| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1945‑04‑17 | 313 | 957 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany |
| Transportation Attacked Again: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Combat Wing B Group on today's mission. CAVU conditions at the target enabled accurate visual aiming, which produced excellent bombing results. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Major flak damage: hole in nose, #2 fuel tank, right and left wing spars; carpet inverter smoked when turned on; flight gyro out. 'Navigator wounded in eye and shoulder by flak before bombs away - togglier & co-pilot gave expert first aid treatment after bombs away. Saw two Me-262 jet aircraft.' (pilot comments) |
Primary (Visual) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 43‑39236 ⇗ | 547th | SO*A | BLINKIN' BETSY |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Scherokman, Edward (NMI)⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | McClelland, Gerald W⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Eng, Howard Won⇗ | 547 | Seriously Wounded |
| Togglier | Barr, Daniel Francis⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Adams, Patrick J⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Wilkens, William John⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Ancel, Orval Joseph⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Ross, Arthur Woodland⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |