| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑02‑21 | 64 | 228 | Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Werl, Germany |
| Big Week: Day Two: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided two group formations for todays missions. They flew as the lead and low groups of the 41st B Combat Wing. Finding the primary target covered with clouds, they reversed course and sought targets-of-opportunity through breaks in the clouds. Eventually, a visual attack was made on the city of Lingen, Germany, focused on the marshalling yards and surrounding industrial area. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| No |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: High Squadron deputy, lead group. Aborted because #3 prop began throwing oil excessively, was feathered for examination, and could not be unfeathered. |
N/A |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
| B-17G | 42‑31516 ⇗ | 546th | BK*M | not known | McKinney, Lauren Lee |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Jeter, Sydney Ryland, Jr⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Co-pilot | Schutz, George Frederick, Jr⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Navigator | Bailey, William Eugene⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Bombardier | Swanson, Kenneth John⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Radio Operator | Dupuis, George Edward⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Engineer/Top Turret | MacDonald, Donald Van Buskirk⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Ball Turret | Lisch, John Robert⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Tail Gunner | Scheffer, Edgar A (IO)⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Madl, Ferdinand Jacob⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Persoskie, Metro (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Aborted |