SORTIE REPORT #11629
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑05‑12 106 353 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany
First 384th Oil Industry Attack: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing, and supplied an additional group for the low position of the wing formation for today's mission - the first 384th attack on oil industry targets. Clear weather at the target permitted accurate visual bombing.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
Yes Completed Mission
Comments: High Squadron deputy, lead group.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑102430 ⇗ 545th JD*O SPAM-O-LINER
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Peterson, Harold William⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Miller, Frederick Christian⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Scheer, Irving⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier McDonald, Thomas Harry⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Campbell, Edgar Lafell⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Haggai, Melvin Edward⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Dehabey, Philip Elias⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Maddox, Richard Neil⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Belczyk, Walter Adam⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Fisher, Arthur Alvin⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
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