| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑11‑11 | 225 | 712 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
| Synthetic Oil Plant Bombed: Two squadrons, plus two spare aircraft, attacked the synthetic oil plant at Gelsenkirchen, despite equipment failures. The formation was led on the Gee-H bomb run by the low group deputy, | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| No |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: Gee-H ship; lead Squadron deputy; turned back at Dutch coast due to runaway prop; shaft snapped on return flight; engine burst into flames on landing; bombs jettisoned. |
N/A |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑97824 ⇗ | 544th | SU*U | not known |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Bills, Edgar L⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
| Co-pilot | Buswell, Richard Grant⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
| Navigator | Miller, Dan Owens⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
| Navigator | Bryson, Jerry Russell⇗ | 546 | Aborted |
| Bombardier | Arnold, Vern L⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
| Radio Operator | Potts, Raymond Louis⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Miller, LuVerne Frank⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
| Ball Turret | Iorio, William Louis⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
| Tail Gunner | Conlon, Jack Dempsey⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Kania, Stanley Joseph⇗ | 547 | Aborted |