| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1943‑10‑10 | 31 | 114 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Münster, Germany |
| Coesfeld Mistaken for Münster: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided 21 aircraft for today's mission. Aborting aircraft reduced the number attacking to fifteen. At the start of the bomb run, 'we observed a town burning and, mistaking it for the target, made the bomb run. The town was later identified as Coesfeld [Germany].' On the return, weather interfered with recovery operations, forcing seve to land at other fields, and one crew to bail out, leaving their aircraft to crash near Eye. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Group deputy. |
Other (Visual) Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Coesfeld, Germany |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
| B-17F | 42‑30033 ⇗ | 546th | BK*G | LITTLE AMERICA | Foster, Ewing H |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Kelly, James Henry⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Taylor, Sidney Paul⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Blount, Wilbourne Earl⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Ryberg, John Edward⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Beaupre, Jerome Bernard⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Nealis, Leonard Martin Eugene⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Lane, Dennis Joseph⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Yaskow, Peter Thomas⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Killin, Roland Leroy⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Mizgorski, Aloysius William⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |