MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1945‑02‑03 | 264 | 817 | Target: Tempelhof Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany |
Transportation Targeted: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st B Combat Wing on today's mission. Unusual clear weather permitted accurate visual bombing. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: High Squadron. Waist Gunner wounded. Pilot reported battle damage: #2 engine knocked out and had to be feathered, fuselage riddled, left waist O2 system knocked out. |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 43‑39131 ⇗ | 546th | BK*B | PRIMO'S GIN MILL | Schiebel, Harold Arthur |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Johnson, Donald Ernest⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Kloss, Stanley Frank⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Neumann, James Howard⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Cropp, Thomas Edison⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Cawthon, William Hilton⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Fisher, Darwin Edward⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Asby, Sidney Lee, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Matthews, Frederick Donald⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Plont, George John⇗ | 546 | Wounded |