MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1945‑02‑21 | 270 | 839 | Target: Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany |
Back to Nuremberg: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st Combat Wing on today's mission. As the primary target was briefed as 'Visual Bombing only', and the city was cloud-covered, a normal PFF attack on the secondary was made. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Landed away at RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, due to low fuel. |
PFF Secondary (PFF) Target: Main railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 43‑39019 ⇗ | 545th | JD*A | not known |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Boyette, Irving H⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Dott, Donald Shropshire⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Beltz, William R⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Frantzen, Donald J⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Beall, Charles H⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Barber, Raymond Clifford⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Spot Jammer | Pyle, Joseph Edgar⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Holmes, Edwin Lamar⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Novak, Michael (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Pohlmann, John H⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |