| 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) |
| No | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | N/A |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17F | 42‑5404 ⇗ | 545th | JD*M | THE GEEZIL |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Ashcraft, Archie Bertis, Jr⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Co-pilot | Riggins, George Clifton⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Navigator | Oppenheimer, Kenneth Harold⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Bombardier | Hern, Wallace Currie⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Radio Operator | Pisarski, Joseph Frank⇗ | 547 | Aborted |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Sopher, Francis Walton⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Ball Turret | Milstead, Willard Cleo⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Tail Gunner | Lindsey, William Howard⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Oien, Clarence Holger⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Howard, Hiram Glenn⇗ | 545 | Aborted |