SORTIE REPORT #3115
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 42‑97404 ⇗ 544th SU*L not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Hall, Barney Marcus, Jr⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Eakins, Robert Nathanial⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Jacobson, George John⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Walton, Daniel Alton⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Sherriff, Albert Keith⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Ronquist, Reuben Jacob⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Walker, Charles Junior⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Wilson, Clarence Eugene⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Ross, Ralph Kessler⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Broussard, Joseph Ellis⇗ 544 Completed, Uninjured
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