| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑10‑03 | 204 | 662 | Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Wesseling, Germany |
| Synthetic Oil Bombed: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the 41st CBW C Group on today's mission. The formation dropped its bombs using Gee-H aiming. Although the lead aircraft had equipment problems and ordered the deputy to take the lead using PFF, the Gee-H 'came back in again' and the bombs were away using that. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes | Completed Mission | Primary (Gee-H) |
| 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 | Wismer, Richard Glen⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Clishem, James Edward⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Kelley, Darwin Thomas⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Abrusci, Lorenzo V (IO)⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Bussey, Harold Lewis⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Schoebel, John Edward⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Lewis, David Bradford⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Cogan, Joseph Dean⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Leibel, William Joseph⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |