| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑07‑16 | 158 | 476 | Target: Aero Engine Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Munich / München, Germany |
| Again to Munich: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing, the fifth of seven wings of Air Task Force #1, on today's mission. Again the weather required the use of PFF aiming for dropping the bomb loads. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Low Squadron Hot Camera Ship. Pluhar sustained 'moderately severe' wounds to his right knee as well as facial wounds. Switzer sustained a compound fracture of his left forearm. All wounds due to a flak burst. Both men hospitalized and recommended for Purple Heart Awards. |
Primary (PFF) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑102430 ⇗ | 545th | JD*O | SPAM-O-LINER |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Pluhar, Emil Edward⇗ | 545 | Wounded |
| Co-pilot | Switzer, Ralph Vincent⇗ | 545 | Wounded |
| Navigator | Machiz, Irving (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Togglier | Hall, Horace Homer⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Harbrecht, Robert Francis⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Perry, Gilbert Franklin⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Clary, Leonard Estus⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Frederickson, Ralph Louis⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Amspacher, Ray Richard⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |