SORTIE REPORT #3099
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 GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑107121 ⇗ 546th BK*J KENTUCKY COLONEL / HELENA II Stachon, John Joseph
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Malone, John James⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Donohue, William Roberts⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Boreiko, John Vincent⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Moody, James Clifton, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Weissenbach, Kenneth August⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Smith, Kenneth Elwood⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Tow, Douglas Uane⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Millhouse, Clarence Laverne⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Toboz, Benny (NMI)⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner McGuire, James Francis⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS:
TYPE IDENTIFICATION
Photo42-107121 5 May 1944 Strike Photo⇗
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