| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑11‑20 | 227 | 718 | Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
| Marshalling Yards Bombed: A combination of equipment failures prevented the planned Gee-H attack on the primary target. Therefore, all squadrons of the 384th attacked the secondary PFF target. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Gee-H ship; low Squadron deputy, 41st Bomb Wing C group. |
Secondary (PFF) Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Münster, Germany |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑107125 ⇗ | 545th | JD*G | DOASY DOATS |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Hicks, Ralph Benjamin⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Niederlitz, Donald Edward⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Johns, Dwight LaReuel⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Scherer, Raymond Julius⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Scheanwald, Richard James⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Frerichs, Earl Edward⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Townsend, Perry Houston, Jr⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Jaworski, Frank (NMI)⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Manners, Dale Melvin⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Weeks, Melvin Francis⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |