| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1945‑04‑19 | 314 | 961 | Target: Railroad Station & Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Elsterwerda, Germany |
| Critical Railway Junction: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st Combat Wing B Group on today's mission. Visual bombing conditions enabled accurate aiming, although many of the bombs landed beyond the planned MPI, or 'long'. A traffic conflict caused the high squadron to hold its bombs on the first run and make a second run by itself, tacking on to another formation for the return flight. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Lead Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. |
Primary (Visual) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑98027 ⇗ | 544th | SU*Z | SWAMP ANGEL |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Turner, Willard Jerome, III⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Tolton, Clark L⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Naum, Robert Edwin⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Lependorf, Joseph⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Kossack, Stanley John, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Means, Bert George⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Ruderman, Joshua Herman⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Davenport, Robert Walter⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Apedaile, Vernon Bernard⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |