks, William Ralph⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Engineer/Top Turret | Ray, Virgie Newton⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Ball Turret | Horvath, Emil Louis⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Tail Gunner | Cline, Ellis Wallace⇗ | 544 | Aborted |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Finstad, Berton Robert⇗ | 544 | Aborted |