| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1943‑10‑30 | Target: Marshaling Yard Type: Transportation Location: Geilenkirchen, Germany |
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| Weather Forces Recall: At 1040 hours the Group Leader received a messaage that the mission was scrubbed and all planes returned to this base with their bomb loads. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| No |
Mission Recalled Comments: This ground spare aircraft may have replaced 41-24578 originally assigned to the Yelvington Crew. |
Database Incomplete |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑31073 ⇗ | 547th | SO*D | BILLIE-DEL |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Yelvington, Melton Albert⇗ | 545 | Returned To Base |
| Co-pilot | Manning, Raymond Walter⇗ | 545 | Returned To Base |
| Navigator | McKittrick, Vernon Russell⇗ | 545 | Returned To Base |
| Bombardier | Cecil, Boyd Allen⇗ | 545 | Returned To Base |
| Togglier | Albertson, Harry Edward⇗ | 545 | Returned To Base |
| Radio Operator | Sigler, Edwin Robert⇗ | 545 | Returned To Base |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Smith, Bob (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Returned To Base |
| Ball Turret | Paige, Robert Eugene⇗ | 545 | Returned To Base |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Capps, Milburn Perry⇗ | 545 | Returned To Base |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Davis, Edward Douglas⇗ | 545 | Returned To Base |