SORTIE REPORT #3097
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 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
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