| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1945‑02‑27 | 276 | 851 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Wahren (Leipzig area), Germany |
| Leipzig Targeted: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Bomb Wing C Group on today's mission. With the visual primary target obscured by clouds, the formation attacked the PFF secondary target. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37788. Lead Squadron hot camera ship. NOTE: Actual positions: Ball Turret - George Cramer; Tail Gunner - Joseph Britton; Flexible (Waist) Gunner - George Lesko. Per George Cramer, January 2014. |
PFF Secondary (PFF) Target: Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Leipzig, Germany |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 43‑38752 ⇗ | 547th | SO*O | LITTLE CINDER |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Shuff, Charles Bernard⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | White, William F⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Birney, Robert Charles⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Abbott, Charles R⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Harrison, Erwin Jack⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Henricks, Bernard Joseph⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Lesko, George Joseph⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Cramer, George Edward⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Flexible (Waist) Gunner | Britton, Joseph Rodman⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |