| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1945‑02‑24 | 273 | 845 | Target: Submarine Construction Shipyard Type: Shipyards Location: Hamburg, Germany |
| Secondary Target Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Bomb Wing C Group on today's mission. Cloud coverage of Hamburg prevented visual bombing, so the formation attacked the secondary PFF target. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes | Completed Mission |
PFF Secondary (PFF) Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Hamburg, Germany |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑37822 ⇗ | 544th | SU*C | THE 'LEAD BANANA' |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Burroughs, Edwin Carlton⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Stoecker, John George, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Smoot, Gene W⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Togglier | Vienna, Howard Bartel, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Misch, Henry Conrad⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Bittke, Carl Frederic⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Sandbek, Phillip Elmore⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Deal, Burr Winton, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Newberry, Donald Eugene⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |