| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1945‑01‑20 | 257 | 801 | Target: Rail and Road Bridges Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany |
| Transportation Bombed: The 384th Bombardment Group (Heavy) formed the 41st B group on today's mission. Weather prevented visual bombing, and the formation was unable to use Gee-H guidance to the target, so the PFF Primary target was bombed, with unobserved results. Upon the Group's return to Grafton Underwood, a heavy snowstorm forced nearly all aircraft to land elsewhere. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: Landed away at RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire). |
PFF Primary (PFF) Target: Marshalling Yard Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑37822 ⇗ | 544th | SU*C | THE 'LEAD BANANA' |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Milligan, George Robert, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Hastings, David Shove⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Britt, Leo Thomas⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Miller, Leland Edward⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Brooks, William Ralph⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Ray, Virgie Newton⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Horvath, Emil Louis⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Cline, Ellis Wallace⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Finstad, Berton Robert⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS: | |
| TYPE | IDENTIFICATION |
| Document | 1945-01-20, Navigator Log, Leo T. Britt⇗ |