| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑04‑13 | 89 | 301 | Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
| Primary Attacked, Huge Losses: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 41st Combat Wing on today's mission. Vicious fighter attacks knocked down nine of our aircraft - the greatest one mission loss for the Group during the war - but the bombers were able to attack the assigned target with good results. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Spare, Completed Mission Comments: Flying spare; joined formation. |
Primary (Visual) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑97072 ⇗ | 547th | SO*H | GREEN MOUNTAIN GAL |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Wright, James Wiley⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Carter, Jack Nifong⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Stakes, Albert Garrison⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Hendrix, Alfred Franklin⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Johnson, Eugene Allen⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Waller, Guy Ford⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Clements, Huel Richard⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Cummings, Julian Cowden⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Jablonski, Raymond Joseph⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Zipfel, Herbert Walter⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |