| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑12‑31 | 247 | 772 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Neuss, Germany |
| Railroad Target Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) led the 1st Air Division on todays mission. All three squadrons of the 384th Bomb Group formation - 41st Combat Wing B Group - attacked the marshalling yards in Neuss, Germany. Although the weather at the IP was fairly clear, 'Buckeye-Red' advised 10/10ths cloud cover at the target, thus necessitating an instrument assisted bomb run using Gee-H. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes | Completed Mission | Primary (Gee-H) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑97986 ⇗ | 545th | JD*Y | not known |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | McLean, William S⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Smith, Jack L⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Hance, Horace (NMI), Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Van Etten, Lawrence Edward⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Chadwick, Ronald H⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Holzbaur, Richard C⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Loader, Kenneth Walter⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Milkovich, John (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Nead, Harry VanHorn, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Hunt, Harry B⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |