| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1945‑01‑01 | 248 | 774 | Target: Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Derben, Germany |
| Two Targets Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew today's mission as the 41st Combat Wing C Group. Weather at the primary forced the decision to attack elsewhere. The lead squadron attacked a target of opportunity (TOO) and the high and low squadrons attacked the briefed PFF secondary target in visual mode. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Lead Squadron hot camera ship. |
TOO (Visual) Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Wetzlar, Germany |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
| B-17G | 42‑97251 ⇗ | 546th | BK*O | SNUFFY | Kahn, Arthur William |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Gregg, William G⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Wade, Roger John⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Whipple, Robert M⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Matthews, Carl N⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Hester, Cecil Adolph⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Olson, Clifford Edward⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Janicki, Edward Zygmund⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Hyatt, Dale Lee⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Penn, Walter Richard⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |