| 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) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Lead PFF Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 44‑8007. Lead Squadron lead. |
Primary (Gee-H) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 44‑8401 ⇗ | 544th | SU*X | not known |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Commander | Stone, Arthur Martin, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Pilot | Herzog, John Henry, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Schwob, Carl Warren⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Rovero, Aldo John⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Uriwal, Alfons Francis⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Marks, Sanford (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Palecek, George Frank⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Bauer, Henry (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Euting, Carl Richard⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Brown, Robert Frank⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Observer | Pluhar, Emil Edward⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |